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Is his potty training regression linked to the way his father treated him?
My girlfriend has a child from a previous relationship who is four-and-a-half-years-old. He was potty trained shortly before the age of two, at which time she got into a relationship with with her ex-boyfriend who was an abusive guy. After … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, alcohol, behaviour, drinking, emotional punishment, encouragement, natural consequence, patient, positive, potty training, punishment, reward, soiling
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Our daughter goes from even-tempered to wild child when her father gets home. What can we do?
How do we get our three-year-old to use words instead of screaming when she’s mad/frustrated? Whenever my husband is home, she goes from being a pretty even-tempered child who usually does as she’s asked to one who has little control … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, consequences, discipline, disobey, family time, frustrated, mad, notice the good, positive, potty training, quality time, school, screaming, sibling
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My son is still not potty trained.
My son is turning four next week and he is still not potty trained. We’ve tried everything and now I just don’t know what to do. Last summer he went for four months without an accident (pooping his pants). We … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom break, chart, constipation, cooperation, family doctor, motivate, pediatrician, peeing, pooping, positive, potty, potty training, relax, reward, schedule
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My daughter has no interest in potty training.
My daughter is turning four soon, and is still not potty-trained. She is normal in all other areas of development, but becomes very upset with the notion of giving up her pull-ups and using the toilet. She has used it … Continue reading
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Tagged expectations, fear, positive, potty, potty training, praise, pressure, pull-up diapers, pullups, toilet, underwear, upset
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My son is five and not yet potty trained.
My step son is five and will start kindergarten in September. No matter how hard I try I can’t get him to stay dry at night and use the bathroom during the day. We took all pullups away and put … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bed-wetting, potty training, pressure, pullups, toilet training, wetting
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My five-year-old still won’t poop on the toilet.
My son just turned five and we’ve been working on toilet training since he turned three. He certainly has had phases of success, but he is still not fully trained with stool. He’s always been pretty good about not having … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, bowel movement, chart, criticism, diaper, family doctor, medical condition, poop, positive, potty training, praise, punishment, regression, relax, second child, stickers, stool, toilet training, toys
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My five-year-olds continue to wet the bed at night.
We have twin boys that just turned five and have been struggling with night time training for a few months. They have been daytime trained since they were a little over three years old but continued to wear pullups at … Continue reading
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Tagged bed-wetting, bed-wetting alarm, bladder control, enuresis, medication, potty training, pullups
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My potty trained three-year-old has regressed to peeing in his pants. What can I do?
My three-and-a-half-year-old son was potty trained a year ago and was able to wear underwear for 5 or 6 months before regressing. He is constantly peeing his underwear so I switched to pull-ups, which he hates, however he continues to … Continue reading
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Tagged chart, criticism, fear, infection, motivation, pain, peeing, phobia, potty, potty training, punishment, regression, reward, stickers
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