The child at first is very respective to using their potty chair or potty seat and then suddenly something changes and they no longer will go on the potty. This is normal, although not a good thing to have happen, when a child is holding their pee, since this can cause other problems as well as mean that accidents are more likely to happen.

Many times a child will regress and you need to look at what else has happened or is happening that is causing them to regress and not use the potty any longer, as well as hold their potty too.

Some things to consider are:

• Is there a medical condition? This can be something as simple as a yeast infection or bladder infection. If they have become to hold their potty, these conditions can also be created by doing this too. A yeast or bladder infection can cause painful urination that is very uncomfortable. This can make a child not want to use the potty, since it hurts every time they go and they only go when they cannot hold it any longer. Holding their potty again can cause these conditions too. You may want to take your child in to make sure that nothing like this is happening, as well as checking to make sure that they have not stayed in wet underwear or that their underwear is too tight. These two conditions can cause yeast infections, even in boys when they are younger. You also want to make sure that they are wiping properly and helping them with this too. Bacteria can get into areas, especially in girls, that it shouldn’t causing an infection and painful urination also. Make sure that they are wiping from behind and front to back to cut down on the chances of an infection happening.
• Has there been any negative behavior that has happened that has been associated with the potty? Have they had an accident and you became upset at them, thus making them nervous to go on the potty because they do not want to make a mistake.
• Major events Sometime major events such as new baby, divorce, separation, or loss of a friend or loved one can be completely devastating for a child. These major events can have the child either regress or cause the child to need to get control of something in their life. Regressing can sometimes be a sign of deep fears, loss of control or major changes in their lives.
• Is he Confused? If your child is standing up and then peeing, this could be that there is confusion with their own bodily functions. They may not have all the feelings in their body yet, to know when they have to go and when they sit down, these feelings are dampened further. This is the opposite of what usually happens when we sit down to pee, however it is not uncommon for a child to have mixed signals. In this case, it may be okay to let them go with no bottoms on or let them pee in the shower even, to ensure that they go when they are standing up.

There are many reasons or issues that can cause this behavior in kids, and trying to figure them out can lead many parents to feel frustrated. Remember the more frustrated and upset you are, the more your child feels it and will refuse to comply.

As a last result, you may consider letting your child go back into diapers. This will temporarily elevate the pressure on your child, and give you the time to figure out what is going on.

However, having twins has the advantage of your children being able to learn together and reinforce the potty training with each other. They can learn from each other, especially if one twin is catching on faster than the other, which can happen.

Each child is different, even when it comes to potty training and twins are no different that respect. One may catch on faster, however this does not mean you should become frustrated or upset by this.

Each child will still learn at their own pace, however with another child there learning with them there is a better chance that they will want to go, since their sibling is going too.

• You want to make sure that each child has their own potty chair and that your son also has a potty urinal too. Making sure that they both can use the potty when they need to is so important. You do not want them fighting over the potty or having to wait for one another to use the potty. You never want them to have to hold their potty, this could discourage them, especially when they need to go and set you back. Instead have a potty chair that is specifically for each of them and that has their name on it too. This lets them know that this is their special place to use the potty and all theirs, that they do not need to share this item.
• Having a potty urinal for your son will mean being able to get him to stand up to pee much sooner, as well as cause less messes to clean up around the toilet, which a girl may not be happy this.
• You will also want to make sure that they both have their own potty training dolls, potty charts, potty stickers and potty rewards too.
• You can have them sharing a potty chart to keep track of their progress and the potty stickers and chart should be something that each child chooses and that they like. There are plenty that comes in styles that are great for boys and girls and these are great reward methods, as well as a great way for children to visually see the progress they are making.

Lastly, make sure that you do create a potty schedule with twins. You do not want to be running back and forth to the bathroom throughout the day. Instead, having a schedule that both children go to the bathroom at the same time will make the potty training much easier, especially in the beginning when they are first learning.

This will also be a way to encourage your children to go and they have each others support while they are in the bathroom. It also eliminates the number of times you will be emptying and cleaning the potty chairs too.

Routines can work great, especially for children that are very routine orientated and like to have a set schedule. To set up a potty training routine, there are a few things you will want to do, which are:

• Watch to see when your child goes to the bathroom. Most children have to go to the bathroom first thing in the morning when they wake up, however when else do they go? Are they going when they are taking a nap or do they not pee or poop than? Watching your child will give you a better idea of when they need to be taken to the potty to set up the regular schedule for them.
• Stay on schedule when it comes to eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you eat at the same times everyday, your child will most likely need to use the bathroom afterwards at the same time everyday too. This will help keep them on a routine and keep them consistent also.
• This includes giving snacks at the same time as well. Again, this will help them to go after the snack has been finished.
• Have your child change their training pants every morning just like regular underwear to develop good hygiene habits, as well as if they have had an accident, they can help to clean it up. Then have them go to the potty again first thing in the morning.
• They should use the potty as well right before they go to bed too to help reduce the chances of an accident happening.
• Make sure that you have potty rewards ready for them when they do go, so they always receive their reward for going and it is a consistent routine to go potty, than receive the reward.
• If you are using a potty chair that needs to be emptied after each use, than make sure that this happens as well. Have your child help you empty it into the toilet and than wash their hands afterwards. You would never want to leave that sitting anyway and again sticking to the same pattern helps to develop the routine and the habit of using the potty too.

In the beginning of potty training and setting the routine, your child may not remember or may not like it, since they are learning something new. However, you need to continue to follow the same routine everyday that you have set up, regardless of how your child’s attitude or behavior is about it. This ensures that you are staying consistent and this will help them get on the potty training routine as well.

The more consistent you are, the easier it will be for your child to learn what they are suppose to do and master potty training. So, even when you are traveling, they have to stick to the same routine as they did before when they were at home and potty training.

This can sound difficult, however it is not as hard as it may seem. Depending on how far you will be driving, you want to make sure that your child uses the bathroom before they leave the home. You do not want them needing to go and this gets your child into the habit of using the potty before leaving the house. Make sure that they use the bathroom and then also bring along a portable potty chair or folding potty seat for them to use too.

A folding potty seat is perfect to use when at restaurants, at friends and families homes, while at the store or anywhere else. The portable potty seat can easily be placed on the toilet so that your child can still go to the bathroom at their scheduled times. These also come in a large variety of patterns and characters, so it can match the potty chair that your child has at home too.

There are also other travel potty chairs are perfect for children that are still using a potty chair at home and are more comfortable on a chair than on the toilet with a potty seat. These also come in different colors and patterns to choose from, so your child can pick one they like best. These portable potties can be used on the road too, since they are similar to the potty chairs that are used when camping even.

However, there is also the option of using a disposable potty chair too, which can make clean up easier. These are very easy to take with and they are made of a sturdy cardboard that can be used when there is no place to stop for a bathroom, such is the case when traveling long distances, from state to state even. These are easy to open and your child can sit on it just like a regular potty chair.

No matter what you choose to use, you need to make sure that your child still uses the bathroom at their scheduled times, even while traveling. So whatever the schedule is to go to the bathroom, the stops need to be made and they need to go. This includes being out too and stopping as well.

You never want them to have to hold their potty; since this could result in an accident, as well as this will frustrate your child that the rules are changing. It will teach them that when they leave their home, they do not need to potty like they do at home. This is not want you want; instead you want them to go, no matter where they are at.

However, there are ways to get a child interested in using the potty. Potty training later on may be completely normal for your child, since they may have walked later too or spoke later and this is just how they develop. There is nothing wrong with this, since many times the muscles and nerves in the body that tell a child that they need to use the potty may have not completely developed yet. This means that they do not have the feelings there to go to the bathroom or to feel like they need to go to the bathroom. The average age for potty training is 3 years old and if you are still struggling at this point, you may want to talk with your child’s doctor, as well as:

Take into consideration that there could be a medical reason, such as constipation. This can be painful and your child may not want to go if that is what is happening. There is also the fact that eating certain foods can make the bowl movements painful, since they can burn when coming out too. There will an area that is raw and ring around the anus if they are allergic to certain foods.

Look into what else if happening in your child’s life that they may not want to potty train. Such as, are they resistant to doing anything new? Is there added stress in the family that is happening? Have them been angry or upset about anything that would inhibit them from using the potty? It may be necessary to take a step back or back off for a bit until some of these issues have passed.

Make sure to be using a reward system when potty training. Every time your child is successful and goes potty on the toilet, they receive the reward. Stickers work very well for a child to collect and then after they have X number of stickers, they receive a special treat. Other rewards can be used too, such as treasure boxes or places coins in a jar when your child goes potty on the toilet.

If you still have diapers, get rid of them. This could be inhibiting your child from going on the potty since they are going to do what they know and what they are used to, as well as what is easiest. Get rid of the diapers and switch to cloth training pants that are waterproof or have plastic covers to go over them. This can also include allowing your child to run around with no bottoms on outside or even in the house too. This helps to teach responsibility for their body.

Ensure their is also a routine in the house when toilet training. Make sure there is a set schedule for when your child should be going to the bathroom, as well as allowing your child to help clean up any accidents that occur too. This can include cleaning themselves and any messes that were made when they did not make it to the bathroom in time. This may be enough to get them to go on the potty since they will get tired of doing this. ​​

There are three methods of model potty training that can be used. These can be used individually or together, depending on your child and how they learn and what they respond too. There is using a physical model to teach your child, using potty training books and videos to teach your child to potty train and there is also using a doll to model potty train too. Again, it does not hurt to use all three models, since they are than being reinforced to learn the behavior in multiple fun ways that keeps the potty training interesting too. ​​​​

When it comes to physical potty training, it will not make any difference if a child is a boy or girl, they can still watch their mommy and daddy use the potty or even their siblings and other children use the potty too. This is the most effective use of model potty training to use, by allowing your child to be in the bathroom when someone else or yourself is going, means they can see what happens. This is also a great way for them to see that there is nothing to be scared of when going potty too and may get them interested in using the potty themselves, since using the sink and flushing the toilet are activities that children do enjoy doing.

There is also using books and videos to teach potty training too. These are wonderful tools, since they can be taken everywhere with the child and it is a good reference for them to go back to regularly too. You can use it as a way to show what potty training is, what is suppose to happen and it opens the door to discussing with your child their body and their bodily functions as well. Books and videos work very well, since they have images and pictures that show each step of the potty training process and the process of using the potty from beginning to end. Also, many books and videos have songs and rhythms in them that children remember and it is a way for them to visually understand potty training, as well as relate the potty training to songs that they remember too, that can remind them of what to do while on the potty.

Lastly, there is the method of using potty training dolls to model potty train. A doll can help a child to practice potty training on the doll’s potty seat, as well as understanding how liquids turn into pee. The dolls are comfort items as well, that show a child what to do and they can help the doll to go pee on the potty. ​

The most common reason for many children is that going poop takes longer than going pee. She does have to sit there longer to go poop and it can be a little messy even and it does not always smell very good. This can be a huge deterrent for many girls. However, make sure that you are not saying that it is gross or yucky or smelly.

This will make her not want to go and could even make her think that going poop is a bad thing. Instead she needs to know that going poop on the potty is very normal and needs to happen too and that it is okay that it smells or that she has to wipe a few times to be clean.

Girls will sometimes also not poop in potty if the bathroom seems scary or the toilet is too big. If she is pooping on the big toilet with a potty seat on top, this may be too big for her and it can make her feel uncomfortable or scared when going.

Using a potty chair if possible to go poop may be a better choice until she is used to going poop on the potty and feels secure when doing it. She also may be scared having to be in the bathroom alone and trying to go poop. Keeping the door open or being in there with her can help with this as well.

However, if she does not want you in there, you can always stand outside the door when she goes so she knows you are there and that she is safe when going.

Another reason your daughter may not want to poop on the potty is that it hurts. If she is constipated and it is really hard for her to go or she is having diarrhea even, this will make her not want to poop and to hold her poop instead.

However, this can cause other serious medical problems when children hold their poop, so you want to look into what she is eating, make sure there are no food allergies there or if she has been taking medications for any reason that these are not the reason that she is having problems going poop on the potty.

The harder it is to go, the less likely she will want to. If she is crying and there is a lot of pain associated with going poop than you may also want to take her to her pediatrician to make sure about giving her a child laxative to go or what foods can be used to make going poop easier. The sooner you take care of this the better, since again this can lead to other medical problems when she is holding her poop.

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During Thanksgiving I went to visit my sister and she has a 2.5 yr old little girl who is very sensitive. Here are my potty training tips for potty training sensitive toddlers…

If you have a sensitive toddler and it is time to potty train, you can still have her potty trained and have an enjoyable experience too. Sensitive children do sometimes take a little more time and understanding, since their emotions are a little stronger than other children.

However, it does not mean that potty training has to be hard or difficult or upsetting either. There are ways to have her potty trained so that she is happy when doing it and having a good time as well.

Some tips on potty training a sensitive girl include:

• Make sure to talk with her about potty training, before actually beginning the potty training process. The more you let her know what is going on and what is happening, the less chance there will be of her becoming upset or confused when you do begin potty training. Watch potty training videos together, so she can see what will be happening and how other children are using the bathroom. Listen to potty training CDs to learn the songs, so she feels secure when using the bathroom and can remember these as well, plus read through the books too so she understands as well what will be happening and can look at the pictures and take it all in.
• Give her more time with the pre-potty training process. Many times children need only a couple of weeks to learn about potty training, however give your daughter extra time to become comfortable with it and do not push the potty training too much. Instead, ask leading questions to get in interested in potty training and watch what her reactions are so that you know that she is comfortable and understanding what will be happening.
• Allow her to be involved in the process of choosing her potty chair and potty step stool, as well as her potty training pants, potty stickers and calendar also. Anything that is being purchased for her and potty training, make sure she is a part of this process to help get her excited, as well as make her comfortable with what will be happening. Most likely she will want to be involved in these decisions and this will make her feel better about what is happening, since she is getting to choose the items.
• Use potty training decals in the bathroom and on the toilet so that it is fun to be in there and so she can see that it is her special place to use the bathroom. The more fun the bathroom is, the more likely she will want to go. Have her comfort items in the bathroom for her, so she feels secure whenever she needs to go.
• Do take it slower with her. If she does start to become upset about using the bathroom talk about why she is and maybe not force her to go right than. Let her take a break from the bathroom and let her know that you two will go back to the bathroom in a little bit.

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However, there are some things that can be done to make nighttime potty training go much smoother and so that they learn to wake up and use the bathroom too. Keep in mind that even with nighttime potty training, that your daughter still needs to be kept in training pants and not placed back into diapers.

This can be very confusing for a child when they are put back into diapers and it can make them want to start using them again, since they are use to them and they are easier for the child too. So, do keep your daughter in training pants at night even. But, what you can do it get plastic covers to put over the training pants so that if she does have an accident there will be less of a mess to clean up.

The covers go over the training pants and there are also waterproof training pants as well. These still let your child know that she is wet or soiled, without getting everywhere.

You can also have a cover over the bed too. These waterproof mattress pads keep the mattress dry in case of an accident as well. There are also some that come with a potty alarm on them. The alarm goes off and wakes your daughter should she go to the bathroom in the bed.

This is a great way to potty train her, since she is woken up and recognizes that she now needs to go use the bathroom. Along with these types of alarms, there are also potty watches that can be set to wake your daughter to remind her to use the bathroom too. This works very well, since she will be woken, before having an accident and it is also helping to teach her what her body feels like at night when she is sleeping and needs to use the bathroom.

Furthermore, you do want to make sure that she uses the bathroom before going to bed and gets into the habit of doing this. This will help cut down on accidents, as well as teachers her good habits of using the bathroom before bed and first thing in the morning too. There is also the option of cutting back on liquids prior to bed time, so that her bladder is not full when she goes to bed and this also means less chance of an accident too.

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5 Life Changes that cause regression:

• divorce or separation in the home
• a new baby entering the home
• a new house and move to a new home
• a death in the family or health issues
• sickness that has occurred

It is not uncommon to see regression in children when they become stressed about situations in the home, as well as the fact that all these changes occurring as well as trying to potty train can be difficult for them to handle and process. Learning to potty train for a child is a big achievement and for them it can be something that can cause stress while they are learning something new. So, when this is combined with other life changes too, it can be too much for a child to handle. With that in mind, the 5 life changes that were mentioned can cause stress and you can find your child no longer wanting to use the potty.

Divorce or separation:

Your child may become very confused by everything that is happening, as well as the fact too that the schedule that he has been on has changed too. This can be especially true when a parent is moving out and no longer do they have the same potty training schedule to go by. Also, the fact that your child will be in a different home environment now as well and have to become accustom to that bathroom to use. Allowing your child to take a brief break from potty training until things have calmed down a little bit is okay. You should let him know it is just a brief break and that you will go back to potty training in a week or something of that nature. Allowing him time to adjust to the new situation will mean he will be bettered prepared to start potty training again.

New Baby:

This can mean that your child may feel that they have to behave like a baby to receive the same attention as the new sibling is receiving. They may regress to get attention, since they could feel like they are not receiving as much as before, even when they are. In this instance, setting aside special time with your child can help with this and this includes the potty time too.

New Home:

Similar to a divorce or separation, moving to a new home can be scary for a child and they may not want to use the new bathroom. In this case making sure to decorate the bathroom again and have all his favorite items in there will make the adjustment and change much easier. In this case, there may not be any reason to actually stop potty training, but instead go slower with the potty training for a time until your child is adjusted to his new home.

Death:

If a family member has passed away, especially a sibling or parent, this will be a very upsetting time for a child that is potty training. Allowing your child to temporarily stop potty training will be okay, since they will be dealing with many emotions at this time. Give your child the time needed to cope with the loss and than go back to potty training once things are back on a more normal or routine schedule again.

Illness:

If your child has become sick or ill while potty training, they may not be able to feel that they need to go. Using training pants is okay, especially if your child is bed ridden due to illness.

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