My daughter potty trained but still wants too use diapers?

Question

My daughter used the potty for two weeks and now she wants to wear diapers again. She is a litle over two years old.

Answer 1

This is normal, because she wont's to be a baby again. I would get rid of all diapers and only use pull-ups or padded underwear when needed. In this way you take away her desire. If you allow her to go back into diapers she may start going in them again. I have even had children who were potty trained for an entire year when all of a sudden they ask for diapers or starting going in their pants again. Be strong, and explain that she is a big girl and allow her to even pick out some new undies that she would like to wear to encourage her to only want and use underwear.

Answer 2

My daughter is 2 years and 3 months, and around 2 she was so excited about using the potty and would sit on it all day long, and now she screams "NO!" whenever we ask her if she wants to use it... to me it sounds like she just wasn't ready.

Answer 3

Try taking her to pick out her own underwear.  Cool stuff with princesses or whatever she wants.  If still a no go, tell her you will have a potty party if she can go a week only wearing underwear no diaper.  At the party you can invite a friend or grandparents and have a small cake and everyone can give her big girl undies.  Then you can pack up all her left over diapers and mail them to a baby, because she is a big girl now!

Answer 4

Aw, she's still a little young. I mean, it's awesome that she's using the potty. But maybe she sees her diapers as security. I would stick to the panties, if that's what you're using, then maybe let her do the diapers/pull ups at night and/or nap time. Then ween her off those.

Answer 5

This happened with me and my son too. I felt as though he just wanted to feel like the baby still, just keep reassuring her that she's a big girl, that daddy loves his big girl and that big girl's use the potty. It should work and don't give in.

Answer 6

try having her wear the pull ups so she can take it off and put it back on again it sounds like a stage she is going through and this wouldn't harm anything she is still young yet but get the pull ups that turn cold when they pee in them then I would think if she did pee she wont like the feeling and would rather use regular "big girl" underwear.. GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

Just keep encouraging her and telling her that she is a big girl now and don't give in to her requests.  The diapers are what she is familiar with and it takes time to get used to something new.

Answer 8

I know she WANTS diapers, but as a parent, what do you think is best for her?  My son was 24 months and had been 100% dry for one week, when I wanted him to start wearing underwear, he refused to stay dry because he wanted diapers.  I didn't want to be too pushy.  I was pleased because he had trained so young and I thought I'd just wait until this phase passed.  At three years old I took his diapers away like it or not to re-potty train him.  During the year he had become completely desensitized to the sensations of needing to go to the toilet. This time training him took 8 months and the accidents continued much longer.  Children can be quite vocal about what they want, but if it isn't good for them, I would encourage parents not to give in.  I had to clean up a lot of my sons accidents during potty training.  I wish I had done it at 2 years old instead of 4 years old.  It seems that all I did was give in to a toddler and reinforce a poor hygiene habit (soiling himself in a diaper when he was physically old enough to go to a toilet) for an additional year.

Also, keep in mind that our grandparents had our parents all trained by  2 years old, world wide, the average age for complete toilet training is 18 months old, don't second guess yourself and think she is too young, diapers are just security for toddlers, that's why they cling to them.