She keeps going for a wee- potty training????

Question

Our 20 month old toilet trained herself with help & encouragement from us. She refuses the potty and will only use the big toilet.Our downstairs loo isn't working so she has to go upstairs & our house is quite big so it takes a while to get there.

Anyway, she wears knickers so everytime she needs the loo she says"Wee,wee,wee" and off we run to the loo, or "poo" but thats only once a day.

The wee thing has become silly now- she asks to go about 10 times an hour, she does do a tiny wee each time but she won't fully empty her bladder. She refuses to wee in a nappy so going out is awkward, I have to make sure I have the toilet seat & theres toilets close by.

Is this a phase? She can go all night without a wee so its not thats he can't hold it in, but then we spend half the morning in the bathroom waiting for her to do a million tiny wee's lol.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Answer 1

It sounds like she's figured out that this is a way to get mom's full attention many times a day.  Not sure exactly how to fix it.  Have you tried telling her to hold it for a while and maybe sitting down with her to play or read a book instead?  It sounds like she has the ability to hold it, so I would try that if you haven't already.  Maybe if she gets lots of attention from you doing other activities, she won't want to get you to take her to the bathroom so often.  Good luck!  We haven't tried the potty training yet.  My daughter's 16 months old today, so maybe someone else can give some better advice.

Answer 2

i have just been through this with my 4yr old, turned out he was attention seeking because he is jealous of his baby bro! I had to give him a talking to and it took a couple of wetting accidents where I refused to take him for him to stop. Not sure what to advise for 20mth old though, but almost certainly she is making a game out of it or she too is seeking your attention for going on the big toilet. Try saying 'no you don't, you've just been'. and then starting a new game of activity, if she doesn't really need it she will forget, if she does she will soon let you know!

Edit: I hear you! all we can do is take comfort in the fact that they won't do it forever!

Answer 3

Did you praise her too much for using the toilet correctly?  Perhaps she is just after the gratification of Mum and Dad's approval. (albeit misguided)..  She's nearly 2, talk to her..  Good Luck

Answer 4

She'll come out of it, every kiddie has their own phase when it comes to potty training, mine waits till she's dribbling before she goes to pee... the first refused to use the toilet and only wanted the potty to poo in... give her time she's still young too...

Answer 5

I haven't encountered this exact problem, but I have started telling my son that if he "doesn't go now, there won't be another potty chair around for a while" and that seems to work, especially when we go out in public.  I also use the restroom at that time to show him that Mommy is going, so nows the time to go.

Answer 6

get the downstairs toilet fixed then.