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Author Message   shannon thomas (Unregistered Guest) Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:52 pm:    I have twins who will be 3 next month. The younger consistently pees in the potty, no problems at all. The older I'm having some problems with. He has peed on the potty, but has an amazing ability to "hold it". We went on a trip over the holidays, and he didn't pee for almost 24 hours!!! He was holding himself, and sat on the potty 10-15 times, but each time, wouldn't go. Yesterday, he was dancing around, holding himself, so I had him sit on the potty. He peed a little, then started holding it, and wanted to get up. It took a lot of encouragement, and gentle persuasion (resting my hands on his legs so that he wouldn't get up) before he finally would go ahead and pee. I'm worried that he's going to hurt himself by holding the pee sooo much. I'm wondering if he could have a medical problem, or some sort of aversion to the potty.   l.thomas427@ntlworld.com (Unregistered Guest) Posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 - 05:49 am:    my 2 1/2 year old has been potty training for 6 months fine and now he has started soiling himself, refusing to poo anywhere other than his pants but not telling anyone when he has done it and laughing when you ask him why i don't know what to do to get him to start going on the potty or toilet for a poo anymore   Kristen (Unregistered Guest) Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 12:27 pm:    Hi, I have been reading info about the "one day" approach and was planning on doing it this coming week. We now have to make a car trip (2 hours each way) this week, right after our originally planned "potty day". Assuming we have some success, what do you suggest we do for the car? Underwear or a diaper? We can plan some stops, but I doubt my son would even try a full-size toilet away from home. Or should I just put off "potty day" until we have several "normal" days in a row? FYI, he's 2yrs 3mos and has peed in his litttle potty now and then. We were doing a late-start version of infant potty training when he learned to walk and lost interest at 14 mos He's interested in wearing underwear - that's more motivating than any other treat/reward I've tried. Thanks for your input! Kristen   andrea comerchero (Unregistered Guest) Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 11:32 am:    Hi! My daughter is 3 years old and is fully "pee" trained during the day and at night. It took her a while to become "poop" trained...first in the pullup then she was constipated and then she was going in her underwear. She finally realized she didn't like that and was going on the potty. She did that for about 3 or 4 weeks and has now regressed to back in her underwear. She knows exactly what she is doing too. I ask her if she has to go and the answer is always no. Inevitably she makes in her underwear when I am either feeding or changing my 9 month old daughter. I've taken away her "fun" underwear and have told her that she can only have her "plain boring" underwear until she starts going on the potty again. She understands but doesn't seem to care...she's still going in her underwear. Any suggestions!!!!! Thanks, Andrea   Kim Rankin (Unregistered Guest) Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:36 pm:    Hello, I have a 3 1/2 year old boy, who we have been trying to train for a month or so. We have been putting him on the potty chair frequently during the day (every half hour with the help of a timer) and sometimes we catch it, and sometimes we don't. He will not tell us when he has to go. There are some days that we don't have to persuade him at all to sit on the potty, then there are other days (more frequent than not) that it is a power struggle. If the day starts like this, then the rest of the day is frustrating. There are times that he will sit on the potty, then when he gets up and hasn't gone, he will go ten minutes later in his pull ups or underwear. Also in play here, is that I also have a 4 month old and am on leave, so there are times when I am nursing or tending to her. I know that I am hard on him... I try not to punish him or make a deal about accidents, but it's very frustrating. I reward him with stickers, treats and always a hug, kiss and encouraging words when he goes in the potty, but this doesn't seem to be working anymore. Sometimes, I just need a break and we stop training. I have a diaper on him now and even though I point out that big kids don't wear diapers, he doesn't mind that he has it on. My husband thinks that he wants to act like a baby because of his new sister. I am so frustrated and a little depressed that this is such a roller coaster and I don't see any light at the end. My questions are: Do you have any advice? Do you think taking a break will hurt any progress that has been made? Will punishing him (I mean like taking away a privlege) cause him to regress? If we ignore the accidents, then how will he know that they are not a good thing? Is it hopeless to try and train when I have to divide my attention between him and his sister? Thanks for your help.