i need help w/ potty training?
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I think that your daughter is trying to tell you that she wants to be in control. That is why she is peeing on the floor after just being in the bathroom. I hope that you are not telling her how hard-headed she is. That label will stick in her head and she will believe it and behave accordingly. I had to try different methods with each of my children. You may want to stop taking her to the bathroom every 15 to 30 minutes and give her the chance to feel the urge to go and react. With my daughters, the sticker system worked for them. Each time they were successful in the bathroom, they got one sticker for peeing and two stickers for pooping. After they filled in two weeks worth of stickers, and had no more diapers, they got a prize. One chose a Barbie, the other a video. With my youngest son, he was well past 3 years old and I knew he was able to use the bathroom but he refused. I let him pick out big-boy underwear, and yet he would still wet himself. I started offering fruit snacks (which he loves but doesn't get to have very often) if he would use the bathroom instead of wearing pull ups or wetting himself. It worked except he wanted to continue to wear pull ups. When I told him we didn't have any more pull ups and that he had to wear underwear, he started to have accidents again. In a pull up, he would stay dry. Talk about a power struggle!! Finally, I asked his preschool teacher to encourage him to use the potty at school and maybe talk to him about how big boys his age should be wearing big-boy underwear. She told me that he was already successfully using the bathroom at school and they were surprised that he was still in pull ups!! So, without embarrasing him, I told him that he was the only kid in his class that was still wearing pull ups. All the other kids wore big-boy and big-girl underwear. The peer pressure did it!! And he has been a pro ever since!
You will have to try different methods to see what works for you. But I think you definitely have a daughter who is trying to tell you something. Let HER tell you when she has to go and then give her praise and a small reward. I have a few strong-willed children too. Good Luck!
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