okinawama
08-15-2014, 06:22 PM
Ds is 3yrs 4 months. We began potty training him about 6 weeks ago. He has had 2 accident free days since we started. He often has 3-10 accidents per day. We initially did the 3 day potty training method, and really allowed him to tell us when he had to go rather than setting a timer and putting him on the potty. However, lately, I've decided that clearly isn't working because he very very rarely actually tells us, we either remind him many many times a day ( which would be fine, if he wasn't wetting more frequently than we can remind him) or he just walks around in wet pants. So today, I set a timer to go off every 20 minutes, and he is still having accidents in between that short time(sometimes as little as 4 minutes have passed and his underwear are wet). Often times, it's just a small leak, anywhere from a quarter size wet spot to a sand dollar size wet spot.
I truly, am just grasping at straws as to why he's still having frequent accidents. I am unsure as to whether constipation is to blame though. He usually has a BM once a day (99.9% of the time, he goes on the toilette, it's just pee we are having trouble with...lucky, I know!) and never strains. We are in a bit of a tight spot because his preschool he is attending requires him to be potty trained, and really, I think he's ready (switching PS is not an option). He sometimes holds it for hours and hours at a time, other days, he can barely make it a 10 minutes. When he takes a nap, he often wakes up dry, but if he skips his nap and just putters around his room instead of sleeping, he'll have an accident. I've even thought about buying one of those bedwetting alarms and using it during the day. Any suggestions? Any BTDT?
I truly, am just grasping at straws as to why he's still having frequent accidents. I am unsure as to whether constipation is to blame though. He usually has a BM once a day (99.9% of the time, he goes on the toilette, it's just pee we are having trouble with...lucky, I know!) and never strains. We are in a bit of a tight spot because his preschool he is attending requires him to be potty trained, and really, I think he's ready (switching PS is not an option). He sometimes holds it for hours and hours at a time, other days, he can barely make it a 10 minutes. When he takes a nap, he often wakes up dry, but if he skips his nap and just putters around his room instead of sleeping, he'll have an accident. I've even thought about buying one of those bedwetting alarms and using it during the day. Any suggestions? Any BTDT?