LO took her diaper off at 11 months and decided the potty was the way to go. I treated it very casually and asked her if she wanted to use the potty when I did or when she made the sign for it. She would walk to the potty and take her diaper off 4-5x a day and go. At night she had started to have almost dry diapers. She was exclusively pooping on the potty. She is exclusively cloth diapered except when she's at my parents because my dad is a big baby.
All of a sudden two weeks ago it's like the potty has become the devil she won't sit on it no matter who's house we are at or which potty it is she has several. She and DH did have a war of wills around this time where she got up before he thought she should and he yelled at her. She loves to get up after she's done and race for the stairs.
She will sit on the Minnie Mouse potty with the seat down so it's like a stool.
Should I try to bribe her back on or just leave it alone until she decides to do it again?
I don't believe in bribing her with food so I give her books or lipstick that she likes when she decides to sit on the big toilet with the stair attachment. She loves holding multiple lipsticks and toothbrushes she's obsessed.
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We havnt done the potty trying deal yet, so take my advice for whatever you think it's worth
I don't think I would push the issue. I have always heard that potty training regression happens when a new baby comes, so I think you'd be setting up for an even bigger turn around. I wonder if some of the new behavior is because she senses things are changing soon? I'd just follow her lead for a while.
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Let it go. It isn't worth the fight with the new baby arriving soon. She is young, though very smart and advanced.
Btw, I adore that she loves lipstick. J just started asking to sit on the potty, however, she won't do anything on the potty but sit and talk about potty.
I wouldn't push it. DS was also pretty good at peeing in the potty then one day have became afraid. With being pg I was just too tired to push the issue. Right after the babies were born he decided to go back to using the potty full time. He's only had a couple of accidents. We don't use diapers at all, even at night and I attribute that to waiting till he was ready. He was a little over 3 when he decided it was time.
I wouldn't push it. A started potty training a month before J was born. She definitely regressed when he got here and it has been a battle of wills for two months. Finally this week she just decided she was going to use the potty full time. I would let her decide when she's ready.
E sudden got scared of the potty around Christmas. She insisted there were monsters in it. We sprinkled some glitter in the bowl to make it "safe" and used some "monster spray" (water in a spray bottle) to scare the monsters away. About a week later she was completely back on the potty.
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