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2 1/2 year-old manipulator-need advice

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Last Post Jun 3, 2009 11:32 AM by: mialmom
mialmom
 
mialmom
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Re: 2 1/2 year-old manipulator-need advice

Jun 3, 2009 11:32 AM
I hear you!! My 21 month old daughter will do the same thing when it is time to go to bed. I always tell her she gets one "get out of jail free card". I take her to the potty and then right back to bed. At first she would wail, but I kept up with it and was consistent and it has paid off. You always feel like you have to take them if they keep saying "potty", but if you take them once and then put them back and stay consistent with them they get it.
hope that helps
sharona1973
 
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Registered: 5/7/09

Re: 2 1/2 year-old manipulator-need advice

May 7, 2009 7:10 AM
Hi there, I have the same troubles with my 2 1/2 year old daughter. When we put her down for her afternoon nap, and at night, she will go potty, go back to bed for about 5-10 minutes, then will say "go potty" louder and louder about every 10-15 seconds. I don't want her to think that we don't want her to go potty. What I'm starting to do is tell her that she has 1 time to go potty, let her do her thing, and put her back into bed (and try really hard to walk away.) This has worked a few times. The consistency of this is difficult however - I want to encourage her to potty when she needs to. Maybe I'm looking too deep into the psychology of it all.

If anyone has any other ideas, please post! : )
lbhmom
 
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2 1/2 year-old manipulator-need advice

Apr 6, 2009 7:18 PM
My 2 1/2 year-old just started training last Friday (now Monday). To give some background, he's in preschool, all his friends are training, and he was completely refusing. All of the sudden the light bulb went off, and he was great the first day. Each day he's gone a little less during the day though, claiming he was afraid (even though he went about 20 times the first day with no problem). The problem is that he is now using the potty to get what he wants. He refused to go all day today, except when it was nap time, and since we've put him to bed, he's been up four times. Each time he pees a little bit, and we do our routine, but I feel like he's doing it partially so he can stay up. My question is how do I deal with someone who's trying to manipulate and outsmart me every step of the way?