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[...] Potty Power – Is your child ready to potty train or not? [...]

By: Lisa Vratny-Smith

Lisa Vratny-Smith — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:10:22 +0000

It can be tricky to figure out when it is a typical regression and when there is something more going on. Consulting with your pediatrician is a great idea. The BEE (Bedwetting, Enuresis, and Encopresis) Clinic at The Children’s Hospital is a also a valuable resource for those more difficult situations.

By: Kagey

Kagey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:56:16 +0000

My potty-trained-except-at-night son started having one accident after another when he was 4. Mostly these were wet accidents, but there was the occasional poopie one, too. After struggling with accident after accident we asked our pediatrician, who explained that some children get so good at holding their bowel movements that eventually the physical need to go can be completely ignored until the body takes over — and the child has an accident. The same group of muscles controls both functions, which is why we had both kinds of accidents.
We’re slowly working back to where we were by following the doctor’s instructions, and I wished we’d talked to the doctor right away. We went from less than one accident a week to six in one day, and I should have realized that this wasn’t normal.
Your daughter may have a completely different situation going on, but if your mommy-sense is tingling, I suggest at least getting the doctor’s opinion before you struggle on for months (like we did!).