My wife and I have just recently got our daught of 3 yrs & 1 month poddy trained. She was doing great for a while, but now she seems to be regressing. She always claims it's an accident but I can't tell.
Sometimes she's able to tell us that she has to go poop before she really does, but other times a bit of poop sneaks out. It's not a lot, but it's what you'd expect if, for example, she thought it was just a fart but found out it was a poop a little too late. I suspect that's what's going on, but she can't seem to tell us. When we ask her why she's pooping in her panties, she always says "I don't know".
We've at least managed to get her to tell the truth. She used to lie to us and tell us she didn't poop (or pee) her pants, but after getting in trouble for that a few times and learning that it wasn't so much that she had an accident that she got in trouble but that she lied to us, she's been pretty good about telling the truth.
I remember the moment when this turn-around happened. She told me she had to go poop, and so I took her to the bathroom. In the bathroom, she tells me "You take off my pants, but I'll take off my panties and you go away." She's pulled this stunt a few times. I told her "Tell me the truth: did you poop in your panties?" to which she started balling out "It was an accident! It was an accident!" I told her it was all right, and that I was happy she told the truth.
Since then she's been pretty honest about her accidents, but we still don't quite know why it's happening now after she was doing so well for a while. She usually doesn't need prompting to tell us when she needs to go poop, but usually when she tells us out of her own accord, there's a little bit of an accident. This tells me that she probably wasn't expecting it (like she thought it was a fart) and when she realizes what happened, she immediately tells us that she's got to go poop.
Is there any way of figuring out what's the problem here? I'm sure it's not on purpose - by now she knows better. She's gotten in trouble several times in the past for not going on the poddy and she's been serenated with praise several times for doing it right. And it just honestly looks like she's trying her best. Is it possible that she just doesn't know how to interpret her bowl sensations (ex. confusing a poop for a fart)? Is it possible she isn't feeling anything at all until it's too late (sometimes it seems this way)? How can we tell?
Sometimes she's able to tell us that she has to go poop before she really does, but other times a bit of poop sneaks out. It's not a lot, but it's what you'd expect if, for example, she thought it was just a fart but found out it was a poop a little too late. I suspect that's what's going on, but she can't seem to tell us. When we ask her why she's pooping in her panties, she always says "I don't know".
We've at least managed to get her to tell the truth. She used to lie to us and tell us she didn't poop (or pee) her pants, but after getting in trouble for that a few times and learning that it wasn't so much that she had an accident that she got in trouble but that she lied to us, she's been pretty good about telling the truth.
I remember the moment when this turn-around happened. She told me she had to go poop, and so I took her to the bathroom. In the bathroom, she tells me "You take off my pants, but I'll take off my panties and you go away." She's pulled this stunt a few times. I told her "Tell me the truth: did you poop in your panties?" to which she started balling out "It was an accident! It was an accident!" I told her it was all right, and that I was happy she told the truth.
Since then she's been pretty honest about her accidents, but we still don't quite know why it's happening now after she was doing so well for a while. She usually doesn't need prompting to tell us when she needs to go poop, but usually when she tells us out of her own accord, there's a little bit of an accident. This tells me that she probably wasn't expecting it (like she thought it was a fart) and when she realizes what happened, she immediately tells us that she's got to go poop.
Is there any way of figuring out what's the problem here? I'm sure it's not on purpose - by now she knows better. She's gotten in trouble several times in the past for not going on the poddy and she's been serenated with praise several times for doing it right. And it just honestly looks like she's trying her best. Is it possible that she just doesn't know how to interpret her bowl sensations (ex. confusing a poop for a fart)? Is it possible she isn't feeling anything at all until it's too late (sometimes it seems this way)? How can we tell?
