How to handle potty training regression

Most learning is a process of two steps forward and one back. To begin with, we are super-focussed on our new skill and then, as we get better at it, we can let our attention slip a little and go backwards. Accidents are normal - every classroom in every primary school will have a box of spare pants for these occasions. What you’re trying to achieve is independence so, if your child has an accident, gently support them as they clean it up.

You can reduce the likelihood of potty training regression or at least limit how long it lasts, by taking it in your stride, eliminating reward systems and, above all else, giving your child the space and privacy they require and the independence they crave, just by making it clear that you’re there when needed to support and help them as they grow up.

For the first week, it can really help to be home-based so you don’t have to handle accidents out and about and also because, if the weather is really good, you can forget pants altogether and head into the garden - if the first few wees water the grass, who cares? Your child will see the wee and start to make the connection. If a wee hits the potty, don’t make a huge thing of it - this is just a wee and you expect it to land in the potty after all. A simple “that’s right, wees go in the potty.

. However, I am regularly asked to help parents who have run into difficulties with potty training and almost always they have been using a reward system such as a star chart.

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