My husband left this week dor Iraq and my 3 year old who has been potty trained for 2 months and has had no accidents started peeing in his clothes 3-5 times a day. I realize this is somehow related to his stress with the situation. I have tried pretty much everything. Being nice...Being upset...Offering an incentive if he does not pee in his clothes...Praising him when he goes in the toilet and asking if he needs to go several times....Nothing is working. I want to handle this the best way possible. Please let me know if you have dealt with this situation and what worked to stop it. Thanks.
This happened to my son, he’s turning 6 next month. My husband didn’t go over seas, but did go on work related trips here and there. That wasn’t so much an issue for him, though. He was potty-trained at around 3, and then went through a phase at year 4 & 5. He still had occasional accidents overnight up until 6 mths ago. Some boys have a harder time than girls, my daughter was quick & easy to train. It takes longer. Don’t bring great attention to it. He may just “hold” it too long, which was the case of my son. I would just follow him throughout the day, and watch. Make sure he doesn’t get so busy that he forgets and doesn’t make it on time. If he’s a heavy sleeper, like mine, he may take longer to get accustomed to night pottying. I usually would wake my son up around 10pm, and then take him to the potty. It worked 90% of the time. He had no accidents. You may also have to designate times, to yourself, to “remind” him to go potty, and be firm about it. He can get past this, but he’ll need your help and encouragement to do that.
You’re the mommy, the soul child raiser at this moment, and he looks to you for guidance, patience and unconditional love to get him past this!!
**Been there, done that……I’ll be praying for ya!
Play him videos of his dad as often as possible. Making an issue out of it will only make it worse,
oh the poor baby he might be really scared or something of the sort take him to the doctor. Try talking to him and ask him why he pees himself.
Maybe he’s not adjusted well to his dad leaving.. ?
theres really not much u can do. he may need to see a doctor. he really must be close to daddy and needs help in dealing with this
I gues you’re going to have to punish the little guy. What he is doing in unnacceptable. I know he is probably angry w/ his dad. But, I don’t think that you can really have a sit-down with a 3-year old. They don’t understand that sort of thing. They understand punishment: time out, and such. I think your hudsband has a huge choice to make when he comes back. When I got back, I told my wife I would never leave her again. I will be out of the military in 20 days. I love my family to much to put them trought that again. Good luck to you.
ummm my two kids are fine with their daddy gone in iraq, maybe yours just has issues. slap a diaper on him until he learns to handle himself. that’s whack.
I’m not sure what to suggest with your son, but I wanted to take this opportunuty to thank you, your husband & family for the sacrifice you make for our country. We civilians just don’t know how or where or who to thank, but I wanted to here. Hmm, this might make a good yahoo question…………….
Poor baby is missing his daddy! He is probably feeling very insecure right now. His whole little world has changed! You should try to work hard at making your home life routine again.He needs to know that everything is going to fine. Try not to let him see you upset about Dad being gone. I think I would just ignore it for awhile and put him in pull ups again. Once he feels stable again, he should be fine. Good luck and God bless your husband for serving our country.