How do I get my daughter out of nappies?
15 May 2010 2 Responses
Hi, I am a happy mother of four girls, Isobella (8), Kaytlyn (5), Rubi (2) and Marielle (11 months). My little 5 year old has just started Prep/Preschool and is still in nappies! I have been encouraging her to wear knickers with a ‘star chart’ but she still refuses. She won’t go on the toilet or potty either. If I make her wear knickers, she crys and just wets her pants. Her schoolteachers are lovely and offer to change her nappies at school but they are getting quite concerned about the problem. I urgently need some help from whoever is out there!
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Sometimes you may need the gradual approach… here in Australia we have these pull up type knickers that are absorbent like a nappy is… so its a step between nappies and knickers. These have worked for me and they are easy for kids to start or get used to the pulling their pants back up again.
In regards to the whole toilet training part, you have to make it rewarding and give her praise when she uses the potty, but you have been through toilet training once before, so i am sure you have tried almost everythnng you possibly could.
Hello…
You sure are lucky to have the help of the teachers at preschool for Kaytlyn… Kaytlyn is deffinatley old enough to understand the ethics of making mummy work for her… and with two fairly younger siblings i feel her stubbornness with this particular issue is her way of feeling like she is still the baby of the family – obviously she has worked out by now that the youngest gets most of mum’s care and attention.
One way to be 100% sure of this is if she won’t claim ownership of being a ‘big girl’ as all our little precious gems do… but if she DOES think she is a big girl.. this is your leeway to help fix to your problem.. my suggestion is one you may have to work on and might not get results for a fews months…
But i suggest turning your attention now straight to Rubi.. your next to go into training… With the normal dose of praise and reward that Rubi gets you will find Kaitlyn picking up on all the good, loving, happy attention and rewards Rubi is getting for being a ‘big girl’ – perhaps this might make her want to grow up a little bit more.
Hope this give you something to work with? …. =)Good Luck.
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