shorkiegirl
11-06-2011, 07:41 AM
Hi All. I'm a first-time poster here but a long time reader.
Long story short, we started part-time EC around 6 months and it started to really work right around 11 months when she demonstrated that she understood the purpose of the potty and would quickly pee or poop when placed on it. By 13 months, almost all her poops were in the potty. Pees were tougher but she'd still do it sometimes. Around a year she started using the sign to let us know and then we'd put her on and she'd go. She is 16 months now and sometime around 1.5 months ago, around the time she started walking, she slowed down her potty usage. She started standing an up and walking away when she'd place her on it. I figured it was just a phase due to the walking being new but it just got worse, to the point that she basically wouldn't agree to sit on it at all. Then, on the few occasions were we'd "catch" a poop, she would try to stand up while pooping, seemingly terrified of what was going on! Despite our cheers and praise, she would look back at the poop in the potty and cry as though it was a monster or something. We've always been nothing short of gleeful around potty-time, never forced her to sit there and always lavished praise for producing or a "good try" if she didn't. So why is she behaving this way?
We've tried rewarding with m&m's with very little success and for now, we are really not pushing the issue. She will sometimes still sign when she has to go/is going but I always ask her "do you want to sit on the potty" and with few exceptions, she always shakes her head "no". So I'm just crossing my fingers that the desire will come back on its own if I don't pressure at all.
Just wondering if anyone had anything else to suggest or any insights as to why this has happened? Thanks for reading :)
Long story short, we started part-time EC around 6 months and it started to really work right around 11 months when she demonstrated that she understood the purpose of the potty and would quickly pee or poop when placed on it. By 13 months, almost all her poops were in the potty. Pees were tougher but she'd still do it sometimes. Around a year she started using the sign to let us know and then we'd put her on and she'd go. She is 16 months now and sometime around 1.5 months ago, around the time she started walking, she slowed down her potty usage. She started standing an up and walking away when she'd place her on it. I figured it was just a phase due to the walking being new but it just got worse, to the point that she basically wouldn't agree to sit on it at all. Then, on the few occasions were we'd "catch" a poop, she would try to stand up while pooping, seemingly terrified of what was going on! Despite our cheers and praise, she would look back at the poop in the potty and cry as though it was a monster or something. We've always been nothing short of gleeful around potty-time, never forced her to sit there and always lavished praise for producing or a "good try" if she didn't. So why is she behaving this way?
We've tried rewarding with m&m's with very little success and for now, we are really not pushing the issue. She will sometimes still sign when she has to go/is going but I always ask her "do you want to sit on the potty" and with few exceptions, she always shakes her head "no". So I'm just crossing my fingers that the desire will come back on its own if I don't pressure at all.
Just wondering if anyone had anything else to suggest or any insights as to why this has happened? Thanks for reading :)
