{"id":16306,"date":"2016-08-29T07:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=16306"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:57:46","slug":"qa-how-can-i-prevent-potty-training-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2016\/08\/29\/qa-how-can-i-prevent-potty-training-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Potty-Training Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m using Mondays to clean out my mailbox. This week’s question on avoiding potty-training accidents was written in response to my post, A Common-Sense Approach to Potty-Training<\/a>. Read on for my best ideas for helping kids stay continent:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Monday<\/p>\n

Question: How can I prevent toilet-training accidents?<\/h2>\n

Hi, Jennifer.<\/p>\n

My sons are 4 & 6. They can stay dry for days or can have 5 accidents in 3 hours<\/strong>. It can be hard to know how many extra sets of clothes to bring places.<\/p>\n

Sometimes they go themselves and other times they have an accident if I don’t tell them to go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

My 6-year-old night-trained on his own soon after turning three and gets up at night to go potty. How can I encourage them to stay clean and dry<\/strong> during the day after they seem potty-trained?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Avoiding<\/p>\n

Answer: Remind them, especially at key times<\/h2>\n

It sounds like your sons may be a lot like I was as a child. I remember having accidents long after I was toilet trained, simply because I would get so engrossed in whatever I was doing that I’d completely forget to go to the bathroom<\/strong> until it was too late.<\/p>\n

The more distractions available…<\/strong><\/p>\n