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Originally Posted by rbelland  Ok, I am having a issue with potty training again!!!! We use pee pads and we also go outside quite often. Latley both my babies have suprised me with little gifts around the house!! (I think it is both????) Even right after I have taken them outside????? Tayah is PG so we go out quite often. Am I confusing them by doing both? I have pee pads in our bedroom for the night and even in the day if they need it. OH MY what is going on??? Oh yeah and I thought I would throw in the fact that I JUST STEAM CLEANED THE CARPETS RECENTLY!!!!!! LOL
Maybe I should put more pee pads out?
Any advice would be great!!! |
Our Roxy (now 5 mo) has done that on occasion. I figured she was testing us or something unknown to us upset her. She had been doing so well. We keep a pee pad in a corner by the patio door & one in the bedroom by that patio door. Having the two hasn't seemed to confuse her at all. One day she started going anywhere she wanted. DH got furious & yelled at her, which only made it worse. I calmly reminded him that yelling & screaming just creates fear & confusion. When he stopped, she got better.
However, what really helped get her back on track after that was placing a wooden baby gate propped with a chair against the corner pee pad is in & a small cabinet on the opposite side. Sometimes if I just propped the gate with my foot & waited, she wouldn't to go. Using the chair & walking away helped. About 5 min later I'd go back & she had gone potty & got a reward, & life went on. I had to prop the gate with a chair because the cabinet is smaller than the pee pad & can't get the gate to lock in like normal. A day or two of that & she got the point. It was funny cuz 2-3 times when I just stood there & waited, she would just sorta fidget like she wasn't going to bother doing her job. Then all of a sudden she'd just sort of do an obvious 'Oh I give up' do her job & be done with it like she understood I wasn't going to give up until she did it.
Cracked me up!
Now when I tell her to go potty, she will march right over there & do it, but I usually don't even have to tell her. She just does it on her own. However now that the weather is getting to be decent enough to be outside will be a whole new story. So far when I've had her out, telling her to go potty doesn't even register. As soon as my new pee pad trays get here, I'll be taking those outside hoping this will help the idea transfer over. Hopefully it will work.
Keep trying! Good luck!