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I am having trouble potty training my daughter. She was doing well until we moved back in March. I have tried stickers on a chart and toys when she goes but nothing seems to work now. How can I get her going again? She just turned three.
She is experiencing emotional stress and this is probably the only thing in her life she has control over. Stop making it an issue and let her enjoy her toddler hood, so she can get her emotional work done. If she does not have a doll house, get her one and play doll house with her. Give her the freedom to do all the emotional work she needs; just play with her and you will see her working out her own issues and resolving her own problems.
When playing don't interpret her behavior or play, but state what you see. I see that you have no toilet in this house. I see that the Mommy and Daddy are fighting. I see that you have moved the house from the dining room to the living room. Is moving hard for these little people? Let her do this work in her own time. Potty training is too emotionally tied for a child, for you to force the issue. Dr.Ginger
Dr. Ginger Gabriel, Ph.D., M.F.T., is an author and speaker as well as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. With Master of Arts degrees in counseling and missions and a Ph.D. in psychology, she has traveled to Asia, the Middle East and throughout North American giving her four-to fifteen-hour relationship and counseling skill-building seminars.
Her favorite pastimes are kayaking, quilting, hiking and reading novels. She is married to Dr. Stan Gabriel. They have three children and three grandchildren.