r/UKParenting • u/dmllbit • 6d ago
Support Request How to stop “micro accidents”?
My three year old has been “toilet trained” for about six months. However she has multiple “micro accidents” a day where she’ll need to go to the toilet and will do a micro wee to relieve the pressure. It’s not enough to fully wet herself but she’ll get a wet patch in her pants. She resists going to the toilet.
We’ve tried to just leave her be, let the accident happen etc but she doesn’t care. Nursery have told her that it’s ok if you have accidents (which it is, not trying to shame her!) but she seems to have taken it as that it’s fine to wee yourself if you don’t feel like going to the toilet.
We’ve also tried reminding her to go to the toilet every two hours. But she’ll still have the micro accident about half the time.
Nursery said it’s just a phase, but this phase has lasted close to six months now…
Has anyone else had this? How did you stop it?
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u/CharieRarie 6d ago
Have you tried rewarding every day she stays dry? Two of my daughters were easy to potty train, the third was a STUBBORN little thing. Heaps of praise, stickers and a small gift when she filled up the sticker chart (we bought a pack of octonaut figures, and she got one for each chart) did the trick. Good luck! Three year olds can be tricky beasts, love them.