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Today has been a rough day for me. I have been working on potty training Zoe for almost 8 months now and she is flat out refusing to use the potty. I have tried bribing, begging, giving candy or stickers. I tried spanking, threatening or just ignoring her and nothing is working. If I put anything at all on her, panties, pull ups or a diaper, she will not use the potty. On the other hand if I let her roam the house naked, she will go on her own so I left her run naked. It works until we have to leave the house and at that point she will NOT under any circumstances go to the potty. Well, today she broke me and I decided to lay off completely. I will put her back in diapers and not ask her if she needs to use the potty at all. My hubby is with me 100% which makes me feel better about it. Well, my mother in law is now inquiring as to why she is in a diaper, when I responded, she stated that giving up was a sign of a "bad parent". Ok, so the fact that MY child is obviously not ready to be potty trained and I'm obeying that sign, I'm a bad parent? What exactly is a bad parent? Several mothers told me to back off and she will do it in her own time, are they bad mothers too? Is my mom a bad mom for giving up on my brother for six months and after that he bascially potty trained himself? What would a so called "good parent" do? Would they keep pushing their child to the point the child completely regresses? Or never press the issue in the first place thus giving the child complete control of when they are ready? I feel this is what I need to do and as bad as it bothers me, I know it will work.
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