Well, here is where we are:

If we are in the house and alone, and DD is bare-bummed she will reliably wee and now poo in the potty (YAY! she gets a lot of praise for this of course).

For short trips right after she has peed in the potty (she only poos once every day or two) she is reliably dry.

For longer trips she will tell me she needs to pee, but won't pee in a big toilet, even if i hold her (so far i've always had her in a disposable pull-up on longer trips out because of this).

If there is a visitor in she is unreliable and will pee on my bedroom carpet or in the hall (also carpeted). This is getting tiresome because her potty is perfectly mobile (she hauls it into my room in the morning to pee in it) and there is laminate which is far easier to clean in the living room and kitchen...

She still always has a very wet nappy in the morning and after naptime, so i'm not even looking at her being dry while sleeping.


So.... I'm wondering what to do next. I am toying with the idea of taking a whole week to let her be bare (in the house) and in pants (out and about) and see if she is ready to fully transition to pants. In a nappy she will pee without always telling me she needs to, then want to take it off right away because she doesn't like to be wet (i buy very cheap, not hugely absorbant ones for this reason). I DO think she's ready to TT, but i'm not sure about how to take it to the next step - if i train her bare-bummed will she then wet if she's wearing clothes? I just ordered a foldable loo seat which should help with the refusal to go in public loos, but tbh she dislikes the loo even in the house with me - how do we transition?

Another potential problem is XP - he doesn't let her be bare-bottomed because he rents a place with old and treasured rugs that he doesn't want to have to clean, and i don't know how to get him on board enough to understand that for a few weeks she's GOING to have accidents on occasion...? ANy ideas? This is my last weekend with DD away, after that his shifts are such that DP and i will have her every weekend, but then that means we're out and about a lot more, and thus if i'm going to have a week about the house i really need to plan it, iykwim...

Part of the problem is that i'm a really conscientious SAHMer (because *I* get bored, lol) so most days we'd normally be out, right out, not just at the very local park but across town in a museum, or out in DP's car, or at a toddler group in the next district over or whatever...

So, should we take a week "out" of life to help her tackle this, since she IS finding it harder to do when there are distractions, or do i just put her in pants on Monday, live life as normal, and take spare pants and bottoms with me JIC?

I did buy her pingu pants last week which she LOVES, but the first time i put them on her she peed in them so she could wear a different pair..

Bx