My second daughter is two and a half, and toilet trained beautifully about three months ago. She could tell when she had to go, wanted to go on the potty, etc, etc,. In a very short while, she was taking herself to the potty, getting her own pants off, getting on, peeing, and trying to wipe and flush on her own. And now, suddenly, she won't. She is peeing in her underwear 5-10 times a day. And pooping. 2-4 times a day. This started about 2-3 weeks ago.
I catch her mid-way through the pee, and run to the potty, and put her on, and try to get her to stay there for as long as I can. (give her a book to look at) She'll sit and then insist that she is done, and jump off, and 10 minutes later, there is another big puddle on the floor. (or couch, or chair.....) I didn't know she could hold soooooo much!
I ask her MANY times a day if she has to go. The answer is ALWAYS no. I try to sit her on the potty when I think she needs to go. Occasionally that is successful. But that's training me, not her.
She has no fear of the potty, and she is very able to tell when she has to go (we were doing it just fine.) She is just deciding not to. This is incredibly exasperating! She pooped in her underwear twice this morning, followed by 4 pee accidents. Then we went to my sister's house, (immediately after an accident and a potty trip) stayed there for 45 minutes, and did a potty trip just before we left. Too late. Then we ran a quick errand in town, during which she pooped in the store.
Really, I am at a loss here people! I've been consistant with this - she's never worn diapers or absorbant pants since we started training. I am ready to put her back in diapers for a while. I feel like I can't fight this - if she doesn't want to, I can't make her! I can't make her pee when she's on the potty if she decides she's not!
I read Pinky's article about training, and honestly, I laughed. The dear woman is welcome to take DD to her house for a week and see what she can do. I got the pretty undies, it's summer time here, and she was definitely physically ready.
So, should I maintain the consistancy, and continue with the training, and keep her in underwear, or, is it time to get the nappies out again? Or do you have another great suggestion? I've considered a reward chart with stickers, but with DD1 that worked for a couple of days, and then the thrill was gone.