Potty Training Setback Question

In my oppinion its not a good idea to take a step back and by putting her back in diapers or even pull-ups that would be telling her its ok. I (and my daycare) potty trained my daughter when she was 18months. she is still in a pullup at night and has times she wets herself but I just clean her up and put different panties on her, she needs to know that its not right to wear diapers anymore those are for babies and you have a big girl now. Yes its VERY stressfull but stick with it bcuz she knows how to do it and when to do it and she needs consistancy, she seems to be testing things which is what a 2 year old does :) Good luck with everything.

C.,
Personally, I would throw away all the diapers and pull-ups. She is obviously testing you and so far she is winning. You know she can do it and she knows she can do it too. Why give her the option? Stay strong. It shouldn't take long once she realizes she has no choice. Good Luck

I couldn't help but respond to your question - I went through the EXACT SAME thing with my 2-year old last summer. She was doing great and then just all of a suddent backslid and didn't want to go on the potty anymore. I was distraught and asked my sister what to do. She said she had a similar situation with her oldest daughter and just 'gave her some space and time'. I put my daughter back into diapers for a couple weeks and then one day she came to me and said that she wanted to be a 'big girl' again and has only had a handful of accidents since (it is been 9 months). So my advice to you would be to stop pressuring her and once she feels that she is in a little control of the situation, I guarantee that she'll come around. I don't consider what I did letting my daughter 'win' at a power struggle, but just showing her that she is getting older and can have a hand in making some decisions for herself. She is very strong-willed, and that was the tactic that worked for us. Good luck!

I had the same setback issues with my daughter. What I found is she enjoyed the "time together" that diaper changing requires. It was more about her having the power to get my one-on-one undivided attention for a few moments. My solution was to continue to change her, clean her up, encourage her to be a "big girl" and while I changed her, have little conversation with her. But read her stories on the potty and she loved getting "high fives" after using the potty. She likes recognition. But what really got her to use the potty was her time at pre-school. Her teachers were GREAT at giving her praise and when she saw her friends using the potty... she wanted to be "big" like them. Ultimately I learned I needed to give her more time one-on-one without the potty being involved. Patience. She'll get there. Good luck.

I just wanted you to know were going through the same thing a couple months ago my daughter was doing great-still was in diapers but would go on the toilet all the time. Now all of a sudden she just goes in her diaper and everytime I ask her to go on the toilet she says NO.
I think I have to just get better at putting her on the toilet every hour or so,it takes alot on our part to help them and I admit I have become"lazy".Im getting back into the game and hopefully shell be on the same page :-)
If I were you I would keep trying the potty chair and not hide it. We know they get it because they were doing well before.Good Luck, to both of us!

In my opinion you can not let her win this battle. Keep her in underwear and just change her as many times as needed. I would get rid of all diapers and pull ups and then she won't have a choice. My DD wanted to go back to diapers while we were potty training her because one night she asked for one and my DH let her have it the nxt morning she didn't want underwear that was it for me I threw out my diapers and told her she only had big girl panties and that's what she was going to wear. It will take some time and patients but I believe it will be worth it in the end.