Three Year Old Backpeddling with Potty!

I would take her to the doctor, especially if she is urinating more than she normally would if she is going to the potty. She could just be preoccupied and not want to take the time to go, or it could be a medical problem such as a urinary tract infection. Has she had a change in appetite and always hungry? Is she starting to drink more water than normal? If yes to any of those questions, definately take her into the doctor. My daughter often would be too busy playing and would not want to get up and go, also. She grew out of that because she didn't like the feel of wet pants. Good luck.

My son did the exact same thing. We ended up having to talk to him about going to the potty as soon as he felt that he needed to and using a reward system. We got a jar and every time he used the potty, he got to put a candy in it and every time he went in his pants because he was "too busy" he had to take one out. When he got enough candies in the jar, (I think we used 20), he got a surprise.

I have a 6 yr. old that is still doing this! I took him to the dr. he told me to give him laxatives he was pooping in his pants,not in the bathroom,What he would do was hold it in to the point he went in his pants & did'nt know it.
Now that I soften his poop for him with the laxatives he goes reg. to the bathroom.
I'm not sure if your child is peeing in their pants or pooping but the other thing was if he got too involved in something he'd forget to go.
You just need to get on them about taking the time to go,& how important it is not to hold it in!Because my son use to hold it in he will have to take relaxers for a while, He lost all his muscle tention back there,so when he has to go he has to go! It's not good! Hope this helps

The same thing happened with my daughter. She was completely potty trained at 2 and didn't even wear pull-ups to bed when she was 2 1/2 and then all the sudden when she was 3 1/2 she started having accidents... multiple per day. I tried all kinds of punishment and rewards and nothing worked... and I was completely at wits end. She is a very smart kid so I knew that she understood that she was supposed to go potty, I think she was just toooo busy to bother with going potty and nothing I said or did phased her. I would remind her to go potty, she'd go, then she'd have an accident 20 minutes later. I had her tested for bladder infections and even an ultrasound to make sure there wasn't some kind of physical reason, but nothing was found. The Dr said to make sure she sits and finishes going until she hears the last final tinkles, because some kids get impatient and cut off the stream before their bladder is empty. She's 5 now and will still have a partial accident once a month or so because she won't stop playing and go potty. I think it's mainly a personality thing. Sorry I wasn't more help, but at least you know you are not alone!

It really could be nothing more than it is no longer fun to go potty so she is now getting to busy to stop what she is doing and go. My 5 year old step daughter has the same problem, and it's a realatively new thing as well. and her brother who is 3 is the same way as is teh 3 year old i baby sit for. it jsut happens they get so busy with what they are doing that they seem to forget to go potty. if a simple reminder after meals and before outings and naps and at teh various points int eh day where you notice they haven't went in awhile fixes teh problem it's not so much backpeddling as it is a simple interest in every else going on. think back to teh days when you couldn't get her to sit down and eat a meal and she never seemed hungry or to eat enough caue all she wanted to do was play. good luck.