:Training Set Back

Pull ups are the spawn of satan.

You've done the literary equivalent of teaching him to read, giving him cliff's notes but then wondering why he doesn't want to read shakespere. Or teaching him to cook, showing him how to order food and then wondering why T'giving is deli turkey and instant taters!

Pull ups are gone. Convenience = lazy. If he has an accident he has to clean himself up - no rewards (the reward is dry pants and no cleanup), no punishments, no scolding. Simple natural consequence.

You have to train him that he has to do it himself.

Here's an excellent, respectful process for getting him to take responsibility again:
http://www.rogerknapp.com/medical/pottytrainingrefusals.htm

Good luck! I think you can turn this around again quickly.

They will have stages like this several times throughout preschool years, even possibly into 1st grade. Their brain is growing in a different area, like a window opening, and the window for potty training is sort of pushed down a bit. Not forgotten but just not open as far. Eventually the window will be ingrained and forgotten by the brain and just there and then no more issues. But as long as the brain is going through these huge leaps of development potty training will have periodic issues.

Get rid of those pullups! Maybe you need to start fresh. You could have a positive conversation with him about being a big boy and you are going to practice so he doesn't have any more accidents. Have you seen the potty training in a day book? I highly recommend it then stay home with your son one weekend, put him in underwear and use the guidelines in the book. The basic principle is if you have an accident the child cleans up after themselves then you practice from the place he had the accident and run to the potty then practice from several other places in the house and sit on the potty. It was a loooong weekend for both of us and when I took him to school he wet through 3 sets of clothes the first days. I was devastated! The next day he was dry at school and home and kept him in a diaper just at night as he woke up wet every night even though he was potty trained during the day his pediatrician said night time wetness is a neurological thing and when they wake up several nights in a row dry then they are ready to wear underwear to bed. Just keep a change of clothing (or 2) with you but don't do any more pull ups. Good luck!

Get rid of the pullups. My daughter kept wetting the bed until I got rid of the pullups. Two nights of wet sheets and she was dry at night. No more pullups.