On Jun 26, 4:22?pm, mylittlelisa wrote:
We have been trying to train our 2 1/2 yo daughter for almost a
month. It started out kind of rough and we switched from panties to
pullups (at daycare's request). After that, things were good. She
would sit on the potty a couple of times at daycare, sometime
succeeding and sometimes not. On friday, she was dry ALL DAY at
daycare. Yeah. I thought the end was near. She didn't use the potty
at home all night. she went off with my dad saturday night and stayed
dry all night (except for poop, still working on that), and was dry in
the morning. When she came home, failure again. She used to go
really good for me at home, but recently, she had stopped. Whenever I
ask her, she says she doesn't have to go. When she has an accident, I
try not to get mad, but it is getting hard. I know she knows better.
Any suggestions?

Also, on friday, my husband left on a business trip for two weeks,
could this cause her sudden regression at home?

I would switch to the cotton training undies while at home. Most kids
don't like it when they have accidents in those. I think it is natural
for kids to go back and forth with the whole thing. You have to
remember that pushing it can also cause problems. My ped shared that
there are a few things, and I think there were 4, even though I can
only remember 3, that we cannot control--sleeping, eating, and going
potty. Some kids take joy in the discovery that we cannot control them
too. lol. There isn't any need to show your frustration with her
either; that can backfire as well. Making accidents not so easy can
help too; things like putting her standing up in the tub with water
running only (so it doesn't fill up) for the clean up process
afterward can cause them to realize "Hey, every time I do this, I have
to stand in the tub, get washed up, and get a chill, which I don't
like." lol. There is still plenty of time and hope for a 2.5-year-old
too.