3 years 2 months and he has started wetting himself again

[misscarrick]

I have a 3 year old DS and he had been doing well. He was dry all day and wet at night with the very occassional dry night.
Over the past few weeks he has not been asking for the toilet quick enough so he has been wetting his pants sometimes a lot, sometimes a little. DS is of petite build and finds it hard getting up on to the toilet. Another problem is that DS can not pull down his own trousers and pants and he is due to start nursery school in a few weeks time.
Any ideas how I can turn this problem around before September

Hi misscarrick.
my dd got the hang of the toilet about 3 weeks before she started preschool.
What worked for her was coming to the toilet with me each time and seeing how to do things like "this is how we pull down our pants" "this is how we use the stool to sit on the toilet" etc.
We also used to play a game in the morning and night who can un/dress quickest just to familiarise her with how some clothes go on.
Staff at your nursery schol should be able to give you some tips as well if he still cant manage when he starts.It is also surprising how much they can learn by watching what other kids do.I wouldnt worry to much though it may be a bit of a struggle but one day it will just click with him and he will be away!! good luck!

I presume you have a step for him to get onto the toilet? Nursery will have child-sized toilets so that won't be too much of a problem for him.

Loose trousers with an elasticated waist are best, and pants maybe a size too big so they're easy to pull up and down. Otherwise it's just a case of practise makes perfect, so give him plenty of opportunity to put his own clothes on.

I found dd went through a stage where she got a bit complacent and didn't get to the toilet on time; she was just getting engrossed in what she was doing and either missing the signals or ignoring them because she wanted to play. I went back to reminding her every hour or so, and she was soon OK again.