My son turns 3 next month. He has been potty trained since he was about 2 and 4 months. He's consistently had accidents - sometimes because he's too busy playing but often he just can't get there fast enough or can't get his trousers down.
But in the last few weeks, he seems to have regressed completely. He now just wets himself wherever he's sitting and says: I've wet my trousers. He makes no effort to go to the loo at all. Today he even did a poo at a friends house on the floor! And he's never done that - even when we were potty training
I can't figure out why. There haven't been any significant changes in his life - he's had bigger changes since being potty trained like moving house without much effect. The only new thing is that he's gone for two training sessions at his preschool but it's part of the same nursery that he goes to so it's not an unfamiliar environment.
Is this normal? How do I handle it? With potty training you're supposed to never reprimand, just clear up and move on. But I'm not sure if I should be taking as passive a stance with this.
I've tried talking to him about it, asking him why he didn't say he wanted to go, tried saying that he'll have to go back to nappies if he can't go to the loo (as he really enjoys his big boy status so I thought this might be incentive), but he just says he wants to go back to nappies.
I'm not going to put him back in nappies because I think he will just go right back to square one. Any advice appreciated.