Regression

[frangosa]

Potty trained dd about 3 months ago almost overnight. She was brilliant. Virtually no accidents until recently. Last week or so she is wetting herself constantly and not acknowledging it. She has a 6 month old brother who she seems to be getting more and more jealous of. Any ideas? I guess she's doing it for attention but she's getting as much as I can give.

I had this, ds1 was perfectly(or so I thought) potty trained for about 13 weeks, no accidents, nothing, then all of a sudden he regressed and after about 4 weeks I got so sick of the smell of uring on carpets, sofa etc etc I put him back in nappies, that was last summer, hes now just turned three and is still in nappies but will prob try again in the next month or so......cant realy help, but good luck whatever you decide to do

urine

no fuss lots of praise for success and rewards are good too

Oh and he had a 6 month old brother at the time too......

Trying not to fuss but very hard. Surely I have to tell her peeing in her pants is not on? Is there a sibling section here? Any ideas how to cure jealousy? I really don't want to put her back in nappies again.

Oh,frang, I really don't know. My ds is 2.6 and I could do with some tips from you on potty training so quickly.

I suspect your instincts are correct, though. This is a temporary jealousy thing because she sees you constantly changing ds's nappy and wants the same, unique (as in nappy) attention.

I can't help on any practical level, but you know that it's a phase and it will pass.

Talk to her about it. Big her up, however tired you feel. Perhaps something like (gentle sigh ... Oh, it's such hard work when your brother is this small. Could really do with your help, love. Could you get his nappy from the cupboard? More gentle sighs ........)