Regression in a dry/clean toddler

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We are currently in our first 'pause' my DD has decided that as the new baby has nappies she wants them too !!!

So we have a 2 year old who has been clean and dry for over a year, experimenting with weeing in nappies (still pooing in the toilet thank god)

I have heard that children's behaviour can regression with the arrival of a new sibling, so we are just going with the flow (excuse the pun and seeing what happens)

She is totally interested in her brother's wet/dirty nappies and although she has seen her little brother on the potty at times. We haven't been as regular with ECing him, less time with two of them. She now demands a pull up to wee in and gets very upset if we suggest the potty/toilet instead

So pants on, she does a wee and then pants off. Flipping expensive mind you, she has been in washable nappies (now on her brother) and washable pants since being a newborn.

Every pair of pull up nappies I put on her with a smile and I am thinking that is another 20p down the drain and the amount of waste for the bin is simply criminal.

I understand that this is just a phrase and she has done so well adjusting to her new brother and tandem nursing with him. I am so proud of her and if being in nappies helps her so be it, more importantly we are still communicating and she points out that her brother uses nappies...toddler logic .

How long should I expect her to regress for ?

Thanks

Can you emphasise the fact that she is a "big girl" and should be proud of using the potty? If you are starting EC with your ds, she could help to show him how to use the potty.

Thanks TTT. That is what we are trying and no change yet...this is just a phrase and will pass

I'm sure its a phase and will pass soon, especially as you're not getting cross or making a big issue out of it.
But if using disposible products goes against your family ethos and budget why not let her see the last one being used and packet going in the bin 'all gone'! My clean and dry DS was a cloth baby, but recently saw some old disposibles we'd had for a holiday and asked for a nappy on, luckily he didn't get upset when I packed them into the loft, along with his cloth nappies! I imagine he'd love to experiment with weeing on them and seeing it soak up though, but he's not going to when they're Moltex, the ££s!! He's not got a younger sibling, but his friends are all still in nappies so I think he still thinks about wearing one, follows them at nappy changes to watch etc!

Thanks May girl

We are lucky that the poo is still going in the toilet it is just wee, we are dealing with. Big yeah. Yesterday she sat on the toilet and did a wee before her shower and sat on the toilet again this morning but said 'Sorry no wee, mummy' I think she had only just gone in her nappy as it was heavy when she took them off....awww

She is very interest in her little brother using the potty and she scolds him when he wets his cloth nappies and bring me his potty at nappy change time. So all in all showing much more interest in all things potty related, so hopefully another week or month or so and she'll be back on the toilet for everything...fingers crossed.

Last couple of days we have had the odd wee on a potty/toilet and she is insisting that DS gets to sit on a potty at the same time and was amazed this morning when she saw him wee in the potty (3.5 months old). I reckon another month or so and we'll be back on track