Dry for months, now regressed - why?

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We waited until just before her 3rd birthday as we wanted to be sure she was ready. She got the hang of it really really quickly and was trained in less than a week (still wears nappies at night).

Six months on, she has suddenly started weeing in her pants - not all the time but at least once a day, sometimes more. If anything it's getting worse too.

What do we do?

Bump!

It might just be a small phase, all kids have minor accidents it's to be expected. Is it when she is 'busy' and forgets herself? Is she trying to go to the loo but not making it on time?

If it's actually more than this, like as if she can't be bothered or is doing it for attention (speaking from experience here). My suggestion would be to go right back to the beginning as if she was new to potty training. Escort her to the loo everytime and spend lots of time helping her again. Make it fun all over again, hold her hand on the way there and back. It kind of 'reminds' them of what they should be doing. I have to confess I got cross and frustrated with my DD and this phase went on for over a year, it was only when I went back to basics (after trying everything you can imagine, star charts, prizes, no attention, constantly reminding her etc etc) that I saw results. Funnily enough it took less than two days for it to be sorted when I did this.

Thanks flagnog - that's helpful advice

If she seems distressed / surprised by the accidents then it may be a bladder infection that's causing her to lose control. Little girls get them very easily due to their short urethra (prob spelt wrong). If so, then a course of anti-biotics will sort it out & she'll be fine again.