Jesus wept I'm at my wits end.

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Child is over 2.5, showed all signs of being ready. This is my 3rd child so I feel qualified on the topic.

Easily used potty and toilet both in and out of the house for over a month. I'd have the potty out and about in the car for emergencies but really we just used public toilets. Everything was going great.

Child is completely dry at night 99% of the time.

But since the summer holidays it's day time accidents galore. Wees and poos freely in her pants and doesn't even notice or care.

I think she's distracted with her sibling around home from school.

What do I do now?

I've never heard of a night dry but day wet child.

Hmmmm hard if the threat of nappies didn’t bother her. Mine is obsessed with being a “big girl” so it was the thermonuclear option that I have never had to use before or since - normally saying “that’s not helpful” is enough. Maybe if you can figure out what the reason is it might help work out a way forward? If you take that approach that all behaviour is communication and she is evidently getting something from it, what is in it for her to be wet/dirty? There was an element for mine that she also enjoyed the 1-1 nursery staff time.

Use a nappy and try again at a later date. It’s not worth stressing about.

@HoppyOne

she was clean & dry previously. She doesn't care about using nappies. Going back to nappies usnt a hood option in this case.

Maybe if you can figure out what the reason is it might help work out a way forward?

OP said she’s distracted by older sibling at home playing. She wants to play. Hence the suggestion to make changes long and boring so a quick wee gets her back in action at the same time.

You could do like they do in schools and have a ‘break’ so wee then food where you all go to the bathroom together. Use the sibling to make it part of you day.

@Notooserious I think 'what's in it for her' is that she is just happy playing and doesn't even think of it. Yesterday twice she took herself to the toilet but weed on the floor as didn't get their in time. I gave her soooo much praise for even walking to the bathroom herself.

Has she been tested for diabetes? This is how my gd presented,

God no, what other symptoms did your gd have?

It most likely not to be diabetes and I was reluctant to mention it but it was playing on my mind. The four typical symptoms are the four T’s: Thirst, Toilet, Thinner and Tired. Only we didn’t know that then. She had them all but each was explained away..
She’s just turned 8 and was diagnosed last October so she’s older than your dd but it can strike at anytime. She was like your little one, dry day and night from 2 years old. Then about 18 months ago she seemed to be weeing herself a lot, not making it to the loo in time. Then last August during a heatwave I looked after her and her brother for a weekend and noticed how thirsty she was but it was hot weather so of course she’s drinking more..her weeing more as a result of that. She was thinner but she’d had a growth spurt..Tired..she’s an active kid, never sits still for long. She then started wetting the bed, a thing she’d never done since she was two. Her mum and I googled it and it clicked, mum got her an emergency appt doctors appointment and then sent to A&E.
The initial test was a urine dip test then a finger prick blood test. She’s type1 insulin dependent and has an insulin pump now which is a game changer.
One thing her mum noticed was that any little urine drops on the loo seat were like honey in colour and consistency, sticky.