Hi all
Would love your help. We started potty training our now 2.4 yr old in early May, seven weeks ago. Followed the 'oh crap!' method, spending the first day naked and she seemed to grasp it really well, v quickly asking to go to the toilet with enough time for us to get her to the potty. Persisted with keeping her commando for the first four weeks, and she has done super well at nursery, where she now will pass four days out of five without any accidents, and refuses a nappy at nap time.
However whenever she is with me and my partner (her dad) she seems to have totally regressed. Refuses the potty whenever we prompt her, and if we try to take her to it she really fights to get away from it, and wets herself every time - sometimes a couple of minutes after we've offered her the potty. She seems upset by the idea of using the potty. Strangely though, she seems to find poos a bit easier and is more likely to let us know when she needs a poo and will go on the potty.
On a couple of occasions lately we've relied on pull-ups, when we've had long journeys/occasions inside when we can't risk the kind of accidents we have usually - she once soaked through me four times in a day, so going to a wedding in a brand new frock I couldn't take the risk! I realise the ideal advice is to be totally cold turkey and not rely on pull-ups, but after seven weeks we have had to return to some normal activity that requires it until she's fully trained.
I'm really torn about what to do - I basically have scope to take three days out with her this week and just exclusively focus on the training with her, staying at home for as long as she needs. But I'm also worried it's just all a bit intense for her and she'll end up more freaked out about it - so we should go back to nappies and try again in six months (although leave her in pants at nursery where she's perfectly happy to use the loo?!!)
Eek - your help and advice much needed!
Many thanks