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How old is your wee guy? My big girl is three next month and went through a period of complete refusal a couple of months after her brother arrived and it sucked!

What worked for us was to just put her back in nappies for a while but explaining she could still use the toilet and couldn't wear undies if she was going to wet them. I also stopped with the constant reminders because in our case she was trying to assert her independence / control and I think the constant reminding was pissing her off! I knew that she knew how to do it (so it wasn't a physical problem) so I wasn't concerned that she'd be confused by the nappies. She went back into her undies after 2-3 weeks and has only had a handful of accidents since!

@Mrs. Lion: I can almost write the same kind of post! LO has been potty trained since the beginning of August, did amazingly well for 6 weeks (even dry after nighttime and naps!) and then, all of a sudden this week, had some difficulties. He started at nursery school last week and there has been a lot of transition there so I am hoping that's it. I spoke to one of his teaches this morning and she mentioned that he has been drinking much more water than I usually give him at home, so I am hoping that's part of the issue.

For you LO, is it possible that the changes in his schedule are throwing him off? Or perhaps he's also drinking more water while he's at his school? I would also recommend ditching the undies for as long as possible at home. And when you're out and about, take him to the potty much more than you think he'd ever have to go. My only suggestion would be not to go back into diapers while you're out. I worry that that will confuse him more and make it "OK" to go places other than the potty.

I can commiserate! Wishing you the best

Have you talked with his teacher or emailed about it? The transition can be hard on kids at school and if he is the more advanced, he might be regressing to be more like a baby or other kids in his class who use s diaper.

The thing with UTIs is that there's the urge to pee or frequent peeing but not a ton of pee every time... It sounds like he must be drinking A TON of fluids to be peeing that much. Still may be worth checking out. You could try an at home test before running to the pediatrician. Another symptom would be a fever with no other symptoms, but since he has a cold it'd be hard to say. Our pediatrician also said that uncircumcised boys have been shown to have a slightly higher risk of UTI, for whatever that's worth. I have no idea if that even applies.

I was going to second @HTownMom: .. Especially with a little sibling and new younger class, that would be my guess. That and maybe the super frequent peeing is just getting to be tedious.

@Mrs. Lion: commando in shorts?? I've never thought about that before! But my lo has no problem pooping wherever he's at so I don't think it'll work for us, but I'm going to keep it in the toolkit! I hate potty training so much!

@Mrs Green Grass: @Mrs. Lion: That is what we are doing, commando with sweat pants or leggings or a dress if at home (we did a dress out and about and she lifted it above her head and ran through the splash pad, I had to chase her to get her to cover up ) and it works great. First time in leggings was rough, I guess they are tight like diapers. But mostly it works.