My very stubborn and strong-willed 3rd child (a girl, 16 months younger than my other daughter), has been resistant to potty training for about a year now. She is 3.5 and too smart for her own good. We tried last summer, this past winter break, and again over spring break with no success. She'd kind of get it but not really. I tried every possible, imaginable technique, method and motivation over the past year at various times. She would pee at school but not home. DH asked her why and she said "it's a secret and I'm not telling you." When she started withholding and getting constipated several months ago, I made peace with diapers and let it go.
Flash forward to last week - I started a 7 day diaper countdown and let her know that at the end of 7 days, she would only wear undies. On day 4, I discovered the spare box of diapers I thought I had did not exist, so I sent her to camp in undies and hoped for the best. Much to my amazement, I picked her up and she was wearing the same (clean) clothes. Over the next couple of days, she did amazing - both pee and poop in the potty, a few accidents but she was initiating and I could tell she really had it.
Unfortunately she has regressed in the poop department over the past 3-4 days. She keeps going in her undies and telling me she "can't feel it" when it's about to come out. Which is funny because if I'm with her, I know exactly when she is about to poop based on her stance and the look on her face.
Any advice? She didn't go a lot this past weekend so now I am terrified we are moving back into withholding and constipation. She absolutely has to be potty trained by mid-August for school. I know she is physically ready, I truly believe this is a battle of the wills and she is determined to wear me down Please help...I don't have it in me to go back to diapers...