I have a 23month old here. She is fairly potty trained at home the only catch is they just have her running around with no pants/panties/diaper on at home (it's been 3 or so weeks of this). She apparently has never had an accident and just runs off to pee/poop on her own.

We have lots of beige carpet throughout the house and I have no interest in having a child run around without a diaper on when they have never asked to go on the potty and have zero ability to pull down their own pants on their own.

I am having her sit on the potty 5-6 times a day. She will pee and poop but she pretty much always has a wet diaper when I put her on the potty. She has just started paying pee and potty but it is only after I tell her it is time to go. She isn't yet using it to signal that she needs to go.

Any thoughts? Am I holding her back by making her wear a diaper while here? I only have her 3 days a week.

I feel that a huge part of toilet training is the ability to verbalize (or even using hand signals) and to have self help skills with undressing. She seems to be going about it backwards...in learning her body signals and knowing when to go while naked.

I don't much feel like trying that here as I suspect it is easier to do at home when she has mom and dad there watching her cues and cueing her. Whereas here she is busy playing and is distracted by her friend and toys etc.

Thoughts?