My 5th oldest went through a short-lived stage of toilet training regression, after being trained ahead of his baby brother. The two are only 13 months apart, so went through all of the baby stages together (diapers, bottles, etc), so when Tyler didn't have diapers anymore like his baby brother, he reverted back to soiling and wetting his pants, occasionally timing it just right so as to coincide with me changing Tanner.
In the beginning I found myself putting Tyler back in diapers again for his actions, which, sometimes lasted for a short period of time (a matter of an hour or two), while other times lasting for the entire day if I was busy or frustrated. For night-time, I changed Tyler back into diapers at the same time I changed Tanner for the last time before bedtime.
With me and my daughters changing Tanner regularly, Tyler (I'm assuming) felt left-out of the diapering picture, and the only way for him to gain the missing attention he was so used to and desired, was to soil and wet his pants.
Kids are super-smart that way and deserve more credit than we parents tend to give them at times. Knowing his stinky or sagging pants wouldn't go unnoticed by me or my daughters, and, knowing how cross I'd get at his deliberate messing and/or wetting, there was good chance (and he knew it) that he would be put back in diapers again for his deed, so it was a win-win situation for him.
Thankfully, Tyler's wetting and soiling escapade lasted for only a few weeks, at which time I got him extra involved with helping with the baby (fetching me diapers and things at change time), and with positive encouragement and reinforcement, he quickly moved past his old ways and was no longer interested (or happy) wearing diapers like a baby, particularly after I introduced him to his very own special "big boy pants"!
No more having to lay down inside the crib (like a baby) to be changed... no more diaper pins... no more rubber pants... and no more big fat uncomfortable lumpy, bumpy, bulky diapers. What's more... he took a shine to running his baby brothers (changed) diapers and rubber pants off to the bathroom where the plastic diaper pail awaited, knowing he was in charge of opening the lid and dropping the wet and dirties inside all by himself! "All done mommy"!
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