EC help at 15 months
Due to health issues for both me and baby postpartum we didn't start EC until she was 7 months old. At first she did amazing. We were catching 100% of poops and nearly 60% of pees. She loved her baby potty and would sit there no problem to go before and after naps/bed.
At 12 months she got a bad stomach flu with diarrhea that lasted a few months. We stopped with the potty because she was refusing to sit and just all around miserable with the illness. Around that time my husband was also using the drill when she was on the potty and it scared her. Not sure if that is related or not.
We're now at 15 months and have only caught 1 pee in the last month. She is walking and wanting to do all the things, but she definitely knows when she needs to go. We do cloth undies during the day and a lot of bottom free time just because she doesn't want to put her undies and pants back on. I got her a larger potty since she's bigger now but it hasn't made a difference. She'll sign that she needs the potty, sit down for 30 seconds and stand to go back to play. This cycle continues sometimes for 3 hours until she just can't hold it anymore and pees on the floor.
She's so upset when she pees on the floor/her legs and I can tell she doesn't want to. I don't want the potty to be a negative thing. But even if I put her in a diaper to go out she still signs for the potty and will hold it and not go in her diaper.
I don't want to teach her to ignore her body signals but I also don't want the potty to be stressful for her. I keep my language neutral "pee/poop goes in the potty". Does it sound like we're on the verge of a breakthrough? Do I persevere with cloth undies and the potty or give her another break?