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My suggestion is to have her wear nothing on her bottom half for a while. If that keeps you in the house for a few weeks so be it. I mean having her poop in her pants does too. So what i would do is have her wear a long shirt maybe one of yours or a big one of hers. That way she can' poop in her pants with out you knowing. I would kind of go back to the begaining. Start asking her every hour or so if she has to go. The only time i would have her in underware or pull ups is during naps or what not (if she normally has accadants, So they call them) Oh you never did say how old she is from your numbers i would have to say she's about 4. It that is correct or there abouts than it's not uncommon for children to revert for no reason at all. They can revert from stress of any kind (starting kindergarden, new additions, change in daily schedual, recent vacations, just about anything) Becasue most any event that they don't do every day is a stressful event for kids) good luck

You could put her on a bowel training schedule, say every 2 hours.  Have her sit on the toilet for10-15 minutes regardless of whether or not she needs to go.  Also, it might be a physical problem.  Have you seen a pediatric gastroenterologist?  There might be a physical reason why she soils herself. 

Stool Toileting Refusal.

 

My oldest son had this.  It's when they use the potty perfectly for peeing, but won't poop on it.

 

My son became so impacted that he would "leak" and his underwear was always soiled.  I had to take him to the ped who put him a strict regiment of enema's and stool softeners.  We had weekly checks.  Once the enemas and stool softeners had my son cleaned out his diet was high in fiber.

 

It took about 2-3 months for him to be OK.  He still tends to hold his bowel movements in, but he is much better.

Our daughter would NOT use the "potty." It wasn't until we literally dangled "big girl panties" in front of her (and talked about them constantly) that she WANTED to use the "big girl potty." Within two weeks of tempting her with the frilly pink panties, she was potty trained. Not sure if you've tried that, but it worked wonders with our daughter (now age 12) and MANY of my friends' girls.