Potty training 😩

Take a break and try again in a few weeks, maybe a couple of months. There's no rush x

My son was the same back in October, he started off well for the fist 10 days but then he also had a couple of illnesses. We stopped and tried not to feel the pressure from peers. We had the books, the sticker charts etc but we weren't getting anywhere. My plan is to try again in January during a quieter month. There is no rush and he will do it when he's ready. Well done mama x

My little boy was like this but we just kept going through it as we quickly discovered that even if we chose to delay it his reaction would be the same. Instead of using a potty though we went straight to using a toilet seat and step which he definitely preferred. X

@Jess what do you do when your child says no? How do you find ways to encourage it?

Same I don’t know what to do! He flat out refuses and then cries, I’m giving up for a few months

Going through this too. I don’t force it when he says no but when I’m changing his diaper/ pull up I say oh next time let’s try going in the potty and then we can get an M&M (we’re using M&Ms if he actually goes to the bathroom on the potty) but whenever he does sit on the toilet we sing a potty song that we made up and he silly or read potty books while he sits there. I try to encourage it when there’s nothing excited going on so he isn’t upset we’re stopping doing something fun to go sit in the bathroom

@Sara honestly, I bribed him with chocolate! I also sat with him- at one point cuddling him while he was on the toilet worked so he felt secure as I found it was the feeling of being insecure was his biggest fear. After 2 days he was then happily going on the toilet we just had to work through his upset and refusal. It was very hard fo start with! I dedicated 5 days to doing this and nothing else though🙈 Also what helped was him not having a nappy on but wearing trousers so if he had an wee he could feel it. He’s 4 now and this was 2 years ago so memories are a little hazy! What I do remember though is once he got it he never had an accident as it just clicked one day. My LG was different and had no fears so I completely understand that what works for one does not work for another! X

My son is the same. I’ve been trying to take him to the toilet directly but he tenses his bum and won’t sit on the seat properly. But he is fully aware when he is pooing or when he is peeing in his nappy as he’ll let me know - “Mummy poo poo” or “mummy wee wee” So to me, that indicates he understands that I need to change him when he’s finished. But I think it scares him a little taking him to the toilet but whenever he watches me go, he’ll know it’s “mummy’s turn in the toilet.” I think I’m going to wait it out until he’s fully ready, there’s only so much we can force our children to go x