DS will turn two in a couple of weeks and we started potty training, just to see how it would go, at the end of last week.
He's done really well in that we had lots of accidents in the first three days but since then he has been able to go up to 3.5 hours between wees/poos, hasn't had any accidents when we have been out, has used a toilet when we have been out at the shops (this was quite scary for him at first).
He isn't yet telling us when he needs to go though and has about one accident per day and doesn't really appear to notice or care when that happens! I don't mind the accidents at all but I want to make sure we progress beyond this point.
I know he has achieved a lot and I'm hugely proud of him but I just don't know where to go from here.
I feel like going back to nappies would be counter-productive but I'm not really sure how to encourage him to tell us when he needs to go. Maybe it doesn't really matter at this stage (so young and after only a week) but I feel like he will continue to have regular accidents until he 'gets' this aspect of going to the toilet.
I try to encourage him to think about it so if I notice that he is showing signs of needing to go, has slightly damp pants, we are about to go out etc I ask him questions b efore telling him that I think he needs to go. This has worked a couple of times. I gate the feeling that I am nagging him by asking if he needs to go too and can see it sometimes makes him a bit resistant to the process.
Any advice, much appreciated!
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One week in and feeling a bit stuck!
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MiniMarmite · 14/08/2010 20:11
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