DS is 2 years 7 months. I started potty training him last week on Thursday just to see how we got on and had a good couple of days to begin, about 50-50 on pees in potty / accidents and he was happy to try his 'big boy pants' and so on. On Friday morning he said to me 'I have to pee in potty' and went successfully and had only 2 accidents that day.
Now he is losing interest, however. When I remind him to go on the potty he says 'no, I don't need potty' and refuses to even try. He was in pull-ups for most of the morning because he had been at nursery and then I had to take him with me to the doctors. When we got home, he peed on the potty once when I asked him to (incentivized with apple juice... !), cue lots of praise from me etc, but refused the rest of the day, ending up with a poo in his pants.
He doesn't seem to want to try anymore. I've tried the praise and staying very positive and he's very happy when he does pee in the potty but seems frustrated and bored too. Then again he is annoyed when I try to change his nappy too so in general he just doesn't like me telling him what to do! So should I persevere and keep encouraging him or just leave it and try again another time?
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Should I persevere or try again another time?
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AveryJessup · 17/06/2014 00:30
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