DS (22 mo) is ready to PT by all of the standard markers, more so in fact; now and then I've been doing the leave-nappy-off thing and he was just hopping on the potty himself for a poo and asking to be put on sometimes for a wee. More recently he's gained bladder control (goes an hour or two between wees) so all should be fine. Except he doesn't really seem to want to and is no longer telling me when he needs the toilet, or when he does he backtracks. If I ask him whether he wants to use the potty he immediately says no.
Obviously what I SHOULD do is wait until he wants to, but this is the thing... over summer he is off from the childminder and since I'm still on mat leave with DD, we can have plenty of time in the house and garden to dedicate to PT. Even better, DH can take a couple of weeks off too to help out with DD so that I can concentrate on DS. DH starts a new job in Sept and will be commuting 2 hours each way so I'll be pretty much on my own from getting up until bedtime after that. DS will also be back at the childminders and some new children are starting so his life will all be changing. In fact I can't ever see another opportunity like this presenting itself. Am I being stupid to even try or will he get into it once we get cracking. I've bought Pirate Pete's potty adventure and apparently he got on the potty at the childminders and said 'wee wee' the day after we started reading it.
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Purplelooby · 08/07/2014 13:09
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