Potty training 3.4yo DS. Started last Friday afternoon. He did OK over the weekend & then got pretty good in the early part of this week - perhaps 2 small accidents a day (where he started in pants then finished on potty). We have been keeping pull-ups on to go out & these have been largely dry after a couple of hours. It is however still a case of me reading his signals (ie looking down or saying wee wee) & then rushing him over to the potty.
Yesterday he was at nursery for the whole day. We sent him in pull-ups as we weren't confident of him in pants, especially as nursery has less adults per child then I do at home. They said they tried him at regular intervals & he talked about wee but didn't do anything at all. They have little toilets not potties.
Today, he did a wee in the potty about half an hour after breakfast, which was because he said 'need wee wee' so I put him on potty. Then we went out for about 4 hours including having a drink so he had pull-ups on, they were sodden when we got home. Since being home he has done 3 wees (2 big, 1 small) on the floor, 2 in pants, 1 with nothing on. He has also done 1 big poo on the potty when I was out of the room, so he must have anticipated that & gone all by himself.
I just don't know where to go from here. DH insists that DS should wear pants all the time but pull-ups out & about. I'm happy for him to wear no bottoms at home, but put him in pants because DH says so. Earlier in the week he was taking pants off & doing a wee so not always a problem.
Maybe he's just not ready yet, I don't know. I do know I'm fed up with not being able to leave the same room that DS is in even to out DS3 up for a nap or to make a cup of tea 
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confusedofengland · 15/08/2014 16:17
He's just done another wee - started this one in pants but finished in potty, don't know if that's an improvement or not 
just thought I'd say keep it up!! we put ds 3yr old straight into pants. we take spares with us everywhere. we also have a sticker chart which he gets a sticker for every dry day. he uses the big boy toilet. and stands on a stool to wee. expect lots of accidents and try not to be mad if he wees himself. praise him highly when he goes. we also wake him up about 10 pm then first thing in the morning. hope this helps 
Hooray, a wee on the potty with none on the floor! Was a case of me seeing him look down & knowing he'd had water about 20 mins before, but I'd say it counts!
DH wants us to go up to ILs' with him & DS1 tomorrow (they are going to football, we'd spend the afternoon with ILs 
) but I think it's a bad idea potty-training wise. It's 120 miles, so 2.5 hours in the car each way, so it'd mean pull-ups, which I think would set us back again. So, looks like another day of me, DS2 & 6-month old DS3 in the house (there's a massive event going on just outside my village so everywhere is far too busy to contemplate going out, especially when PT & anyway, DH will have our only car)
I agree with pasta about ditching the pull ups xFinished off the day with a little wee on the toilet before bathtime, on demand So glad the day got better
No pull-ups at all today. He's been mostly naked from the waist down with about 2 hours total in pants. Pretty much stayed at home except for a 30 minute trip to the local shops with my parents & a 5 minute walk to & from my parents' house.
All in all he had 1 tiny wee accident on returning from the shops, 1 tiny wee accident at my parents' house which finished on the potty, 1 poo accident on the floor at home & 1 more poo accident on the floor at home which finished on the potty. Both wee accidents while wearing pants. So pretty good, I think.
One thing which I think is a huge improvement is that I have barely had to prompt him today at all, he has mostly either been saying he needs a wee & then going to the potty or just going straight on the potty
Update - DS is now taking himself off every time for a wee & even did so when round a friend's house yesterday We are only using pull-ups when we are going to be out for a significant amount of time - yesterday we went to soft play again & he wore them then for about 2 hours. He did a poo in one but not a wee (still a bit hit & miss with poos) & then a big wee in a second one, but he told me he needed to do it, so if I'd had the potty I think he would have gone in there (won't go on public toilets, will maybe try taking toilet seat, also won't go standing up so bushes a no-no). But overall I am very pleased
Also, this morning when he woke up his night nappy was completely dry & he did a big wee on the toilet as soon as he got up
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