DS is very close to 3 years old, and everyone keeps telling me about putting him in pants. Its driving me mad, as if I didn't know he is nearly 3 and is still in nappies 
pregnancy hormones are making me far more sensitive then usual
The problem is, he just doesn't want to. His speech is very good and he knows and can explain to me what the potty/toilet is for, what he has to do, who uses it. He knows he will get a sticker if he does use it, and that if he gets lots of stickers he gets a new hotwheels car (his favourite). He knows Daddy and Grandads and Uncles and cousins all wear pants. He knows children at school wear pants. He has pants with lightning mcqueen on, who he loves, but now "I don't like little pants, only big pants!" Which are pull ups that he just wee's in. He wont even sit on the toilet or potty any more. I've never put pressure on him, just a casual "oh do you need a wee? Remember the potty is there"
I'm so fed up with everyone else going on at both him and me about it, the latest is his aunty telling him his one year old cousin is starting to use the potty and they need to have a race to see who wins.
He tells me he needs a wee about half the time when wearing nappies but wont hear about trying to go on the potty. When he has been in pants he isn't even having that many accidents so I know he can hold it. I don't understand why he wont go?!
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yougotafastcar · 11/02/2015 10:53
I swear potty training is one of the most annoying things. Everyone comments on it, as if a) you didn't know that it needs doing at some point and b) you don't know your child best.
As everyone always says on here, those no part of your university application form that asks when you stopped using nappies 
We've just started training DD at 3.1. It's gone relatively well, though 5 days in she apparently decided today that she didn't want to do it and has been back in nappies at the CMs. If you push it, they are going to fight back and make it into an issue.
If I were you, I'd hide everything to do with potties and toilets for a few weeks and then try and again 'fresh' in a little while.
And keep smiling inanely at anyone who mentions it. And ask them if they'd like to come around and do it.
Just wait til you think he is ready. I started my DS2 when he was nearly 3.5, and he took to it very quickly once we started. I absolutely know it would have been a disaster if we started earlier because he just wasnt ready. People always have an opinion, just say to them that he will do it when he is good and ready. He isnt a performing monkey 
Thanks for replying, you both made me the thing is, I think he is ready. He is just stubborn, he says things like "I do a wee in my pull ups first and sit on the potty after"
At the moment I'm just putting him in pull ups and ignoring everything else, although he did have a go at a standing up wee at the toilet today so I guess that's progress!
The problem with trying it fresh in a few weeks is I'm due DD in 4 weeks and I can't imagine wanting to potty train while sleep deprived
Hope it goes better for you both tomorrow Thurlow
If you potty train now you'll probably just end up with a potty training regression when the new baby is born, and trying to feed a baby whilst mopping up endless wee puddles is not much fun. I wish we'd left it til later with DS, would have saved a lot of washing! Soon you'll be free of pregnancy hormones and will happily at anyone who brings it up!
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