5 weeks and little progress

[LouisaJF]

DS1 is nearly three and we have been potty training for about 5 weeks. He is nappy free all day apart from a pull-up for long trips out. It just feels like we're not really making any progress. He basically has not worked out that he needs to tell me when he needs to go. He will hold it and can go up to a couple of hours but needs to be reminded to use the potty otherwise he bursts. If I tell him to go and use it then he will so that's great, but I can count on one hand the amount of times he has told me himself. That means we are still having 1-2 accidents a day.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get him to take the next step of working it out for himself? Is it just a case of persevering or should I be employing a few more tactics?

[WowserBowser]

We tried at that age but it was rubbish so we left it a few months.

It was easy the next time we tried. He was also dry through the night after 2 days.

Could you try again in a few months or do you feel it would have been a waste of time?

[LouisaJF]

I feel that we've got this far so returning to nappies would be a big step back.

[LouisaJF]

I spoke to the health visitors today as we happened to be at clinic and they are not concerned. as he is clearly able to hold it and is not just wet all the time then there are no worries. We've just at got to persevere.

[WowserBowser]

Well good luck

You'll get there eventually. I thought we never would!

[dollydaydream84]

We are at this stage now, DD is 2.4 and not really telling us but able to hold it. Sounds to me like you and he are doing really well x