2.7 year old potty struggles + pregnancy!

[Life2012]

My 2.7 year old isn't interested in the potty - we tried role playing, stickers and choc bribes but nothing!

It's a struggle to get him to sit down on potty and so far no poos or wees out of nappy and he tends to hold it in until we put his nappy back on!

What's more I'm 8 months pregnant and I keep hearing different opinions some telling me to persevere some telling me to leave it until after birth.

Confused is understatement - advice please!

[TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos]

I wouldn't fret: my Son was 3 1/4 before he was interested: we tried earlier but he wasn't bothered. He would have been a very similar age to your Son when I was similarly pregnant. My Girls were prompter. Boys tend to be later. You've still got plenty of time before you need to worry. The later they start, the quicker they tend to pick it up.

[TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos]

Oh, and most people don't recommend doing it at the same time as a major life event (new baby, moving house, etc.) when everything is more stressed and They may need more reassurance.

[IAmAPaleontologist]

ds1 wasn't using a potty until 3 or so, dd dumped nappies at before 2 (and had millions of accidents) and ds2 has just trained at 3.1

if your toddler isn't interested, leave it until they are. Much, much easier!

[Plockplock]

If I was in your position I'd leave the potty training for now, not only because you're 8 months pregnant, but also because he's shown that he's not interested at the moment. We had a few false starts with DD, she was just a week away from her 3rd birthday when she decided she was ready and then she cracked it quite quickly with few accidents. She didn't like the potty at all and, in hindsight, we think this was the problem for the previous attempts, so going straight to using the toilet with a training seat worked for us.

Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy without the stress of potty training

[craazyperson]

I would leave it till he's more interested to, we tried with our ds about that age but had to put it off as he showed no interest too. At around a month after his first birthday he started using his potty another month after that he was using the toilet and it only took us a few nights for him to stop using a pull up in bed. It was much less stressful than the first time And we've had no accidents this time roround, firat time we tried I was constantly on my knees cleaning pooh and wee.

[craazyperson]

3rd birthday that should say

[Life2012]

Thank you all for your kind replies - I think I agree with you that I should probably wait and not force it on him yet!! Little one is due in June so will give ourselves time to welcome her in the world and will revisit potty training this summer

[Sid77]

Leave it till the summer then have plenty of nudey time in the garden where he can 'water the trees' or grass or fence. That makes wearing more interesting and they can see what's going on! Then put pants on, then trousers, then you have to get them to stop peering in the garden and use the toilet!! All good fun