My son is 3 years and 7 months now and still doesn’t seem interested or ready to potty train and I’m not sure what to do! I’m getting a bit worried!
A lot of my friends have advised me not to worry and that he’ll do it when he’s ready but just want some advice on how to get the ball rolling.
We’ve tried in the past to sit him on the potty for like an hour at a time and of course he eventually did do a wee but that’s purely because he’d been sat there for so long! I didn’t think this was the best training method so I put the nappy pants back on for a few months. Recently when I have put him in underpants he has just wet or pooed himself but then tells me after that he’s done it and then he gets embarrassed and upset 🙁 I just don’t know whether this means he’s still isn’t ready or whether I have to keep going with the underpants?? Do you need to just let them keep wetting/pooing themselves till they get it or like I’ve mentioned above, does it mean I should leave it another month or so?? I just don’t know what to do for the best!! Fortunately he’s not at school till September 2019 as his birthday is October and his preschool are really good about it saying that I shouldn’t push him but any advice or similar stories would be greatly appreciated! He did have speech and language therapy in the months leading up to Christmas as he was behind with his speech but he has come on loads with his talking now with the help of preschool and a few therapy sessions and now needs no further intervention plus I had my second baby end of November so thought these could have been factors in delaying him?? Just wondered if it’s normal for a boy to do it this late? I feel like this is the one aspect of parenting I just can’t deal with 🙁
Thank you xx
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