My eldest son has turns three this week. We have been trying to toilet train him for about six months but can’t get him to use the potty or toilet, which we’ve bought a special seat for.
He knows when he needs to go and will tell us (every single time) ‘I’m going to poo/wee in my nappy’. To which we respond ‘would you like to use the toilet?’ and he says ‘no, I just want to do it in my nappy’ and will then go ahead and do it. We have offered him all sorts of bribes - a star chart, chocolates, toys but nothing works. He has even said it don’t believe in the toilet, sorry’! ha.
We have actually accidentally ended up toilet training our 8 month old as he showed in interest in the potty while we were encouraging eldest to use it so we thought maybe if we stopped trying to persuade DS1 to use it and instead focused on praising DS2 when he did this might make him jealous and want to compete (worked for me as a child with riding a bike).
Has anyone else been through this? Any advice on what we should be doing/not doing?
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Bobbinsmama · 15/05/2020 17:55
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regalmama ·
08/06/2020 14:40
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