DD is 27m and instigated the start of potty training herself. There had been a potty hanging around in the bathroom for 3 or 4 months which she had pretty much ignored then one day about 6 weeks ago she started asking to sit on it for a wee. 'Great!', I thought. "This is going to be a doddle". Hahaha. Silly me.
I decided to hold off going for it 100% as we had a long journey a couple of weeks later, so for the for the first couple of weeks I kept her in nappies but facilitated her sitting on the potty when she asked (always wees).
Four weeks ago we started properly. The first week went reasonably well - three wee accidents the first day, two the next then one a day or none a day for the next week. She normally does her poos first thing in the morning so was doing them while she still had her overnight nappy on. In that first week she did one poo in the potty, perfectly happily and instigated independently (she just sat on the potty then announced that she'd done it).
With wees she is still having the occasional accident. We'll generally have a couple of dry days in a row and then there'll be a day where she has one wee accident.
But poos are a problem. She's now not doing them in her overnight nappy. She WANTS to do her poo in the potty so will sit there and try but then she'll say its not coming, pull her knickers/trousers up and going in the other room and do the poo in her knickers. I've been really careful not to create stress around this as my biggest fear is that she'll start withholding the poo and get constipated. The problem is that on two of her nursery days in a row a member of staff threw away her soiled knickers and, possibly connected to that, now DD is upset about poo in general.
She hasn't been to nursery for three days and I've worked hard with her to not be upset about poo (wherever it goes, whether in knickers, nappy or potty).
But I feel stuck. I really didn't want potty training to be stressful for DD and if I'd known what it would be like I would have held off for a few more months but I feel that we're at the point of no return. DD would be very upset if I made her go back to nappies and really, although not perfect, she's doing well with wees. The frequency of wees is diminishing and she can hold on for a while even once she says she needs a wee, if we're out in the car or whatever. She's only had two wee accidents in the car in 4 weeks (despite some longer journeys) and no accidents in the pushchair or when we've been out and about in general.
Does anyone have any advice?