We've been trying to toilet train for five days now and there's been zero improvement. DS doesn't seem to acknowledge the need to pee. He hasn't once told me that he needs to go and if I ask he just says no. He is getting so, so upset every time he pees on the floor. He's done a few wees in the toilet but only first thing in the morning or after he's already peed on the floor. He's also constipated because he won't poo. He hates the potty so we've not even bothered with that, he's been happily sitting on the toilet for a few months before bath time to get used to it and he much prefers it.
He just turned 3 in June. The nursery he's going to after summer have said that they'd "prefer" him to be toilet trained because there's apparently no reason why he shouldn't be. But he's just not getting it and I feel like there should at least be a vague improvement after five days?! He doesn't get told off, we go the toilet as soon as the accident happens, I reassure him that it's okay, I remind him what he needs to do and he repeats it back to me, he has a sticker chart, I let him pick out his own pants...
Should I give up? Has anyone any tips? I'm due another baby in eight weeks time so really this is my only opportunity to try training before he starts nursery. I think it would be silly to try after the baby comes, too much change. So if I give up now, we probably wouldn't try again until next year. I can't stand how upset DS is getting and I'm worried it's doing more harm than good.