All this advice is from my own battles so I know it worked for us....hopefully it will work for you all too.
First a question for all of you.
Do you have any older children? if you do make them get involved in the "celebrations" for wee's and poos in the potty. (Cod told me this BTW) DS2 especially is just as amazed to see a poo in the potty as Ds3. They all shout and cheer and generally make a huge deal of any potty trips.
Elliott
Ds3 LOVES his pants so I've made one of his "prizes" a new fancy pack of pants that he chose(£3 for 5 almost flouresent pants...vile things but I haven't got to wear them). Ok, yes it probably will back fire a little because he'll only want to to wear those but OMG he loves them.
I'd also make a MASSIVE fuss of him for clean pants. Really really big deal...like phoning Auntie, Uncle, Nanny so he can tell them(we did this), Dancing and pancing around. I mean HUGE fuss and celebration so that he's really proud of himself.
Tamsino
I think that normal to start with. They have to get used to the sensation of "letting it go" in the potty as well as remembering to actually do it in the potty. If you think she's been just letting go whenever and where ever until a very short while ago so now she's got to change that all around.
She's doing well to stop it "mid flow"....maybe just remind her a little more often. Not saying "do you want the potty/toilet" but saying "Don't forget to use the potty". This is what I always said, I think it makes them feel more in charge of the whole thing.
Jonesthesteam
How old is your Ds?
TBH I've never had any of my Ds's tell me they need it in the early days. I've had to remind them all the time. DS3 only really says it all the time now, DS2 hardly ever said it.
IMO he's doing really well and no puddles obviously means he has a bladder of steal so make the rewards for telling you too. We made it a big jokey fun thing to say, laughing and giggling and generally being completely OTT, I do a thing of alway being really surprised to see the wee or poo in the potty, you know big hand to mouth gesture with "WOW...you've done it again...Wooo-Hoooooo"........it worked though, as you all know.
Kjaysmum
Firstly, IMO your DS is quite young. If he's asking for a nappy i'd put it on for poos ONLY. Take it off straight away after (this is what I did with ds3 with his constipation, as advised bythe court of MN ). If you want to contiue I'd do the HUGE massive fuss thing again for potty poos, dancing and cheering making him really giggle and laugh so it's fun.
Oh...just read your 2nd post now...Deffo nappy on for poos if he;s getting upset. Maybe leave the poos a week or so and try again if he's happy with it all.
CoreyP
Just 2 is very yound IMO-if you want to contiue I think you're going to have to stay in for a week or 2 and really go for it. It is possible (as many threads on here will tell you) but personally I'd wait a while longer.
I always think that the elastic on pants or knickers (and pull ups...DON'T GO DOWN THE PULL UP ROUTE ANYBODY....THEY ARE JUST NAPPIES TOO) can feel like nappies so the confusion for them is easily made. When I've started off training mine the pants have always been abit baggy (all my Ds's have small bums...they obviously get that from me) so I think maybe this has helped us too.
Rosieglow, I now have RSI from writing all my posts out first then typing them. I'll be over to you all later.
Although you may have to hunt me out because as youall know my memory isn't much cop!
I hope this help you all.
I've even previewed this post so I'm hoping it'll be one the first ever post from me without any typos. Please ignore them if you spot one