Would like to hear your thoughts on what to do about this - if anything.
DS is 2. He has been aware of what he is doing (or has just done) in his nappy for a good few months.
For example, if he's running around naked before his bath and has a little accident, he can point at the puddle and say 'wee-wee!' He often tells us if he wees in the bath as well. He often poos first thing on a morning and used to point straight at his nappy - even before any 'good morning's' or 'hello's' - and say 'poo-poo'. He has stopped doing this though, as he's figured out it means no cuddles/milk/playing until he's been changed. But hey, I can understand that!
He's got a couple of potties and knows what they're for. He's never used them himself but is very interested when his little friends use them, and is happy to put his cuddly toys on when they need to go! He'll sit on them for two seconds flat (fully clothed) when he's in the mood, but generally they're just 'there' and he can't really be arsed sitting on them.
What I'm wondering about is how he behaves if he needs a poo during the day. Basically he says 'Bye bye' and waves - in other words, 'please leave the room while I have a poo in private'!! So we've been 'complying' with this but wonder if we could/should be coercing him onto the next 'stage', whatever that is.
If you step towards him or don't show immediate signs that you're leaving the room, he gets a bit agitated. We've tried asking gently whether he'd like to try using the potty, and again, he just gets agitated that you're not leaving him alone.
If you enter the room too early, he just repeats the 'bye-bye'/waving, until a good five minutes after it's all over, at which point he's generally very happy to have his nappy changed and acknowledges that he's done a poo (waving to it as I flush it away, etc etc!)
I know he's not ready for potty training, am in no rush and don't want to force him, but could/should I be doing anything different? For example, the potties are kept in each toilet - would I be better off bringing them into the room where he's playing?
I can understand he wants privacy when he's pooing but don't want him to have a complex about it, which I wonder might happen if I let him carry on with this bye-bye/waving business. (Just for the record - he ALWAYS accompanies me to the toilet, ALWAYS knows what I'm doing and ALWAYS helps me wave off whatever's being flushed away! (Sorry if TMI!))
Or do I just leave it and wait for him to come to me and beg me to put him on the potty?
TIA x.