Are we expecting too much, too soon?

[Soapsy]

DS, aged 2y8m decided on Thursday last week that he no longer wanted to wear a nappy. His nursery managed to get one onto him for his afternoon sleep. As soon as he got home, off it came. So, on Friday I decided to give potty training a go. Cue flooded pants all over the place all day. OK, day one, no problem.

On Saturday, flooded all day again, but then suddenly in the evening, wee, followed half an hour later by poo in the potty. Very proud little boy, very proud mummy.

Since then, nada, just flooding and poo filled pants. However often we sit him on the potty, not a drop. Then 5 minutes later, we have a flood.

H is all for giving up and putting him in a nappy. Trouble is, I did try it this morning, and he just took it off again, I put it back, he took it off. So, he no longer wants a nappy, but hasn't grasped the idea of the potty.

Am I asking too much? Surely, if he were truly ready, there would have been something in the right place between Saturday pm and now? Would I be wrong in considering that my H's distracting influence being absent on Saturday might have helped?

What about going to the shop and saying to him you'd like him to help choose some big boy panbts (pull ups of some kind). Perhaps say that all boys who are 2 wear these pants and then take it back a step.
When at home, perhaps ask him if he needs to squirt wee into the toilet, rather than asking to regulalry sit on the potty.

My DS just loved squirting wee into any container that was availbale and took hardly any convincing at all. He's 3 and still in a pull up at night and if he goes on a car journey! Other than that, he's dry all day and loves going off to sit on the toilet to do big boy poos ("I need private mummy").

Hit and miss would be the phrase! Getting better at home, but no hope at nursery.

Bribery is working best - the big bag of toy cars and balloon rewards for doing as he should, where he should.

So, I think I was just being overly optimistic, and expecting too much, too soon.

Is he any better at home with nothing on his butt, not even pants. our DS is able to do it with shorts only but every time hes had pants on he wees in them. I guess the pants feel too much like a nappy.

i leave my ds with no nappy no pants just let him wander around naked and he takes himself to the toilet all the time

lots of praise when has an accident take straight to potty and sit him on and remind him to wee in potty

i done this to my ds so he knew each ttime and soon got the hang of it

although wont tell me when wants a wee just goes

but he is speech delayed very independant but makes potty training outside the home very difficult

get some pull ups and pretend big boy pants for nursery then he can be helped pulling them down and up and will keep him dry