Sorry, I've posted on this subject before but I'm starting to feel quite worried about this. DS will be 3 in a few weeks and I am thinking of having another go at potty training. I have made a few attempts in the past but I'm sorry to say I've just found it so stressful with no progress at all that I've given up after a couple of days. Now I feel that this has rubbed off on DS - I think he's ready (physically, anyway. He knows when it's happening, is interested in the whole process, in his friends wearing pants etc) but he can't be persuaded wee or poo anywhere other than his nappy. He'll sit on the loo and cheerfully pretend but won't do it for real. I have a horrible feeling that this is because I've been stressed in the past and made it seem difficult, and now the longer I leave it the more worried he is about being without a nappy.
DS has successfully made him wee on the potty in the garden. Once. By deliberately locking them both in the garden for hours and not allowing DS to wear his trousers or nappy. When I've tried this DS just clings to me miserably and begs to have his nappy back on.
I'm thinking of trying to bribe him with smarties but I know that DH feels this is unnecessary. The idea of a drawn out emotional situation with DS feeling scared about it all fills me with terror! However, if I leave it any longer I feel that it will just get harder to get him out of nappies. Please can anyone help or advise?