Tips for enouraging toddler to stop playing in order to use potty

[JimmyMcNulty]

Just that, really. He is 2.8 and now is happy to use the potty or toilet when he's not actually playing with anything, or eating, but if he's in the middle of a puzzle, or playing with anything really, or has a friend round, he won't say anything until he's finished weeing in his pants. At the mo he gets a chocolate button when he does anything in the potty, lots of praise and seems very proud of himself when he does manage it. We've also tried stickers but he's not really into that.

For the first week or so, you have to tell him to go at regular intervals.
If he's past that stage, and is mainly in charge of going by himself, i'd still be asking / reminding him at regular intervals, and if he hasn't peed for a couple of hours, telling him to go and have a try.

Thanks FG. I was taking him regularly at first and telling him to sit on the potty but it just infuriated him and he insisted he didn't need to go and refused to sit. He was getting cross with the whole idea, so instead we've been saying frequently 'If you need a wee you have to tell me", and watching for when he shuffles about a bit and then asking if he needs to go and reminding him if he does it in his pants and trousers we will have to change them (which interrupts his play so he doesn't like that either). That has been working a lot better, except when there's something more interesting happening - and then he'll deny he needs to go when he does.

Just bumping for any miraculous insights anyone might have...

remind him to use the potty every 15 minutes or so and he'll get cross with being reminded and disturbed so much that he'll soon start taking himself no matter what he's doing.

I've been reminding him a lot so far today and he's always said no, even when he's clearly dying to go and doing his shuffle-dance... Finally went voluntarily to the potty when I told him I wouldn't play the game he wanted until he'd done a wee.