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DS still not completely dry - any hints?

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Rachel1963 · 28/04/2009 20:49

DS (3.5) started potty training last August. It took a few days for him to get the idea, which I was expecting, but he seemed to more or less get the hang of it and we've been doing OK since then. BUT he never really seems to have worked out how to know that he needs to do a wee until he's done a dribble in his pants - then he'll say he needs to go.

He's usually OK with poos and we've been extremely lucky in that he cracked staying dry at night without any problem - think I could could have taken him out of nappies at night time long before I did.

Childminder gets round it by asking him at frequent intervals and that seems to workm but he goes to a little nursery/pre-school where they leave it to him to take himself and he's had a few accidents. He's starting "proper pre-school" in Sept and I'd really like him to be reliably dry by then for his own sake as much as anything. Am I being unrealistic or is there anything we could try to help him?

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ches · 29/04/2009 05:16

I'd ask the child minder to stop the prompting so that he starts to take responsibility. He's just being lazy and ignoring the need to go because he's engrossed in what he's doing. Perfectly normal, really. On the other hand, I bet he'll only have one or two accidents at "proper pre-school" before he gets embarrassed and starts has all the motivation he needs.

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