We tried potty training at the beginning of August - DS was very keen and after a full day of peeing on the carpet we started to have more pees in the potty/ toilet than on the floor. He found poos trickier but did manage a few in the potty. All went ok for about 3 - 4 weeks, there were some accidents but a lot of "hits". Then one day he peed himself a couple of times at nursery, didn't think much of it that evening, but the next two days (at home) he just stopped using the potty/ toilet, it was 100% on the floor/in his pants. We tried chocolate buttons, stickers but he just stopped being interested at all. I got to the point where I just couldn't stay calm, I did really shout once and all the rest of the time I think, though I wasn't cross it must have been clear from my body language that I was angry :( It seemed like we were going backwards so we thought we should maybe give us all a break which we did for a few weeks - he did occasionally ask for his potty (and pee in it) when he saw another child doing it. Thought we'd have another go again over the weekend. He has mainly peed and poo'ed all over the floor/ friends floor/ me/ pants. I do believe that he can pyhsically do it, after all he did, but that makes it even harder to keep calm, but I wonder if there is any point pushing something he clearly doesn't want to do and it making both of us miserable. Does leaving it (again) reinforce that it is optional, or does it simply mean it gives him time to be ready in his own time. I don't know what to do for the best