My ds is 2.8. A couple of months after he turned two I thought we would try potty training and we went together and bought some Thomas pants. Since then we have had about three abortive attempts (I have had exams in January so the last two to three months were a write off).
He is just not interested at all. In fact he is quite resistent, when i talk to him and say, shall we try the potty tomorrow, he just says no and gets almost teary. When we do try, he says he's done a poo when he's done a wee in his pants. i am very calm, and say oh dear next time lets get it in the potty, and he agrees, then it just happens again. I cannot get him to sit on the potty or the toilet (we have a seat on the toilet),he just says no and gets upset. I dont want to force him or put him off. So I end uo putting him back in his nappy.
He has chicken pox at the mo but not v many spots and is feeling fine so I thout the week of forced being at hoeme would be good (I normally work pt and he is at nursery 2 full days and 1 half day a week) but it is just the same.
Should i just persevere? Or is he not ready? Seems that at almost 3 he should be ready. surely at some point he will have to be ready - what on earth do i do if he is still like this when he is 3 and a half, or 4???? I feel like such a failure. He is so grown up in all other ways, and i feel like if i was doing this right he would have got it. i just don't k ow how to do it.