ds is 2.9. He is due to start pre school next term and they want them trained. He announced last week that he wanted to try big boy pants, though I am certain that the sole motivation was the promise of chocolate buttons for successes. He can produce a wee on demand on the potty or toilet if he wishes to. But he never says when he needs to go, and will wet his pants even if I have asked five minutes before if he needs to go. So the only way to keep him dry is to chase him around with a potty every half hour. I am not sure if he even knows he is going to do a poo u til after the event. Have put him back in nappies this morning as he was asking for them and I have a new baby as well and this was pushing me over the edge from feeling that I was coping with them both to not! Do you think this was foolish and the potty chasing is just a hellish stage I have to go through, or is he still not quite ready??