I started training DD1, 2.5, this week. We are now on day 3 and it is not going well. The only wees/poos in the potty have been when she's been sitting on the potty for ages because I'm making her sit on it every 10-15 minutes, sometimes for up to half an hour at a time (sometimes for 10 minutes, but if I think there must be something coming - e.g. after a meal, I'm making her wait - she's watching tv to keep her on there). There's been just 1 proactive wee in the potty in 3 days. That gave me some hope that we could get through this, but there's been no further success since (that was on day1). She's a bright, articulate girl and has been showing all the signs for ages but I couldn't train before now due to arrival of DD2. I'm back at work in a few weeks so this feels like my best chance - it will be much harder to train her when she's back at nursery. She gets the mechanics of using the potty, has read lots of books, wants to be a big girl and wear big girl knickers etc. But I'm just not sure she really realises when she's going to wee, or poo. We've had dozens of accidents. She seems to wee all the time - sometimes 3 or 4 times in an hour, or more. I guess if she was using the loo properly these little wees would group together into one big one. Also she was really predictable and did poos at the same time every day so I thought we'd at least be able to 'catch' these in the potty over the first few days, but actually she's now started to poo at random times and these have all been in pants. It is a nightmare. I'm getting quite depressed and down about it. Haven't left the house all week, which can't be good for me, DD1 or DD2. Lots of people who've been through this before have told me to stick at it and it will just 'click'. Will it? Or do I need to admit that it's not going to work this time and come back to it in a few weeks or months. Have run out of pants, they are all in the wash (that's 14 pairs!) so we can't go out today, again! Have been in tears about it and had a massive row with DH this morning because we're both stressed about it.
Sorry, not really sure what I'm asking really, just whether you think it could improve and is worth sticking it out or if it seems like he's just not got the bladder control yet.
Thanks