Top tips needed

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Right, DS (2.5yrs) has been potty training since Easter and still hasn't grasped that weeing on the floor is not the way you are meant to do things. He is pretty good if you put him on the toilet or potty, and can have dry days that way. But left to his own devices will merrily wee where ever he happens to be. I'm saving a fortune on nappies but blowing it all on kitchen roll. I have potty trained 2 girls so not complete amateur but now need the MN wisdom.

Have tried a sticker chart but he's too young really and doesn't care about sticking a sticker down. Started with chocolate and might have to revert to that...

BTW would happily put him back in pull ups - and have tried thinking he is just not ready - but he's having none of it.

WWYD? Will he just eventually get it? And when?

I think just carry on 'pottying him' If you aim at every 1-2 hous or so- you will know his pattern well anyway I expect you wont have too much mess and it will click eventually. I would not go back to pull ups as it will confuse him. I am a fan of the cold turkey method- worked a treat for my DS also 2.5. After being mostly dry for a good few days we stuck him in a nappy as we were going for Sunday lunch in a pub and didnt want to risk and accident in there. We took the nappy straight off when back home and told him to ask for the potty again and he weed on the carpet 3 times in the course of the afternoon. never doing that again its pants all the way now.

Thanks jjazz. I tnk you are right but it is taking aaaaaages.

As a Mum to two now teenagers, the best advice I would give to anyone trying to potty train boys is this - small boys usually want to be big boys and usually see bigger boys as the greatest, most interesting people on the planet. Get their Dads or their big brothers to take them to the loo to have a wee (do this at home!)so they can see what boys have to do...(We just don't wee in the same way, do we?!)