Great success with a big BUT...

[pollysproggle]

DS is 2 and 4 months and completely potty trained at home.
Will go by himself without saying anything straight to the potty and come and tell me when he's finished. No accidents, fantastic.

BUT...this is only on the condition that he is completely naked from the waist down. If he wears pants then he goes in them or will sit on the potty and wee through them.

He can pull his pants/shorts up and down as I get him to do it at every opportunity he's just not linking the pulling down before potty bit.

I think the pants are giving him the security of a nappy but don't know how to change that so at the moment he's mostly in just a T shirt at home so can use the potty as and when.
I'm keen to get over this hurdle before the weather turns cold so any advice or tips would be appreciated!

Just a bit of time - they nearly all start like this!

Thanks Hullabaloo, that's reassuring!

I think it feels like a bit of a set back when I put the pants on him and then we have accidents when he does so well without them.
It got me thinking that if it feels like a nappy he's taking a step backwards.

Are you keeping him in really loose bottoms, no underwear?

I would try really loose bottoms too... they aren't close like a nappy but require pulling up/down

I've tried with just pants and also pants and shorts as we've managed little trips out without a nappy.

Nothing consistently though. Do you think loose tracksuit bottoms/pyjama bottoms and no pants everyday?

Yeah that's what we encourage in my nursery. He will probably still have accidents but it shouldn't take too long to get used to.

Yes, I used Oh Crap which recommends commando for the first 3-4 weeks to break that connection.

Thank you

I'll give the loose bottoms a go starting now and see how he gets on.

I have an almost 12 year old DS too who I must have successfully potty trained at some point but I can't for the life of me remember how it went or what I did!