I’m really hoping that someone will be able to offer a bit of advice.
We’re on day 2 or potty training our 31 month old. Yesterday we did naked from the waist down and he was amazing- we put him on the potty when he showed signs of needing to go, he only had a couple of accidents all day. He self initiated a couple of times, including for a poo.
Today... it’s been awful. He’s been in loose trousers, and he’s had 5 wee accidents and 1 poo accident. Got onto the potty for 2 wees because he told us he needed a wee and we got him there quickly. He was upset after each accident (cried just now and said “oh no, I did a wee wee not in the potty!!”) I think he knows he needs to go, but when we ask he says no. If I try to put him on the potty when I think he’s showing signs, he kicks off.
I’m really disheartened. We’re quite relaxed and I genuinely don’t think DS has had anything other than a nice weekend with his parents.
He’s at nursery on Wednesday, so has 2 days left with us. DH is adamant we’re carrying on with trousers (or shorts) and no nappy. I am finding this all a lot harder than I thought.
I’m not sure what to do. Do we:
- Stop training?
- Carry on with trousers?
- Have him naked again tomorrow?
I guess the concern with reverting back to naked is that he did seem to ‘get’ it yesterday, so I’m not sure if we should just try clothes again and hope that it ‘clicks’ as well. I don’t want him to think he can only do this naked!
Any thoughts are most welcome. I’m exhausted and really down- I think it’s the fact that his ‘progress’ is so up and down that’s upsetting me. I’m totally in the dark about whether he’s learning anything here!