What to do? Toddler distressed!

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We started potty training yesterday with my 2 1/2 yr old. He didn't wee between 6.30 in the morning and 2pm when he did a massive wee on the potty.....eventually! He was very distressed before this and basically holding his wee. In the afternoon he did two poos in the potty but both because we put him over when pooing. Then one big accident in the afternoon.
Today has been the same, still no wee since he woke up and he is so distressed over everything....he's not normally like this but meltdowns like never before over other stuff!
So do I give up and put a nappy on or do we push on? I really don't want to damage him emotionally or physically by pushing throu. He is so ready for PT because he knows when he is going and says so but just hates the potty. I have managed to get him onto potty few times today but no wee. We've tried big toilet, he has a sticker chart and rewards, tried putting nappy in potty etc.
What to do!! It's all becoming very upsetting seeing him like this (which I know doesn't help) but new baby in a month and won't be able to do it then! Xx

How do I stop him holding wee?
Do I give in with the nappy?
I've even tried chocolate, which did work yesterday! He's sat on the potty right now in front of TV but he's holding wee....still hasn't been since he woke up

I’d leave it - what’s the rush? It’s not worth him getting upset not you getting stressed about it.

We went through exactly the same when ds1 was 2.5 and it felt like we were forcing him even though he showed all the signs of being ready.

We gave up and forgot about it. 6 months later he woke up one morning and said ‘I don’t want to wear nappies any more’ and that was it.

He’s not ready
Go back to nappies

Oh and he still holds in his wee! It’s infuriating watching him do the dance and holding himself - he literally has to be bursting before he actually goes to get the potty.

Is he actually ready to train or do you just want him to train? I wouldn't push it until he's giving you all the signs he's ready

Is he in pants or pull ups?
We had an absolute potty refuser (DD was only just out of nappies to go to nursery at 3).
Bribery worked very well for us. She really wanted a scooter and we said she could have one when she started doing wees in the potty.
Smaller bribes also good - some buttons/smarties for each time the potty gets used.
Some kids make the switch easily, others take longer. We had to pause for 6 months as DD got very upset. But once she was out of nappies she had zero accidents.

I totally thought he was ready, showing all the signs....maybe try again in a couple of weeks? No idea how long to wait?!

Give up wait until he's ready.

Will he pee in the toilet standing up if you get him a step?

I’d give up for now and try again in a few months. When they’re ready it’s easy, shouldn’t be a battle making you both upset. Both my dds didn’t train until just after 3 and boys tend to be later than girls in training so he just might not be ready yet.

I sat my daughter on the potty saying it was a chain first fully clothed then when she was fully naked whilst watching peppa pig angry giving g her loads to drink so she accidentally weed whilst distracted. Once that had happened ot was no big deal. After that I resorted to bribery. She saw something jn the shop she desperately wanted, she had to get loads of stickers to get it. We frequently went back to the shop to check the item was still there as a reminder. I also got (hideous ) very desirable green up knickers with pictures on that she us very proud to wear instead of a nappy. My son used to aim his wee at a sticker in the loo whilst standing on a stool (could put one in the potty). If none if this helps I'd give up for now.

Try the Pooland app? Lots of children get upset about pooping into the toilet/potty but this really helped my DS. It's not weeing but the concept might still work?

Plus giving them an app to play on whilst on the potty is always likely to be a win!