Potty training 3 year old

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My 3 yr old sons nursery suggested starting potty training, im due my second in 4 weeks. I agreed to give it a go although im not 100% sure hes actually ready.

He goes there for 5 hours and had 1 accident the first day and 2 today. on the 2 days in between when he was home with me he had accidents roughly every 30mins all day long. Also did the same when he was home from nursery in the afternoons.

Im confused as to whether he is ready for this. I cant tell if he actually understands. He sits on the potty when i ask him but doesnt wee.

Im getting a bit upset as I dont want to push him to do anything and if hes not ready im perfectly fine having him in nappies a bit longer.

I also dont want to go through weeks of this for him to then regress when baby is born

Any opinions or advice greatly appreciated

A 3 year old should be potty trained! I'd stick with it.

I'd stick with it too. It would make your life an awful lot easier with a newborn if your 3yo could take themselves off to the loo

Get the oh crap potty training book and follow it the next few weeks. He might be doing better before the baby comes along. That will help at home. If nursery are pushing for it, I’d just send lots of spare clothes and let them get on with it while he’s there.

Stick with it.

At three years old he will understand, just keep talking to him about it. Remind him every morning when you get him dressed, make s big thing about using the toilet yourself, and put him on the toilet every fifteen to twenty minutes.

He'll get there.

It would be much easier before new baby here. Defo stick with it. Give yourself 3 days in house when you totally focus on it/ leave him naked. Remind every 30 mins. Read the oh crap stuff.

Stick with it a little longer and see if it clicks.

I did find that with my DC I tried and it failed a few times so we paused it. One time we tried and it just immediately took to it. There was no real training, he just 'got that he went to the toilet now (skipped the potty bit). He was dry overnight immediately and has had a handful of accidents in the years since. So I'm a big advocate of waiting and then giving a gentle push when ready. For some that's 2, for others that's 3.

DD was about 3 years 2 months when she potty trained. We'd bought the potty a while before and she wasn't interested. She watched other kids at nursery use the little toilets and decided that's what she wanted. We let her do it in her own time and she had very few accidents. If you aren't bothered about having 2 in nappies I'd wait as I would rather change the 3 year old's nappy than clean up constant accidents

I think him having accidents at nursery is probably more likely as he is distracted by playing and may not always have an adult to remind him to go.
My youngest was potty trained the summer before he was three and is great with doing a wee but we have struggled with doing poos on the potty. He would happily do it in his pants, which you can imagine is 'fun' to clean up when we are out and about.
He is 3.5 now and its only in the past three weeks that he has started to poo on the potty so I'm hoping we are turning a corner 🤞 he is still wears a nappy at nighttime and they are always wet in the mornings.

Try to relax with it, if he sees you're stressed and anxious then it won't happen. It would be easier to have him dry in the day when the baby is born, accidents may happen for a while but that's expected of them so don't be too hard on him or yourself.

Thanks for your replies, I didnt get notifications for some reason so didn't get these. We decided to stop, he was just getting so upset about accidents and I feel a bit pressured into doing this before I think he's ready. Some of his cousins were older so I'm absolutely fine with it and will revisit after baby is settled in our house.