We started potty training DD last week, she is 2 1/2 and we thought she was ready.
She's excited to be in big girl pants, happy to sit and wee on the potty, knows what is expected of her. However she doesn't seem to be able to recognise when she needs to wee until she has already started. In the early part of the week, she would realise she was wet and dash to the potty, we'd obviously give her lots of praise for at least trying. The last couple of days however she has made no effort to get to the potty and will blatantly wet herself. I can ask her if she needs to wee, she will always say no and today ran from me before squatting and weeing on the floor.
We were able to get through a day a couple of days ago with no accidents but it involved me physically putting her on the potty each time and asking her to check if there is a wee - I'm worried doing this though skips teaching bladder control and recognising when she needs to go.
Today was very stressful with all the 'accidents' but when I've suggested maybe she's not ready and needs to go back in nappies, she refuses.
Do I persevere and just keep dealing with the accidents until she learns to recognise when she needs to wee or do I call it a day and insist on nappies?
Is it best to let her take the lead on deciding when she needs to wee with regular verbal reminders or should I physically put her on the potty every couple of hours to try?
Thanks