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Day 3-Throw in the towel or persevere?

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MrsCrumbtious · 21/05/2025 17:56

My DS is 2.5 and was showing all the signs of readiness/capability for potty training (telling me he’d done a poo in his nappy etc) so decided to potty training Monday.

Monday he had done so well only 1 accident but loads of wees in the potty and would tell me if he needed a wee or poo .

Tuesday (am) a couple of accidents but a couple of wees in the potty and also a poo. In the afternoon he started holding his wee and would only release it once his night time nappy went on.

Today (am) he had no accidents in the morning but again in the afternoon he was holding onto his wee and only after being sat on the potty several times as he was so uncomfortable and distressed he managed to do a wee but pooed in his highchair at dinner time.

we’re both stressed/upset this evening and thinking I should shelve potty training for now however I’m worried trying to restart at a later date will be harder (have read children are more resistant to potty training the older they get) and will he associate the potty negatively from this experience? Sorry for the essay my brain is frazzled! My DD was dry during the day at 2.4 so naively thought he would follow a similar process

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user2848502016 · 21/05/2025 18:04

I’d probably give it a few more days seeing as he is going in the potty.
Have you tried bribery? Chocolate buttons for wees/poos in the potty?

lwal · 24/05/2025 19:26

Hi OP
I would maybe give it another day or so
but if your LO is getting stressed & holding wee in then maybe they are just not ready?
my little girl did this, would hold her wee for hours, get super distressed etc
i put her back in pull ups as i didn’t want her to get a negative association. I left it a few months, encouraged her to sit on the potty if she wanted to but never pushed it
tried again at 3years 4 months and she got it within 2 days
looking back I wish I hadn’t stressed so much but it’s so hard when you’re getting pressured from everyone and everywhere
xx

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