What to do about nursery

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Son is 2 years 10 months. Was showing all the signs of being ready so summer job was to potty train while having 6 weeks off school/work/nursery. He has absolutely smashed the wees and independently initiates that he needs to go, takes himself to the potty or toilet and pulls pants down. No accidents now even when busy playing or out and about. Poos however just don’t seem to be happening and he just goes in his pants. Been trying to persevere with this but panicking how close nursery return is. I feel like putting him back in pull ups is a massive step backwards after such good progress but also seems not fair to send him to nursery in pants knowing he is going to have a poo accident. I’m just praying for a big turn around in next week! What would you do?

Don't put back in pull ups. It sounds like he's doing brilliantly. The nursery will be used to poo accidents, so I wouldn't worry too much. He will get there.

I don’t know x is it just once a day he’ll poo in his pants or multiple times? I’d say once a day fine, accidents happen but it’s not really fair on the nursery if they’re having to clean up multiple poo accidents every day.

I’d say he’s not toilet trained and needs to go back in pull ups. As he’s got the hang of wees, I’d expect him to still do those on the toilet regardless of wearing nappies. Wait until he’s ready to complete toilet training and then try again.

Persevere. You know he can do it. I'd go pants free and see if that makes a difference. He can still wear loose fitting shorts/joggers but nothing close to his bum that feels like a nappy.

Keep going and then chat to the nursery. If they're anything like ours, they'll not mind supporting and dealing with accidents as needed.

DS goes to nursery and we’ve just done potty training 2 weeks after third birthday. Within 3 days at home (sat to mon) he was starting to get the hang of wees but still pooing in his pants but we expected him to go backwards when he went back to nursery on Tues which was the case. He had 7 accidents that day including 4 poos. Nursery we’re ok about it saying that it usually took 1-2 weeks for them to get it. The next day it just clicked and since then which is about 3 weeks he’s done all his poo in the toilet at nursery and at home. So I wouldn’t put him in pull ups yet I’d keep going and see if going back to nursery helps him get the hang of it. For a short time they should be prepared to help you with it. Reassess if after a week or so at nursery things haven’t improved

I would also give it a go as it seems a shame to undo all the hard work. How often does he poo at nursery anyway? Mine very rarely does.

Step away from the pull ups! If he has an accident at school, he will be helped and it will be managed. Hopefully a nursery worker encouraging him to clean up himself while he could be playing will help him realise that it’s more convenient to just use the toilet.