Potty training advice needed

[Deb11009]

We started potty training my 2 year 9 month old yesterday. The only successful pee was when I put him on the potty mid-pee. Other than that he has just peed everywhere.
he hasn’t pooed except in his nappy he wore for bed when he first got up.
This morning I managed to get him on the potty again mid-pee but then he just peed again later on the floor.
He isn’t taking himself to the potty at a time when he needs a pee. He will sit on the potty at times and other times he is refusing. He is getting quite upset and being naughty, not sure if that is related or not. He isn’t saying the potty is upsetting him or anything but just being extra naughty and upset.

is this normal at the start? Any advice?

Hi yes this is very normal, don't worry. My DD wasn't ready until she was 3 years old. When he's ready he'll take himself but if he's still having accidents and refusing to go I'd wait until he's a bit older xx

@MamaBee2Blu we’re on the third day and he did take himself for a pee this morning on the potty but then later had another accident. He’s due to be in nursery the next few days so I don’t know whether to stick it out and see how he gets on there. Not sure what’s normal and what isn’t at the start

You say He isn’t taking himself to the potty at a time when he needs a pee. But I would think from what you have said that he doesn't know when he needs a pee yet, as this is what the training is for. He's used to wearing nappies and pee just coming out when it comes out, so he needs to learn to recognise what it feels like when it's about to come out if you want him to know when to go and sit on the potty. What method are you using? The two main approaches seem to be: (1) sit him on the potty at regular intervals so he'll be in the right place when he needs to go, and (2) get him on the potty as soon as you spot that he is weeing or is just about to, so he learns when he needs to go. It sounds like you're kind of doing a mix of both?

At nursery, if you've talked to them and discussed their approach and they know you're attempting potty training now, then I'd probably carry on. If they have a lot of potty training children and they're herding them all off to the toilet at regular intervals, the peer pressure will probably get him to participate even if he's refusing at home. But if they are going to want him to tell them he needs to go, and he doesn't know how to do that yet, I'd probably pause and have another go next time he has a few days off.