Started potty training ds1 in October with the help of pre-school and quite frankly it has been a nightmare.
He has been dry at pre-school since Christmas and when we are out he's usually pretty good and will tell us if he needs to go or will at least go if we prompt him, but at home it's another story. He knows when he needs to go, he just won't. Even if we prompt him when he obviously needs to go, he refuses to and insists he doesn't need to even though he's clutching his willy and squirming round with his legs crossed. He holds on until he can't any longer, then just wees wherever he is.
I've tried rewards when he's successful/nothing when he not approach, tried doing lots of praise on success/total non-reaction to accidents, made it into a game which worked for a while, got cross with him, (i know, i know ). I threatened to put him back in nappies but he wouldn't be bothered as he is going through a phase of pretending to be a baby (to be like 14 month old ds2).We are just about to start a smiley face for success/sad face for an accident chart and if he gets more smiley than sad faces at the end of the week he gets a toy he's wanted for a while.
I am sick of cleaning up wee and poo and having to vax the lounge carpet because the house is starting to smell like a gents loo He has just wee'd all over my leg, it was the final straw and i lost my rag and sat him on the naughty step, which i know was the wrong thing to do but I don't know what else to do.
Help!