I have started potty training my little boy is great he will sit on the potty and do a wee and a poo when we tell him to only problem is if we don’t ask he will not go himself resulting in accidents I don’t know if I’m forcing it too much

We've yet to try potty training, but from what I've read, that sounds really good! The sensation of needing to go, and linking it to potty time is quite a lot for a toddler to learn. Plus they're very busy! I've definitely read to remind them, but there seems to be disagreement as to how often. I've read from 40 minutes to every 2 hours. But if what you're doing is working, and you're getting good , low pressure potty time, then I'm pretty sure that's ok.

We're planning to give it a try over Easter weekend and if it works out in the same way as your little boy I will be very pleased with that.

He sounds like he’s getting it really well! With my daughter, she didn’t have any accidents at home but at 4 years old I still have to remind her to go if she needs to- she doesn’t have accidents but will suddenly have to run to the bathroom! Your childminder should be working with you on this

Just went through the whole potty training thing starting a couple of months ago. This is very normal for the first couple of weeks, eventually they start asking to go. He actually was better at asking to go when other people were looking after him than at home at first.

We had a potty upstairs and one downstairs before we were actively planning starting training, one in the bathroom so when she insisted on being a bathroom buddy she could become familiar with the function of the toilet and by extension the potty. One night she started taking off her nappy before bed so she could sit on the upstairs potty and use it. After a few days we let her take her nappy off if she wanted to and once that started to become a thing we switched to pullups and let her get on with it. Of course she still had the occasional accident so we would put her on the potty and remind her wee wee goes in the potty. It might have taken a little while to get the hang of but there was no pressure on her. And she was showing signs of being ready.
Now we still use pull ups if we are out but she will ask to go to the toilet if she needs it. And can manage to hold it for a little while.

Your son seems to be doing really well. Have you tried some potty training songs or stories? I find them encouraging.