Potty training

Started 3 weeks ago was going great he was getting the hang if it I sat him in the potty every 30 minutes, he even started going on his own when he needed to, but I feel like every time he’s been in nursery we are back at square one( because he’s not potty trained and not close to asking for the toilet on his own he has to wear a nappy) so after he’s been he’s not interested in the potty, our little system we had just out the window and very difficult to get back into the rhythm of it, but when he’s wearing underwear he can tell me when he’s peeing, like he will come to me and saying he’s peeing is that progress dispite the step backs we are having, I just don’t know what to think I just feel defeated with it all

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Some kids will grasp it straight away as if it’s a new skill and once they learn it they put it on the back burner. Maybe worth asking your nursery to start making extra effort with him going to the potty even if he’s in nappies. I do feel sometimes nursery are hard to work with but at the end of the day they should only take on as many kids as they feel they can give 1-1 time on throughout the day. They should be working with you. Maybe ask for a plan so you both can work together. Don’t give up just keep trying. My daughter grasped potty training instantly but she did go through a stage where I felt it went completely out the window like she unlearned it. But eventually they will go back to it x

I would stop putting him on the potty every 30 minutes because thats not going to be doable at nursery and is not recommended as an effective approach in the oh crap potty training book I read. He needs to learn that the wee feeling means he needs to go to the potty, this learning will be diluted if he keeps being put on there and sometimes he goes and sometimes he doesnt. Also him wearing nappies at nursery will undo all the work youve done at home. Id really recommend the oh crap potty training book for refining your approach and it also has a section for troubleshooting various issues x

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