Toilet training
My son is four years old. So far, we’ve been unsuccessful in getting him to use the potty or toilet for a bowel movement. He insists on wearing a nappy at bedtime to do it in. I am starting to panic as he is starting school soon and all our efforts at encouraging him have failed. He is aware that others his age don’t wear nappies but won’t go that extra step. I’m at a loose end. I feel that I’ve tried everything to no avail but I really don’t want his school life ruined by the fact that he wears nappies. Any ideas?
There are several tactics you might consider. You might try, if you haven’t done so already, transferring the bowel movement to the potty in the morning, to show him that’s where it belongs, and leaving it there for a very short while he gets dressed. He might agree to forgo the nappy if he has a stick-on liner in his pants as a compromise precaution to give him confidence in case he doesn’t make it to the toilet. Or you might leave the nappy on the floor at night next to the potty and suggest he chooses which he uses, but that the nappy won’t be put on him.
Alternatively, you might say, confidently, that it’s fine for him to decide, you understand his worries, and that you trust him to decide sensibly and look forward to the time when he can manage without the nappy. His school friends won’t know what happens at home at night, so don’t fret too much about the teasing. I hope you unravel this issue satisfactorily.
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