Potty Training
Yall idk what to do. Background - I’ve been nannying this little boy for about two years and we’ve been potty training for I don’t know how many months. He’s turning three soon and we’ve gotten to the point where he has VERY minimal accidents and wears training underwear with me when I’m working. (He’s fighting me on the poop thing, but hey, that’s boys for you.) Mom just pulled me aside to touch base to ask if we should “hold off” on potty training because HE WON’T GO WITH HER? I’m FLABBERGASTED. I truly have no clue what to say. I told her the progress we’d made and reassured her that, in my opinion, (which I am confident she was genuinely asking for) we were safe to keep moving forward and that it would come to him. But I’m kind of freaking stumped because…?! The only thing I can think of is that I’m very stern with him in a way she isn’t usually. “We’re going to sit on the potty.” And if he says no, I make it fun, but we still do it. Going potty (at least building the habit of “trying” and sitting) is like a diaper change, there’s no choice about it. You know what I mean? Safety, food, hygiene, the nonnegotiables? What can I possibly say to her?