Finally started telling us he had to pee/poop, then stopped
Son will be 3 next month. Potty training since December with the classic “we’re wearing undies now” method. He started holding his pee and peeing in the potty, but wouldn’t ever tell us himself. So we had to be the ones taking him every 2ish hours. Pooped in the potty, but again would never tell us (we had to watch for the signs) and would have frequent poop accidents because of it. Back in February I decided to put him in pull ups because I needed a break from the constant poop accidents. (I was crying daily, constantly on edge just waiting for an accident to happen despite my best efforts)
Since February, he has been in pull ups and we’ve followed the routine of regular potty breaks. In that time, he has NEVER told us he had to go. He started peeing in his pull up occasionally and continued with mostly pooping on the potty while sometimes pooping in the pull up.
Well, about two weeks ago, I got the shock of my life when out of nowhere he told me he needed to poop! I took him to the potty and he did it! I didn’t get my hopes up too much, but then he did the same thing the next day! I felt like I was walking on air. The next few days he told us he needed to pee once, and poop again one more time.
And then he never told us again.
We ask him frequently, bribe him, and have also switched back to the underwear over the weekend as an extra push. No luck. I’m back to this feeling of hopelessness again, which feels so cruel after that little bit of hope we had that he was finally “getting it”. I have decided to back off a little bit and not prompt him so much, keep up with the regular pee breaks, and keep him in underwear for the time being. I’m trying not to be so emotionally affected by it but it’s such a roller coaster 😭 will he ever start telling me he has to go again?