Potty Training ~ Am I Being Unreasonable?

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I've been helping to train a near 3 yr dcb and I find he seems shy to tell me he needs to go do his business. After the second accident a couple of weeks ago, i told him just say the word 'washroom' to me as the special word and i'll open the gate to go. Just seemed like getting a whole sentence out when all he could concentrate on was not leaking seemed too much At first I'd still see him get squirmy needing to go but not telling me so I'd say 'looks like u need to say that special word so your underwear don't get dirty'' and I'd have him say washroom with me the first day or two.

By the third day he had it down pat on his own. 'm going to ask him next week to try and use full sentence. For a BM though he didn't get squirmy trying to hold it, he'd get quiet and go stand in the corner so I'd tell him to say the word when he feels that happening too. It's worked out so far and he seems happier. Hardest part is me hearing his soft-spoken voice amongst the louder kids.