Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
I would just keep the child in pullups and not go to the trouble - make the child's life miserable by going on the potty every 15 minutes (just as soon as they get settled into an activity) and repeat till they pee. After they pee they get to play a full half hour before repeating the process. If child is not able to stay dry for that time they are physically not ready anyways. I train only with pull ups and have only once in 25 years of doing this had a child that went off to JK not trained. Not my job to clean up accidents on the floor unless they are truly accidents - ie once every 6 months cause child is sick.
I don't train in pullups and am not about to start now. Also, this child is physically ready to train without question and has been for quite some time. He also understands the whole toileting routine, he just doesn't want to go. He does not want to pee on a potty, on a toilet and it's an anxiety thing for him like other things trigger him too. This is my delayed dcb who has some other delays and issues too. Thank goodness he is not behavioural though. He is going to JK in September and they will not accept him unless he is trained. As for cleaning up accidents, super easy on tiled floor and comes with the territory if you ask me. I'm not going to further hold a child back because of some un-pleasantries and it's not like the kid is going to purposely take a crap in the middle of the floor because he is misbehaving or anything. It's not a physical inability to hold, it's quite the opposite. Perhaps it's because I was in nursing first and cleaning adult excrements for years and it was something else entirely and now toddler poo and pee doesn't phase me. I think it is part of my job to clean up after a toilet training child. I wouldn't start to train if they were not ready, but accidents during training where there are real signs of progression are part and parcel.