wont keep his pants dry

[ethanryan]

my son is 2 and a half and has been using his potty for about 6 months. if he runs around with no nappy on he sits on his potty or tells me he needs the toilet but as soon as i put pants on him he wont tell me. i have been working on this for months but getting nowhere he loves having his pants on and tells everyone he has big boy pants but wont stay dry

[spanner7853]

I know it sounds a bit strange but have you tried keeping the wet pants on him for a while? I was told to do this by a health visitor when my son was the same age. Instead of taking the pants straight off leave them in them for a while, he'll soon hate going around in cold wet pants.

[ethanryan]

hi spanner thanks for your advice i will give it a go see how he gets on. people keep telling me he is still quite young but he starts pre school in november and needs to be completely out of nappies

[aims1202]

It sounds like he's doing really well! He's not too young, i potty trained my son at 20mths. If he's telling you he needs a wee and doing it in the potty then that is excellent. Give him lots of praise and you could give him a little treat /prize every time he does it. I would keep the pants on and don't have him running around with nothing on for the time being. just give him little reminders that he must tell you when he needs it, but don't ask too often. If he wets i agree to keep his pants on for a bit and when you change him just say, never mind next time you'll get it in the potty. Try not to get annoyed and don't mention that he didn't tell you. If he does tell you and does go in potty then again praise him and give him a treat/prize.
I wouldn't worry too much as it sounds like you've done the hard bit and i'm sure it'll be all ok very soon.