I have been trying to toilet train my little miss for a number of years and over the last school holiday I thought we had reached success, but then school went back.

I have made charts but that is more for my record as she doesnt respond to them, all she thinks they are, are pretty colours to look at but doesnt connect the sticker to doing a poo/wee.

I started by sitting her on the toilet for 5 minutes every two hours generally with no success sometimes for days or weeks but I made a huge fuss for the odd occasion she did succeed. With persistance she is now poo continent (only haveing had 4 accidents in the last 12 months) but far from wee continent. She will do a wee almost every time she sits but will also do more in her nappy or she will hold and hold so much she cant let go when she is on the toilet and then eventually when she cant hold any longer she floods her nappy.

Now we have set times through out the day when she sits on the toilet, she wears undies inside her nappy to feel the wetness and i have the charts for my reference to show how many successes. It is working, slowly but working.
We use an over toilet frame which seams to be more sturdy than the inserts. Another option is looking into getting a potty seat through aides and equipment program. Some kids feel more secure sitting on a seat with more support.
Toilet timing rather than toilet training can work well it is just a matter of convincing your little man that it is good to sit on the toilet (I know - easier said than done).


Hope this helps, keep persisting.

Good luck

Sjl