The past few days, Jacob has started pointing at his bits and saying "poo". He seems to be telling us before the event from what we can tell. The only thing is, he is saying/doing this a lot - we think perhaps he is sometimes getting confused between doing a poo and a wee, and perhaps when he may be a bit windy? WDYT?

When he does this, we always praise him for telling us (and ask him whether he's done a poo or a wee but he continues to say "poo"), and if he has in fact done a poo, then we set about changing it right away, but the thing is, he protests like nobody's business! It's like he wants to keep the dirty nappy on! He gets really upset about having the dirty nappy changed for some reason?

Also, DH and I were talking about how perhaps we need to talk more about going to the toilet etc etc (Jacob normally follows us in and we normally talk about what we're doing whilst we're in there so he gradually gets an idea about what is hapepning). Today, we decided we'd take him in and sit him on the toilet when he started saying 'poo' but he got really upset and screamed the place down, even though we made a big thing out of his "special seat" for the toilet. Obviously we got him out of there straight away and just reassured him that everything was ok.

Do you think he is showing some signs of readiness, but isn't quite ready IYKWIM? My instincts tell me not to push this issue as I'm sure it would only create undue stress and anxiety for him and would obviously not get us anywhere. I'd much rather follow his cues and go with the flow so that it is as relaxed as possible IYKWIM? We also have a potty that we could use, but he seems more interested in pushing it around the house LOL.

Any thoughts??? Obviously we're venturing into unknown territory here, so I'm a bit unsure about what to do next? I know that there can be steps forward as well as backwards when it comes to TT, but I'm not really sure what to make of what is going on ATM? I'm thinking he's starting to recognise what's going on, but isn't quite ready to start making that transition yet?