Ok! I need advice. The PT child is Nathan who will be 3 in February. Little background: PTing Aidan has been an ongoing ordeal for 2.5 years. He showed interest at 2.5 and I started the process- went full force at 3- he is turning 5 next month as is FINALLY day trained - not night trained. He occasionally has accidents. I learned that my brothers and uncles were late trainers as well. Overall the PTing process has been a nightmare for me.

I decided not to push Nathan- not to even think about starting until he is at least 3- maybe later since his brother took so long. Now he has witnessed his brother's training all of his life- so I know he knows what will be expected of him.

Today he told me he wants to wear superman and batman underwear like Aidan. I told he will be able to if he starts using the potty- well he pooped on it this morning and pee'd a half dozen times. He kept telling me he wants to wear underwear and get a sticker on his chart. He refused to put his diaper back on today- so I grabbed an old pair if Aidan's with Superman on it and her wore it for several hours- kept it dry- until he put on his superman costume and flew around the room for awhile- he was quite surprised when he leaked all over the place in underwear. He did put his diaper back on for the rest of the evening- but said he'd like to wear underwear again tomorrow.

Do I go for it? Start serious training? I am afraid I'll push him too hard. Afraid I will hurt the process. Afriad I will miss the window too. Any suggestions? I don't want to get my hopes up- but they are.

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