Potty Training Stresses....

So, I have been trying to potty train my son for almost 6 months, & have officially gotten NOWHERE!!!!! He will now sit on the potty, but do nothing else. I have tried everything: bribing with stickers, toy balls, m&m candies, & small toys. I even tried the "magic potty trick"; it's where you put some blue food coloring into the toilet water & when he pees it, it turns green...like "magic". Well, that just distracted him & he wouldn't even sit on the potty. UGH! The other day, he came to me & told me he had to pee pee, so I took him to the bathroom & decided that he was gonna sit on the potty until he went. I knew he had to go, he even told me he had to to, so he was gonna sit there until he went!!!

Cut to an hour later....

We've been sitting on the potty the whole time. I've told him 4000000000000 times, "If you pee pee on the potty, you can have the Brobee sticker!!" (Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba that is...one of his favorite shows.) Even offered him one of his Blue's Clues stickers ( Blue's Clues IS his favorite show). Held his hand, read him books, & even got my laptop so he could listen to Elmo's Potty Time songs. & when I had finally had enough, & he just would NOT stay on the potty, I got him down, put some pull ups on him, & then went to finish my dinner.

Cut to about 3 minutes later....(yes....ONLY 3 minutes later...)

He walks into the living room, & he has completely filled his pull-ups!!!!!! He had held it in the entire time we were it the bathroom. Through all my encouragements, bribes, & pleas....he held it the WHOLE TIME. I'm still so stressed & astonished about this, that tears should be streaming down my face.

He's never been a difficult child. He slept through the night fairly early on, stopped taking his pacifier on his own, threw dont the bottle by himself, & even told me when he didn't want to use the high chair anymore. But this whole potty training thing??? I think it will be the death of me. If he is not potty trained by his 4th birthday (at the end of August) then he wont be able to go to preschool. I love being a stay-at-home mommy. I wouldn't trade it for the world. But I was so looking forward to him starting school because that's when I start school as well. I never thought I would put college as long as I have. I know I'm not gonna like the experience, & that's why I want to just go ahead & get it over with. And this is why I'm relying on him getting potty trained so much. He will start his school life, & I will start mine.