I'm not into PTing early, I've always told my RL mum-friends that I would PT when and only when DS comes to me and asks to use the toilet. In truth I want PTing to be as easy as possible to if it means he's later PTing then who cares? Not me. Also, selfishly, he uses very cute cloth nappies and I'm not ready to give them up.
So imagine my horror when DS, 19 months, specifically asked to wee on the toilet. Anyway I asked him whether he wanted a nappy change and he said no, but when I asked him whether he wanted to wee on the toilet he said yes and got excited, so I took of his nappy and pants and dug out the trainer seat but he refused to sit on it. One nappy change and immediate wee later, I discovered that DS has been watching Daddy wee and of course that's what he wanted to do.
I'm not going to PT him now, we've got a new baby and frankly I'm not ready and don't truly think DS is either, but I'd like to do some preparation work so that when we do start, maybe in 6 months or so, it goes smoothly. The thing is that we've had a potty in the bathroom for ages (we put it there so he could get used to it when he felt interested) and while he will put his teddies on it occassionally, he point blank won't sit on it and gets upset if I try to sit him on it (clothed I mean). What pre-PT did you do to get your LO ready?
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Purplelooby · 24/03/2014 14:59
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