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Putting nappies on again - am I lazy or doing the right thing?

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petisa · 27/02/2011 14:14

DD 2.10 yrs has been pt since yesterday morning. Loves her big girl pants and is happy to sit on the toilet. We have a sticker chart, which she really likes, and yesterday after 5 pees on the floor, I stepped things up a bit and offered a chocolate button for every pee in the toilet Grin Blush

Thing is we had 5 wees on the floor and 1 in the toilet yesterday, and 4 huge wees everywhere today (gave her juice to get more practise) and 1 in the toilet today. Huge Praise for the ones in the toilet but I know they were just luck.

When I ask her if she needs to go she says no and then pees on the floor. At the start she minded being wet and called me, now she ignores it. I take her to the loo every half hour but we've only had 2 wees in 2 days that way, and I'd rather wait for another couple of months or so, if it meant she would have more bladder control. She's starting to get really annoyed at me taking her to the loo and asking her about it, but if I leave it up to her she wees on the floor. A while ago I asked her if she needed to go, she said no and weed on the floor 2 mins later and wasn't bothered. Asked her if she wanted nappies back and she said yes.

Am I right in saying she's not ready, even though she's 2.10 yrs?

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agora1 · 27/02/2011 20:03

In my opinion you did the right thing. Exactly the same thing happened with my 2.6 year old. After a day of this I asked if she wanted nappies or pants and she chose nappies. I'm going to hold off a few more months or when she asks to wear pants again. I'm told it can be a quick, easy process if done when they're ready.

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petisa · 27/02/2011 20:32

Great to hear I'm not alone! Fingers crossed for both of us it will be quick and easy for us Grin

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mousymouse · 27/02/2011 20:36

with ds what helped is turning the question around. instead of asking 'do you need a pee' I asked 'tell me when you need to go' when he showed clear signs that he needs to go.
took us about 2 weeks of hit and miss and then he was dry.
same age btw.

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Aranea · 27/02/2011 20:37

My dd2 (2.4) has just potty trained. I had a big wobble a week in, thinking I'd done it too early, as she was refusing to go to the loo and peeing everywhere! But then I just got slightly firmer and told her that if she wanted to wear knickers then she had to go to the loo when I reminded her. And from that point on she has been dry, and is now a week or so later going all by herself with almost no reminders.

I guess the big question is whether she wants to wear knickers or not. There's no point in making the whole experience miserable and stressful for both of you, but I think she is almost certainly physically ready at 2.10. Holding on for longer between pees will come naturally as she becomes more aware of what's going on (because she's not wearing nappies any more).

Good luck whatever you decide to do!

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