DD is 2.8
We had a very brief early attempt when she was about 23 months as she was showing real interest and excitement in the whole potty thing. I think I backed off way too quickly with hindsight, under pressure from lots of people who told me it was too soon.
We then left it alone for months and tried again when she was 2.5. We tried an all-or-nothing approach (ie stayed in as much as possible and only pants, no nappies at all except naps) for several days but it just got worse rather than better, she is a very sensitive child and I think she hated all the accidents and it made her stressed, which made it all worse.
She is now at nursery and is showing interest again, I think because of seeing all the other little girls her age (ish) trooping off to do wee wees while there.
So, I am really keen to strike while the iron is hot and seize this rare show of enthusiasm again!
fwiw until a couple of days ago she met every conversation about knickers/potties with 'Nooooo, I want nappy!!"
THe point is that she is the sort of child who objects to EVERYTHING (breakfast, car seats, bedtime etc) so if I leave it to be entirely led by her rather than a bit of encouragement from us, she will be in nappies for aaaaaaaaaaages longer, and I know she doesn't really like being dirty/wet and would like v much to feel like a 'big girl' at nursery.
So I want to try again now that we have this hint of a window!
So... any advice at all? She is almost un-bribable so sticker charts mean nothing to her. Ditto choc buttons. Last 2 times it was a real, real battle to get her to stop playing and sit on the potty unless HUGE incentive offered and even then she wasn't keen to stay on it. So we were having a lot of accidents just minutes after jumping off the potty.
She didn't seem to know, at all, when a wee was imminent, but SURELY this is something she will only learn with a bit of practice?
Her personality is the sort that likes to get something right INSTANTLY and I think she found the 'process' frustrating and annoying.
So, after this long ramble, can anyone give me advice? Should we go all-out with knickers/bare bum only for a few days (the Gina Ford type method) or do you think with a v highly-strung child it's better to go softly softly...?
She is very very verbal and understands the process completely fwiw. It's more just about getting over her frsutrations and boredom and making it seem like something she CAN do and that is really worth doing.
Sorry this has been epic but I don't want to start a failed attempt again...
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How to start again when two attempts have failed?! All the initial excitment has gone!!
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DuchessOfWeaseltown · 19/11/2015 16:22
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