I keep putting off potty training - help!

I really think you need a week off. I took mine out of nursery for a week so had Saturday to the second Monday at home for a proper stretch

For those with kids at nursery, did you involve them in the process? My 25 month old is showing signs but is at nursery three days a week and taking a week off to do the training isn’t an option.

just saying what worked with both our kids - we found it much easier to be in the car/house if they had pants on

I did it with mine at 2 years 9 months and he cracked it in a few days - we did it while away staying in a static caravan for a few days. No poo accidents at all. A few wees for the first few days and then nothing after that. We came home with a potty trained DS. I think he was just very ready by that point.

It's awful for a few days, there is wee and there is poo but you just have to grit your teeth and dive in. Keep your cool so it doesnt stress out the DC. It's worse if you have carpet, I covered our living room with a dust sheet/ towels to make it a bit easier to clean

We started off where he was naked below the waist all day. Obviously we didn't leave the house, but stayed indoors (hard floors) and the garden. Once we'd had a day with basically no accidents, we added pants. No trousers so again we stayed home. Again, we waited until he'd done a whole day with minimal trouble and then added trousers.

In our case, DS was 33 months. We started on Friday and then he went back to nursery on Monday in pants and trousers. But that was after we'd had a few failed attempts at training in the past, so the concept wasn't entirely new to him. A month in, he rarely has accidents and is learning to hold it longer when out and about or in the car.

Neither of my sons did any of these 'signs' trained at 2 years 4 months and 2 years 5 months, both within a week. No drama.

Ours point-blank refused the potty, peed on the floor, cried, got themself wound-up. So we'd leave it and try again a couple of weeks later, same thing. Eventually DC was verbal enough to explain the potty was "too low" and uncomfortable. So we talked about it with them and went straight to a toddler seat on the loo, with a step to get them up, and straight into pants. They had a two or three accidents over the next month but have been basically dry ever since (we used pullups overnight for a while but they were mostly dry). What also helped was a visit from their cousin who was already in "big girl pants" which made ours was less apprehensive about ditching nappies.
Our DC did none of the usual stuff they "all" apparently do to indicate they're ready, by the way, and had zero interest in reward-based 'training' (stickers, treats etc). So don't get disheartened - it'll come good if you stick at it and communicate with DC.

No, never had any accidents at home. Only accidents were occasionally in the first week or so back at nursery which I assume is because there was a room of children and not enough people to keep checking.

On my experience a child who is ready just gets on with it and, as long as they have immediate access to a potty or toilet, won’t have accidents. If a child isn’t ready, then the parent or carer just gets used to cleaning up after them.

Completely bare for days 1/2 or until you get both a wee and a poo on the potty.

Commando for 2/3 weeks until you're virtually accident free.

Then pants.

Don't wear pants for the first 1/2 days. The tight fitting pants can feel like nappies and muscle memory could take over making it harder for them to train

Yep! Get a basket with some kitchen roll, some Dr Beckman pet carpet cleaner and just roll with it

I potty trained at 2.4 years

Did completely bottomless for the first week. If we had to go out, I put him pants on with a pull up on top. Then if he had an accident, he could feel the 'wetness' without the faff of it going all over his clothes / car seat etc.

Sticker for a wee, chocolate for a poo.

Had no accidents bottomless for the week, then went onto just pants. He'd got the hang of running to the potty by that point and knew the sensation, once in pants he only had a couple of accidents in total where he hadn't pulled his pants down in time

Then that was pretty much it, just went from there. He stopped asking for stickers/chocolate after a week or 2 as well once the novelty had wore off and going to the potty just became the norm

Just buy a job load of pants and go for it - much easier when the weather is good. Any poo accidents and you can just chuck the pants away if you need to.

chocolate button to reward anything done in the potty for about the first fortnight.

had a disastrous first week with ds but then it clicked.

Agree about the readiness thing. We train far later than generations before us, and other countries still train early than we do.

I believe pampers started the readiness propaganda

Perfect age. Mine eldest was the same age, speech delayed and 'showed no signs' but we trained within a week.

This is pretty much it. Commit for a week at the absolute minimum. No messing about.

I'd give it a crack now OP, perfect weather.

We didn't bother with the potty and went straight to the toilet as it's one less thing to do and cuts out the middle man.

I know babies won't be ready but this whole 'wait until they're ready' I think is slight rubbish. Children need to be taught things. Much like eating, getting dressed and whatever else. Teaching them will help them be 'ready.'

Good luck! DD cracked it at the exact same age and got there in 10ish days.
Don't be alarmed if not dry at night as it's a hormonal thing. We got lucky with DD but I know that's mostly due to hormones.

You've got plenty of time age wise, however it's much easier to do it in warmer weather. Just let them run around naked from the waist down. I was advised not to put them in pants for the first few days as it can be confusing for them and lead to more accidents.

We did it at 2yrs old. Bank holiday weekend, naked in the garden, lots and lots to drink. They were trained by the Tuesday for nursery. A few accidents, but we never used a nappy again (apart from bed). No pants, just loose bottoms so it doesn’t feel like a nappy. A few accidents when we introduced pants, but otherwise fine.

Took off nappies

Showed him how to use the potty

Gave him a chocolate button each time he did it

Maintained resolute cheerfulness in the face of adversity

Took about 3 days

Age?

Just do it. Both my trained just after two and by 2.5 had nailed it. Youngest has just turned 3 and his friends all going to preschool panicking, as they need to be trained.