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Wet at pick-up

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Aleela · 16/01/2019 08:12

DD has been at nursery since 2, she is now just turned 3. We have been potty training for a few months now. At home, she will wet herself in knickers or clothes as she cannot pull them down herself and will not ask me to do it for her in time, other times she just wets herself and continues sitting in it. However, with no underwear/leggings on she is fine and will take herself for a wee with no issue. Sometimes she will tell me she needs a wee before she hops on, other times she won't.

Nursery were the ones who told us they thought she was ready to potty train. Yet, there have been about 4 times now when I have picked her up from nursery and she is wet from wetting herself - trousers wet to touch, socks wet, shoes smelling of wee!!!! I have had to change her into fresh clothes in the toilet before bringing her home. I asked them about it t( I assumed she had just done a mega wee before I picked her up) and they said she must have just done it. But it keeps happening.

She is very shy and won't ask them to go to the toilet, and if they ask her she is likely to say no because she doesn't like going and sitting on potty as she would rather play - you have to get her to sit on it and try in a nursery situation, it's not like at home where she has the choice with the potty there constantly.

From what I gather, they don't have set 'toilet times' and seem to take the younger ones in at random times when one of them needs it, in pairs or trios, while the older ones seem to just ask or walk through the door to the toilet by themselves.

What should I say to them? I think they will just insist she keeps weeing just as arrive. AIBU to expect them to notice a child who is wet enough to have soaked socks and shoes!?!?

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Lookingforadvice123 · 16/01/2019 11:09

And with the clothes, you just need to show her and practice at home. DS is lazy by nature and would still be happy for us to pull his pants and trousers down and lift him on to the toilet seat, if we were willing to. But we showed him how to pull them down and back up, and he does it well on his own. On nursery days he's always in trousers that he can easily pull down on his own eg leggings, loose jeans etc.

RandomMess · 16/01/2019 11:36

The staying dry when not wearing pants is not uncommon I think the fresh air acts as a sub conscious reminder that they aren't wearing a nappy and need to remember to go to the loo.

A friends DD was the same and went knickerless for months - her DD refused to wear them so she didn't wet herself. My friend was mostly worried about her getting cold and we laughed about how funny they are!

One of mine was dreadful for leaving it until the last minute, is still like that about everything...

Cutesbabasmummy · 16/01/2019 11:37

Read "Oh Crap It's Potty Training". You can get it from Amazon. Both myself and my mum read it (she has DS 2 days a week) and we got nursery on board too. DS got it in a week. I think you have left it quite late but you can turn it around. The book has worked for everyone I know.

Nursery really need to be taking her to the toilet regularly though - like every 30 mins. And they shouldn't leave her soaking wet at any point in the day.

FrenchJunebug · 16/01/2019 11:53

my son wasn't potty trained before he was 3.5 year old. It doesn't look as is she is ready.

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