to use a potty in the park?

[garfieldrec]

My 29 month old is a month into potty training. When he tells me 'weewee' I grab the potty from under the pram and let him use it. Is this ok?

I empty into a bush out of sight etc. Whole process takes about 20 seconds probably!

I never did it myself for my DC but i'd say as long as it's in a quiet/hidden place and you can dispose of the wee far from any play areas it should be fine.
My DC were the same age as yours when toilet trained and both prefered the toilet (which was great for me!). I did carry a full change of clothes just in case.
Good luck

The problem is OP you seem to think that every response that doesn't agree with you is ridiculous and crazy, instead of just different.

Again, it begs the question why ask? You clearly don't care what others think. Nor should you!

But why start the thread at all then?

[quote OverTheRainbow88]@Dreamingofkfc

Even when mine were newly trained they could make it to a toilet.

What would you do if you weren’t near a toilet?[/quote]
Hold it because I’m 36, not 2.

FFS People.

@garfieldrec

What do you think pull-ups were invented for?

To make money for the nappy companies and keep kids in nappies longer!! Wake up

Why should they be out of nappies before they're actually toilet trained? If you're carting a potty with you every time you leave the house; they clearly aren't.

@OhCaptain

The problem is OP you seem to think that every response that doesn't agree with you is ridiculous and crazy, instead of just different.

Again, it begs the question why ask? You clearly don't care what others think. Nor should you!

But why start the thread at all then?

No, that's not true. I have taken advice to work on standing wees, and asking him to wait a bit longer etc.

AccountAntsy
If a child is being put in pull ups every time they leave the house then that isn’t actually potty training...

Yes this is where I ‘went wrong’ with my DSs ‘potty training’ I didn’t know what to do when I went out so put him in a nappy and then it took forever - well until we had to stay home for lockdown! !!!

My DD was trained just over second birthday. I take potty to the park. One because the toilets are closed due to COVID second because I don't want her to have an accident in the car as it is a car journey. The times are different and with the pandemic it is difficult to find the open toilet in time. It is not good to have an accident if you are just starting toilet training.

@garfieldrec

Surely whipping a potty out in the middle of a park encourages the wherever whenever attitude?

It's teaching them that there are correct places and incorrect places. Potty - yes. Someone's prize rose bush - no.

But you said you then throw the wee into the bush? So what is the difference?

@Kiki275

I took a potty to a cricket match the other day, purely because I didn't know the ground or the available facilities. We're over two weeks into PT and not using pull-ups either. I knew he was due, but hadn't yet had, a poo, otherwise I'd have taken a flask like a PP suggested earlier. 5 minutes after someone else sat their toddler on one, mine indicated he needed to go urgently. Not a single person batted an eyelid at either of us (obviously weren't sat slap bang in front of the clubhouse). Go to the park, enjoy it and do whatever works for you OP.

Two toddlers having a tandem shit! Just because people don't take you to task about this stuff doesn't mean they're fine with it. People often make this mistake.

Why should they be out of nappies before they're actually toilet trained? If you're carting a potty with you every time you leave the house; they clearly aren't.

Various reasons, not least muscle memory. If they know they can wee in a nappy, why wouldn't they if you put one on them.

I think we just see things differently...

I potty trained my son early (17.5 months to be exact!) and we had one of those carry pottys that have been recommended up thread. At that age his bladder capacity was tiny and he needed to go every hour or so. We used it a lot out and about at first before he mastered weeing standing up. We always hide behind a bush or tree, and if there was a toilet available we’d use that. I do not see the issue with it at all! When out at the park etc there’s no way he would have been able to hold it in long enough to make it home, and seems mad to insist he should have worn nappies or not gone to the park rather than just discretely use a potty.

Possibly. I've potty trained three kids without ever whipping out a potty in public.

There is no way my kids would have worn pull ups even when I tried that. Once they were out of nappies and in big boy/girl pants they’d never have worn something which felt like a nappy. Especially dd. She kicked and screamed when I put them on and if I did manage just kept taking them off straight away.

Did they insist on potties in public?

My DD is similar age but has been dry since 2, just something she took to.

She can hold on for a poo for a decent amount of time in the pram and can hold on for a bit in the park, but we use a bush if we have to. It is harder in the early stages when they don't tell you early enough to hold on. I never took a potty as I knew she could do 90 mins at least, so just timed things accordingly to find a loo every 90 mins then stretched it out. But I wouldn't judge people who take a potty out, esp at the moment when public loos are hard to find.

If they can't hold on until they get to a toilet, they need to be in pull-ups.

For the hard of thinking, there aren’t always toilets within a five or ten minute walk. We live rurally and used to take DD on fairly long walks. Often we would be more than half an hour away from home. A two year old with a small bladder would find it pretty difficult to hold on to a wee for that long, especially if they were walking.

I’m staggered at the number of perfect parents on here TBH.

Once in M and S my fairly recently toilet trained toddler needed an urgent wee and the ladies toilets were unbeknown to me closed for a refurb! I asked the member of staff if we could quickly use the empty disabled toilet and was told firmly no, that was not possible. I then suggested I would use the potty outside it, and pulled it out from under the pushchair she quickly relented and let me use it, I see no problem emptying it under a bush in a park!

[quote OverTheRainbow88]@Dreamingofkfc

Even when mine were newly trained they could make it to a toilet.

What would you do if you weren’t near a toilet?[/quote]
Well I have 3 boys under 6 so we tend to be out all day but at parks, soft plays or friends etc all with easy toilet access. If they were absolutely desperate they would do a wild wee behind a tree etc. I think it helped we went straight to toilet so didn’t involve the potty.

Not sure why the OP doesn’t believe ppl who have said similar about not using a potty, no reason to lie.

Lots of people do this. Toddlers can't hang on so it's quite normal.

i do remember ds shouting Am I wear pull ups or a nappy?
bless him
so we gave up on pull ups.

I think we should call pull ups nappies because that's what they are

Thisismytimetoshine
What do you think pull-ups were invented for?
To make money from parents who are potty training by extending the time children use thier products.

@Thisismytimetoshine they weren't exactly curling one out on the infield and neither were they doing a "tandem shit". Don't be so dramatic.
Generally, if you are breaking any kind of etiquette at cricket grounds, you soon get told. Either directly by the club, or indirectly via the person you're there supporting.

Why am I hard of thinking when you've literally quoted why I think pull-ups are necessary rather than free pissing?
Op isn't going for a walk through a sparsely populated rural area, she's in a public park. Not everyone is happy to walk through other people's toddlers piss in public places.

Yes use a potty.
No one cares. If your child is comfy then crack on. Makes the day easier.

There are some utter wankers on this thread.
The desperate attempts to crack a joke rather than help another woman out with advice is quite sad.