thinking I can potty train in 3 days?

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dd has been using the potty for a couple of weeks in the house but against her will, wears a nappy on outside. She is in nursery ft and never asks to go there as she is too nosey and would rather play wth her friends so I never have enough confideence to send her with knickers on.

With the bank hoilday weekend near, I thought I would use the extra day as an opportunity to put her in knickers and deal with the rest when it happens.

Is 3 days a realistic time scale for potty training, so that she is in knickers full time, trips out and number 2's included?

IT'S A TIMING THING IF SHE USES THE POTTY AT HOME AND IS ONLY IN HER NAPPY (sorry not shouting !) against her will out of the house she is absolutely ready. My DD was PTrained in a weekend. It is only to be expected there will be a few accidents as when a toddler needs to go , usually she needs to go NOW which is not always possible. have confidence- at the end of the day a little wee won't kill anyone and the nursery staff should be understanding of this - send in a few pairs of clean pants on tuesday and hope for the best. You will be surprised at how well mummys big girl will cope.

Go for it, you can only try.

I woke up one morning, decided 'today's the day', hid all the nappies and told DS there was none left so he'd have to put pants on.
He had 5 accidents, I kept changing his pants all day, didn't leave the house. I was at my wits end and thought 'no, he's not ready' but put pants back on him the next day and he just seemed to realise he wasn't getting a nappy and it was much easier to go on the potty.
We left the house and walked to town on the 3rd day and didn't have any accidents.

Nursery were brilliant. We took 10 pairs of pants on the first day he was there with no nappy, they changed him 3 times.
They said they'd keep changing him as long as there was clean pants to put on him!
They took him to the bathroom every time someone else went, they were probably better than I was to be honest!

Try it, see how it goes.

Nursery will be fine with this (well they ought to be!). Put her in knickers and take some spare clothes and tell them you are/have trained her and they will prompt her to go for a wee etc.

Ours have been doing stickers with DD (she started well but has regressed somewhat .

Nursery have done it all before.

Plus going out - yes short trips and ones where there are toilets/countryside with bushes! As long as you have spare knickers socks trousers (and maybe shoes!) all will be well. Childs wee isn't really very offensive and if they're in trousers it mainly soaks in so you can quickly change their clothes and it's no prob.

yeah - you can do it. We did. it took 2.5 days and we didnt leave the house.
BUT - i DD was in skirts and no pants for about 2 weeks after the inital 2 days. She was better just taking herself off for a wee but refused to tell me, or give any notice that she needed a wee.

Thing is, DS still has accidents every now and then, they've got to start somewhere.

And I don't know if your DD is anything like my DS but if he's got a nappy on he'll happily wee in that instead of bothering with the potty, much easier!
Once I took that option away from him he just got on with it, didn't see that there was any other choice.

not BU at all, I did it in 4-5 days with DS. Turn it into a big game, she'll think it's hilarious with any luck and by day 3 she'll have cottoned on. Just keep LOADS of spare pants to hand.

Go for it - 3 days is about right esp as she already has the knack.

I did it in 3 days - several accidents (just wee), but that was fine. I put her on loo before we went out & when we arrived anywhere, took potty with me so she could ask for it & be given it. DD always said NO when I asked if she wanted to go, so for first couple of days I sat her down every 1.5 hours roughly & gave small chocolate for result in potty. By day 3 we were down to small chocolate for poo only. By day 5 it was choc only for asking to use potty AND producing result. Day 7 chocolate for washing hands without running away . After about 8 days we didn't uses chocolate anymore & there was no hassle with that.

I was a little unprepared for the emotional aspect to it. We had several hours on day 2 or 3 when she backtracked & didn't want to give up nappies. Although well into being a 'big girl' she had a sobbing moment of realisation that being a big girl ment not being a baby - it was letting go.

For me it was a little difficult to remain completely focused on the potty stuff & not get distracted. Using a timer in first few days was useful reminder to me to put her on loo - of I could forget, time passes too quickly & then viola - wee on floor.

Good luck - you can do it.

With DD it took 4 or 5 days - more like 5, I think - so maybe don't set your heart on it being 3. But no reason not to go for it - after all, it's only wee (most of the time).

It's unlikely that your dd will potty train in 3 days but why please don't worry about trying to do it in 3 days.

Buy lots and lots of spare knickers and start on the Saturday. Keep going for the 3 days, do not go back to pull-ups or nappies.

On the Tuesday, take dd into nursery with a large bag stuffed with loads of spare underwear and clothes, about 10 changes of clothes and don't forget socks too as sometimes wee runs down their legs etc. Maybe add some nappysacks for soiled clothes to be bagged up into ready for you to take home .

Breeze in to nursery all cheerful about how "we've started potty training over the long weekend, no going back and all that, plenty of spare clothes in her bag".

Skip happily off to work and rejoice that:-

a) nursery are very practiced at toilet training, she's in excellent hands, and...

b) DD is bound to have made progress by next weekend and so it should easier than the weekend you started her off, and......

c) this is a time when you may feel that those nursery fees are not so very expensive after all.

If all goes well, follow up with a big box of chocolates/biscuits for the nursery staff who were involved in so much changing/wiping/mopping etc.

I think if she's ready 3 days is about right to crack stage 1. By that point we'd stopped the "rivers of wee" and were getting more hits than misses. 3 weeks down the line ds still has accidents, and poos are hard, but we're over the worst and there's no turning back now.

Good luck with that OP

Yes IMO YABVU....

Took DD2 about six weeks to get Number 2s. So good luck.

Mine both potty trained in about that time. DD1 was probably 5 days, DD2 was 4 days. Both of this included nursery time so started on a Saturday, had Sunday at home then Mon-Wed at nursery. But both of them had given me some indication. DD1 woke up and told me she wanted to wear big girl pants; DD2 was sat playing with no pants on and started to do a wee, stopped herself and I took her to the loo and she did the rest on there, so I thought if she can do that, let's give it a go.

My tips:

1. don't use nappies at all when they're awake. They will not understand that you think it is OK for them to wee in their pants when you're in the car because you've put a nappy on them but not OK once they're out of the car and the nappy's off.

2. try to get them to sit on the potty/toilet (DD2 would only sit on the toilet, never the potty) at least every 30 mins or so.

3. send them to nursery with lots of spare pants. At DD's nursery there was always a group of them being potty trained so they'd all go off to the bathroom and sit on their potties very very regularly.

4. get a portable potty for when you're out and about ... I had a tommy tippee one I think that had disposable bags with basically a sanitary towel stuck inside them. It takes them (girls anyway) a while to feel comfortable with just being held up to have a wee if you're out and about. Mine were always much happier sitting on something.

Got to start somewhere. If it doesn't work (and don't judge success by the end of your 3 days but after the week at nursery too), just put the pants away and try again in a few weeks.

optimistic

I have done, twice. Both my DS's had pretty much got the hang of it after 3 days. Obviously still had the odd accident. They were both just under 2.5 yrs

Personally i think it is more about YOU being ready not so much them, i.e if you are determined to see it through then it will happen.

Agree with wishing chair that once you go fo rit dont put them back in a nappy. For naps and car journeys i used bed mats in case of an accident.

What the books dont tell you is that they can go for HOURS without weeing...first day my ds1 went for 4 hours before having an accident despite me plying him with drinks! This gave me the confidence to go out and about after a couple of days.

Bribery worked for me too....1 choc button for sitting on potty, initially and then 3 for doing something in it. I also utilised cbeebies for day 1 and sat them on potty in front of telly. once they had done the first wee in the potty they got the hang v. quickly!

I bought this book, lo these many years ago, and followed the method pretty faithfully, and it worked for all 5 of my DCs (not in a day, but in a few days). I devoted my life to establishing the new habit for about a week -- didn't go out much and brought in a big grocery shop before embarking on the adventure. We stopped the nappies cold (none for naps or overnight) once we got started, and never looked back.

I really recommend the approach. There's a bit of preparation involved, and some roleplay with a doll that can 'pee' before you get down to business, and it takes over your life for a bit, but it was a very positive experience for me and for the DCs, especially as there's a 'people who care' list of friends and rellies to call and relate the great news about the toileting progress; they are primed to enthusiastically congratulate the DC.

PS -- The method in the book also involves DCs cleaning up their own accidents (I helped out a bit for the final mopping though) but this is done with a positive attitude and encouragement/ praise for a job well done.

We're on day 3 today. DD2 sounds like your LO. She's been keen to potty train for weeks

She went to nursery for the morning today and they had to change her once.

We've had our first fully successful and independent poo this afternoon

She's 2.1

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oh yes - agree with thehairybabysmum in that DD1 in particular can (and still does) go for hours and hours without weeing. They're all different. Mine were 25 months and 23 months.

DS just pooed in his pants , been in pants for a few months now... that'll teach me to post on here!

Hey ho, all sorted now!

Go for it OP! Be brave, and make a massive fuss over her for being outside with pants!!!! they love all that!!

She can do it, you CAN PT in 3 days, especially when they are showing all the signs! It'll be a tough couple of days, but stick with it! Lots of patience, lots of praise!