Potty traing - OK what dod I do now

[Hughsie]

ds1 2.5yrs is obsessed with the contents of his nappies and makes me change him when he is wet. We have introduced the potty but he has only done a wee in it once - in the bath!

Not sure how on move things on really - he attends nursery three days a week and their philosophy seems to be to have them all running around in pants weeing on the floor - not sure I fancy that!!

Just realised that the topic is a bit weird - I must check what I type before posting!!!!!

Can you leave him bare-bummed around the house on the days that he's not at nursery? May be have at least 2 potties dotted around the house so he can get to them easily,and LOADS of praise when he gets a bit of wee in them. Can be a bit messy if you've got carpets (we do, but ds seemed to get the hang of it after only a very short time of puddling the floor).

I would - as jodee suggests - leave hime run around the house bottom naked.... he will have a few accidents and then get it (my 2 "got" it in one morning - that doesn't mean there was no accident after that but far fewer and in 3 days DD was excellent - DS must have taken 5 days or so.

Ohhhhhh - I'm scared!

Not very responsible parent is it but I really feel that I cant face it - there is already enough pooh and wee in this house with a six month old as well - it seems to be a constant round of bad smells !

I have got a room with laminate flloring and will have to move the tv in to keep him there - perhaps if there is another spell of good weather I can decamp to the garden.

Hughsie - take a deep breath and do it - feel confident and you'll be amazed how well and quickly it can work

Whoopeee - he did a wee in the potty today when a lot of my friends and their children visited - copied a little girl would you believe - loads of praise!!

He is in nursery the rest of the week and from the weekend I'm really going for it!

Cold turkey is the only way togo. Just wee him all the time - behind a bush if you are out. I use sweets but I ma sure everyone sdisapproves if that.

I dont as I use bribery and corruption in many parts of my life - oo-er!

oH AND DONT EVER ASK THM IF THEY NEED IT - THEY ALWAYS SAY NO. Just take them distracting them on the way. Sorry caps. Blinking babies.

Hooray for Hughsie's ds! Glad you are going for it at the weekend, I think you will be pleasantly surprised!

One wee on the carpet and one in the potty! Not bad so far. Should I let him run around without pants or get him used to them from now? dh is favouring none as he thinks it will make him more aware that he will make a mess????

What do you think?

ANother little wee in the potty and then a major panic on his part as he wanted to poo and didn't know what to do - asked for a nappy and lay down so I've put a pull up on him and sure enough he is now busy with that. I presume this is normal as it is a big step to poohing on the potty.

How is is best to encourage that then?

Lots of questions for you all today

Hughsie, he's doing really well! I'd leave the pants off for a couple of days because it will take him a little while to be able to hang on to his wee long enough to get his pants down in time and on the potty - when they need to go it usually can't wait!
Wouldn't worry too much about poos at the moment, let him get the hang of wees and it will probably follow in due course. All kids are different though and my ds always insisted on a nappy for poos and never used the potty, he went straight to the toilet (eventually). Good luck!

Thanks jodee.

Bit of a trauma now as our new downstairs toilet is obviously not up to the continuous flushing that ds wants (every time he does a dribble!) and it is leaking - have rang our 'builder' for help but not answering so I've given ds some choc to distract him - not the best laid plan!

HELP - all going wrong - my builder is in Bristol and he said to stop using the loo! DS is most upset - not the best start to potty training - he cant come until Monday. I'm cursed!

Toilet temporarily fixed and we're back on track - I cant believe how well he is doing - only a few little accidents mainly when he is trying to empty his potty himself - bless!

He is so grown up all of a sudden.

Hi there, I had problems with my 5 year old on 10th Sept, when he was 3 and a half. He just didn't want to sit on the potty at all, it was very frustrating, we even gave him incentives if he went to the potty i.e. m&m's etc... when it took a while and it's hard to say this but when he is ready he will go himself, now he does a great job finally. Now I have a 3 year old just turned 3 today 6th Sept},and he does #2's in his pullups without fail.. Occasionally I let him go around the house without underpants or pullups especially when it'sbeen so hot{} and keep asking him if he wants to go to the potty. Letting him wear underpants like his big brother works well than pullups as he goes he goes to the potty much better when wearing these. He tells me "no weewee caca in pants go potty". Yeah right little pinnochio!! My whole day can revolve round washing underpants. I am putting underpants at night with the plastic sheeting on the bed. Talk about all the weewee and poo around as I also have a 6 month old! :-}

Inspiring. Must try, try, TRY with dd1, who is stolidly insisting that she's a 'baby' and has to wear nappies, which is getting increasingly revolting. Says the potty/loo seat are 'scary'. All too horrid for words with baby as well.

I have a six month old as well and ds1 is really interested in the contents of his nappies so much so the poor little mite has to be changed regularly to satisfy ds1 curiosity!

Wow - he has just pooed on the potty too so is doing really well - he has asked for a pull up afterwards though so it must have tired him out! He prefers to not have any clothes on to do all of this so could prove interesting if we dareto venture out

Well done Hughsie.... keep at it ! DS was a bit difficult to get potty trained with underpants on - he was fine naked !
I would suggest (learn from my mistakes!) that you get him running around in underpants now... he may have accidents but I hope that in 2 days - if you persevere - he would get it. I didn't do that with DS but I did do it with DD and it worked very well.

Big pat on the back for you and ds, Hughsie! Poos as well!! Agree with Pupuce that after a few days success without pants on it would be worth putting them on him to see how he gets on.
Have fun going out - have potty will travel!

First trip out in pants was fine - not far only 20 minutes but when we got back he got preoccupied with his trains and wet himself - our fault for leaving him really - oops! He has been naked ever since and lots of wees in the potty - When he just has underpants on he is still good but when trousers too it seems to make him forget - I will persevere - Thanks for your support - Mumsnet makes me feel good about these important stages and it is like you are all helping!

Hughsie... he definitely sounds like DS... get him dressed and keep persevering - I didn't and I "played" that potty training business for 3 months. With DD once she mastered the naked part I got her dressed and persevered with her in clothes. If he wets himself, change him and put clothes/underpants back on... he won't like being wet and will pay more attention.
I did exactly what you are doing because he was good naked and he stayed naked for a LOOOONNNGGGG time ! I really wished I had persevered with clothes.

Oh dear - not so good this morning - has just done a wee on the floor so wet his underpants. Changed him but he is just in pants and a t shirt - supposed to be going a friends soon but not sure if I can face it without reverting to a pull up BUT he just wees in those and doesn't even try to get to the potty.

I am still really impressed with him but I'm beginning to wonder if the fun of putting the wee in the loo is the main attraction so I have to make a big deal of it and get him exceited about weeing - I am so impatient about things and always want to move onto the next stage so I dare say I'll have to chill out about this one