Potty training.

[callie]

Iam going to try and potty train my dd who is 21mths.
Would love some advice or tips.
Did you put yours straight in pants and put them on the pot every hr or so??

Holly02, when my DS1 was at this stage I ditched the nappies altogether during the day, whether we were in or out, I decided he would become confused (just the type of child he is) if I put nappies or pull-ups on him when going out. In the early days I put a Pampers care mat (I think they are now called changing mats) in the buggy and carried one to use on any bus seats, friend's sofas etc, we also took the potty and I have fond memories of standing in the middle of the High Street with DS1 sitting on the pot!

We did have accidents and I always took a couple of pairs of spare trousers but this stage didn't last long. All the best!

Oh Holly - you'll be surprised how unembarassed you can become about wee ! I just carry a wodge of kitchen paper and spare clothes now - whip em off and mop it up quick !!! People hardly notice most of the time ! And if they do they are sympathetic (on the whole !)

Agree about carrying a potty too - I do that almost everywhere and it's great !

Good Luck !

DS is now 2 years and 8 months, knows where wee and poo comes from and shows an interest in the toilet but will not, under any circumstances, tell me when a poo is coming. When I ask him to tell me that he feels a poo coming he says no. When I ask why, he says he doesn't want to. He is moving into the pre-school room at nursery after Christmas and they are all potty trained and, although I don't want to pressure him, am keen for him to at least show an interest in the potty. Child no. 2 due in April so I'd quite like to have it at least underway by then. Am I worrying unnecessarily and should I just sit back and wait or are there any tips or ideas anyone has for getting him started? Is he even ready?

Tigerfeet, I'm afraid my advice would be to sit it out! My son was just the same - he didn't show any interest in training until he was 3, and we went through this stage too. I think the more relaxed you can be about it the better. Take the pressure off, stop worrying and you'll probably find he'll sort himself out pretty soon. HTH

Holly

We had one of these portable fold up toilet seats which are "discreet" enough to fit into a large handbag - very useful when out. Would tend to agree with you about the training pants, they seemed to cause us more of a setback than help.

Your ds may surprise you by asking when he needs to go if he can do this at home already (probably not with much notice though), otherwise just casually ask him every time you pass a toilet on route. Keep outings short to start with and see how things go. Our ds, then 2.8yrs, surprised me when out Christmas shopping having "trained" about a month before, he asked in the queue at Woolies to go. Not only did we have to wait in the queue but it was a walk to the toilet too - but he made it!

Just go for it , and remember the spare clothes and wipes in case.

Good luck

LizS