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21 month old refusing nappies

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Aries456 · 19/11/2018 08:05

Hi all, my 21 month old daughter has started stripping off her clothes to take her nappy off and goes to put it in the bin. She then refuses to have another nappy put in. I know this means she must be ready to potty train but we have had no success. Since 18 months she has told me whwn she has done a wee and we hace had thebpotty out in the bathroom to encourage her to wee before bath/ bed. We now have the potty downstairs and I have let her be naked (with heating on). She will sit in it, carry it around, I put her on it or remind her like every 10 mins but she just keeps weeing on the floor.
I have a 10 week old who is extremely difficult to put down so I can't always leap up to get her when she starts to see- although I try, resulting in more than 1 stubbed toe!
Basically, do I just keep trying by keeping her out if clothes at home and keeping potty in view, or is she not ready, seeing as we haven't had a single successful wee in it?! Thanks

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 19/11/2018 14:07

It’s a difficult one isn’t it because at the moment she probably feels like she is getting attention for not wearing the nappy and peeing on the floor.

I found this book hugely helpful. It’s not a “how to” but should give you enough encouragement and information to enable you to decide for yourself whether you want to carry on or get her back in nappies for the time being Smile

Aries456 · 19/11/2018 14:28

Hi @jiltedjohnsjulie, thank you for replying. Yes I did wonder if it might be a bit if an attention thing as well...She is generally v good about the baby but she does sometimes cry when the baby does and she has only started giving me proper cuddles and calling me mummy (not dadda or babba) since she came along! I had to out her back in nappies today after I was weed on...twice. She seemed happy to go back into them after the 2nd accident. I will give it a read and also maybe go back to encouraging a wee wee before bath time but maybe keep nappies on until Christmas break when DH is off for 3 weeks and we can attempt it together if she is ready. Feel bad I might not be keeping up with her development because of the new baby but I guess there isn't much else I can do whilst baby is in such a needy stage... thanks again x

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 19/11/2018 14:31

It’s perfectly normal for them to regress a bit when the next one arrives. You sound like you’ve thought it through and you’ve got a plan. You’ll be fine Smile

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