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POTTY TRAINING - when/where/how/what???advice + success stories please!

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JoanWilder · 04/10/2007 16:39

My dd is 15 mths now
should I be starting

what do I need

any good books, or are they unneccessary?

advice please!!

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DaphneHarvey · 04/10/2007 16:55

Can only post from my own experience. Had very easy, relatively stress-free potty training with my two dcs, a girl and a boy.

But I didn't even attempt it until they were 2 years 9 months.

I think you'll be in it for the long haul if you start now. 15 months seems very young.

NAB3 · 04/10/2007 17:02

Too young.

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JoanWilder · 04/10/2007 20:32

tooyoung? my mum reckons to start now and 'she'll be dry day and night like you were by 2'

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Gemy · 04/10/2007 20:40

My DD started waking with dry nappies and friends suggested I get her a potty and see. She took to it straight away. I'd say if your DD is showing signs on being ready then you could try and see how you go.

NAB3 · 05/10/2007 11:09

Up to you but I would be v surprised if at 15 months they could do it.

My DD started asking for pants at 17 months but it took 3 attempts before we got there just before she was 2.

USAUKMum · 05/10/2007 12:11

My DD was 3.1 and DS 3.2 (we just moved to pants 3 wks ago). DD had maybe 2 accidents, DS took about a week to get the hang of it, but no problem now. We tried earlier with DD and it was a disaster, she wasn't having any of it.

Of the children I know half seemed to do it aroung 18mths, the others 3.

boo64 · 05/10/2007 13:34

Oh dear - this is such a typical issue - our parents' generation all go on about how we were all potty trained by 18 months and pressure mums in our generation...

But remember in their day they were using terry nappies and having to wash them all the time. And I understand that their idea of potty trained at 18 months often meant a lot of accidents.

I'm sure it wouldn't do any harm to get a potty now and start getting her used to it though - in fact a good idea imho. But don't stress about doing potty training properly without nappies for a while unless you desperately want to.

The average age of potty training these days is about 2.5....

fatslag · 05/10/2007 13:41

Look for signs of readiness: telling you she's wet/dirty, waking up dry from her nap, ability to pull down her pants/trousers... and so on.

Can't help agreeing with other posters, 15 months seems very young unless she's pretty advanced. DS1 was 2.9mths but not dry at night until 3.7 months.

DirtyGertiefromnumber30 · 05/10/2007 13:44

i tried my ds at about 2 and it was a nightmare, he was having accidents all the time, and for every one time he managed to go to the toilet he would wet himself at least 5!

Perservered for about 6 weeks before giving in and trying again 6 months later and he totally 'got it' in the first week.

15 months sounds early to me but i guess you have to take their individual development in to consideration (is she showing an interest in the potty/ does she tell you when she is wet / dirty etc)
if she's fairly advanced for her age, she might get it quickly.

DirtyGertiefromnumber30 · 05/10/2007 13:45

x posts fatslag!

HonoriaGlossop · 05/10/2007 13:52

I'd forget it at 15 months!

Doesn't always have to involve 'training', either; waiting till they are good and ready means it's not necessarily going to be a process at all.

Maybe I was lucky, but when I thought ds was well ready I just said to him one morning, "No more nappies now, if you need to do a pee or poo tell me and we'll go to the loo".

He did tell me, we went to the loo!

No bother with potties even, just straight to the loo.

Readiness is ALL.

fatslag · 05/10/2007 14:23

DirtieGertie, are you in my Dell? OUT!!!

DirtyGertiefromnumber30 · 05/10/2007 17:20

oh yes flatslag, im watching yoooooouuuuuuu

Torkijo · 15/10/2007 21:13

I'd say to young, but try it for a week and see if the accidents go down, if they dont go back to nappies for a few months and try again in the spring when its warmer.

screaminghousewife · 15/10/2007 21:16

I didn't bother training dd, tried but, she wasn't having it. Gave up, then at 2 yrs 9 mths we're shopping at supermarket and she asked to go to the loo. Cue, me dumping half full trolley and rushing her all the way over to the other side of complex to take her to the toilet.
That was it, she was dry after that.

screaminghousewife · 15/10/2007 21:22

And as for your mum, my mil gave me all that old rubbish about how hers were potty trained at 3 months, blah blah blah.
They weren't potty trained they were toilet timed, in other words, mum anticipated when they wanted to go and sat them on the pot at the correct time. Sounds like a lot of hard work to me (but then I am extremely lazy and slovenly).

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JoanWilder · 16/10/2007 15:08

love this thread...sounds like its something im leaving till next spring...

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