Potty training advice please

[sunshine75]

Dd is 19 months and is v. interested in the potty. She has done a few wees and poos on it and often tells us when she is doing one. Nappy also seems to be dry after a few hours in it.

She is also a v. good talker and is stringing words together well so communication shouldn't be a problem.

Anyway - I'm off work at xams so thought this might be a good time to do potty training (she will be 20 months). I have not read any books (gave that up after she was born and felt like a failure after every page) so have no idea apart from instinct and my mother's advice.

Was going to explain it to her (repeatedly!!). Put her in knickers, ask her she needs the potty every half an hour and stay in the house for a week or so. Is this what you do? Any other tips - all advice welcomed.

Sounds like a good plan! She's already showing interest in it so that's a great start.

Maybe let her help choose the knickers too as a real 'big girl' thing and she might be keener not to wee in them.

Good luck!

I did it around this age with ds but put him in pull ups and took him regularly to the toilet. Once he started telling me he needed the toilet while wearing the pull up then I put him into pants. It also meant I wasnt tied to the house as we had the pull up as back up. He was out of nappies by the age of 2 with very few accidents.

p.s. dont ask all the time if she needs the toilet, just tell her that it is time to go to the toilet.

Thanks for the advice - will def give it a go at christmas

hey - if she's interested and already using the potty then you have nothing to lose? take her to the shop to choose some pretty pants and give it a go?

they do need reminding and sweeties/stickers are helpful for the first few days IME, but no need to read a book - sounds like she'll be fine!

I never read a book and we went cold turkey (DS 24MO). DS had a few accidents on the first two days but after four days I could be sure that he wouldn't wet his pants even outside. No treats but a lot of praise and ignoring of the accidents. After two weeks he refused pullups in the evening and has been completely wihtout nappies ever since.
Good luck!