Hello,
I would appreciate wise MN advice about potty training.
DD is 2.3. We've had a potty knocking around for some time now and she knows what it's for but, until recently she would only sit on it with her nappy on and seemed appalled if I asked her if she wanted to take her nappy off to sit on it! I'm not too worried about potty training TBH because it does seem to be easier the older they are. Anyway, just before she was two, she asked to use the potty when I was changing her and said she wanted to use it without her nappy. She sat there for about 45 mins (didn't want to get off) and finally did a wee. So I gave her lots of praise and a sticker. For the next few hours, she wandered around with nothing on her bottom half, sitting on the potty every so often and eventually did another wee. Again, lots of praise and another sticker. Then she just stopped using it and wee'd on the floor a couple of times before asking for her nappy to be put on. I didn't worry about it too much because I felt she still had plenty of time to come round to it again and just assumed it was a bit of an anomaly.
Anyway, yesterday when she was at nursery, she did another wee in the potty. Again, she got lots of praise and a sticker while she was there and we also praised her and gave her a little reward when she got home. They've asked us if we want them to carry on with it but since then she's shown no sign of wanting to use the potty again, so I don't know what to do - I'm quite happy to wait but I don't want to discourage her by not putting her in pants, or whatever. Likewise, I don't want to push her by keeping asking her if she want to use the potty today/wear pants today if she's not ready.
With regards to what stage she's at generally, she quite often tells us she's doing a wee or a poo as she's doing it (although she also says she's doing a poo when she farts !), not before. She has only recently (last week or so) started asking to be changed as soon as she's done a poo. So I'm of the opinion that she's getting there but is not quite ready yet. HOWEVER, she's confusing me with her occasional starts.
What do you all think?