minor rant. No I cannot take a week off to potty train a child,

[Meglet]

That's it really. If I hear one more person say they took a week off / did it pre-school holidays and didn't go out in order to blitz potty training then I might scream.

I refuse to use (and can't waste) my annual leave to clear up wee and poo and would go mental in the house for days with only the dc's to 'talk' to. We'll do it when DD decides she is up for it (she's only 2.6 anyway).

Do people seriously do that? How bizarre.

I've know a few people who stay at home to do it. I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.

One of my friends said they stayed in the kitchen to potty train as it didn't have a carpet .

I think it's that they have the annual leave and do the potty training then, not that they have the leave to just potty train. Even so they are stuck at home to do it.

Ignore me, I am just grumbling .

just wait till she's three and a bit, dry day and night within two weeks with both ds's! And we didn't stay in either

If you wait till she is ready you wont have to have the hassle.
'training' seems like a waste of time. When they can do it they will.

i did have a few days off to do mine, but only becuase the childminder was off work on holiday and i had noone to have dd so i had to be off as well.
she was 2 and a month or two, we didnt leave the house for 3 days. i did go a bit crazy, but she had it reliably cracked in about 48 hours. dry at night came maybe a month or two after that.

Might be an option if you use a childminder... if a nursery then i wouldnt. BUT there is the long bank hol at the end of this month. maybe stay in then ( other childrent to talk to.. or have someone over) and do it then?

Heard this a lot, but knew it would be a waste of time in ds's case. Waited ' til he was 3 1/2. One bad day and then we were sorted day and night. Easy peasy. Don't quite understand why people do it so early and then suffer months (or longer) of accidents.

I would totoally agree with others saying wait a bit longer if you dont think she's ready. I felt pressured into potty training dd1, and did it too early which backfired and although she could hold her wee in she refused point blank to do it on the potty or toilet! Until she got to about 3, started pre-school and saw the other children doing it, and was dry pretty much straight away. I would never take time off work to do it tho, or stay indoors all day! Ignore these people who tell you stories like that lol