Potty training twins - help please!! anyone use Gina Fords book ???

[mumsgonemad123]

so i read Gina Fords little book from cover to cover, decided that my twin boys, aged 2 years 5 months were definately ready according to her criteria, and decided that Christmas time would a good time to start as no tots groups for nearly three weeks, nothing much planned, all shopping done, family all live very local and hubby off work, an ideal time to be at home and really concentrate on it. Was hoping that by Christmas day we could be over the hump so to speak.

End of day one today and i am completely frazzled and really not looking forward to tommoro!! one of the boys managed one wee in the potty all day and the other boy managed nothing. My boys are VERY lively at home and kind of feed off each others energy, running and bouncing around and that is the main problem, just cant get them to be calm enough to sit on their pottys. Its frustrating cos i know they are ready, they are very verbal and talk in complete sentences, very capable of understanding instructions etc, old enough now to have some bladder control, etc, etc, but they are livewires and just wild at times to be honest, i talk to them and they just dont listen, completely shut off from what i am saying usually cos they are interacting with each other.

I would really appreciate any advice, success stories, moral support, any input really. Am i being unrealistic to expect any success on the first day? anybody think Gina Fords method is flawed? Should i be waiting till they are closer to 3 years old? help please!!!

Hi there

I did the Gina Ford method on my boys and the first 2 days were TERRIBLE then suddenly on day 3 they both had breakthroughs! One of my friends did the Gina Ford method too and also had sudden success on day 3. I wouldn't say they were both trained by day 3 but certainly they were hugely improved and had got the poos totally sorted out.

I did train my 2 separately though as the first attempt at potty training (together) just went so badly and after 2 days we literally had no clean pants or trousers left. When they were trained separately I found it easier to get them to concentrate and also it was much less stressful for me. I did think the Gina Ford method worked although each of her days took us 2-3 days....

Good luck!!

I did mine seperatly and when they were ready. DT1 one was quite happy and caught on and was fine, DT2 was a mess. So back into nappies for about 2 months and then one day it was 'no nappies mummy' and away he went.

As for Gina she's never had twins so I ignore her, got help from the lovely twin mummies I found here

I dont really have any advice, but will be watching this thread as I have 2.5 YO triplets and Im absolutely dreading potty training them - I dont even know where to start.
They aren't ready yet, but I'm still none the wiser of how train them - 1 at a time, all together?!
I have 2 older DD's so know how to potty train, but not how to train triplets.

well day 2 and we decided overnight that it would be better to train them one at a time, so picked the one who we thought would be easier. Today was a HUGE improvement, so much less stressful when you only have one to train and he did brilliantly, 3 wees and 1 poo in the potty!! RESULT!! he had about 6 accidents, all wees. am so pleased with him and can see light at the end of the tunnel already. Really hoping that by Christmas Day he might have pretty much mastered it. Thanks everyone for yr replies x

Just wanted to say that my twins were vastly different when it came to potty training. twin1 trained at 2y twin 2 at 3.5y. I could have saved the money I spent on 2 potties Good luck, christmas can be a bit chaotic for a young child and you may experience more accidents/slight regression. Have a great christmas with your young twins..they grow up so fast