Quads - how and when would you approach potty training!?

[bluefairy22]

Hi there, I am posting for a friend. I guess anyone who knows them may guess who it is I am talking about - so HI!

The quads (3 boys and a girl) are just about to turn 2, but were 3 months premature so they are perhaps behind developmentally.

How would you approach potty training 4 at once?! Would it be best to do them all together or seperately (posts on twins I have read suggest seperate seems best).

Your thoughts would be much appreciated!

Hmmmmmm I def wait until they were older (as a mum of 4 singletons that is) and showing signs of being able/ready to go for it!

my friend with triplets did them together and she said they learned off one another

one of the boys (2 ds 1 dd) was slightly slower but she just stuck with it

Yes I think the incentive of a chocolate drop for each success could be an idea! Plus if you've got to be stuck in the house for several days you may as well try them all at the same time and see how they get on? Wait for the summer and hope for some warmer weather to ease the clothes washing etc!

Yes I think they are aiming for the summer. Some of them are more advanced but as you say PaulaYatesBiggestFan they may learn off each other (hopefully). They dont have much speech at the moment though so Im not sure how good they will be at telling you when they needed to go.

It will be fun, thats for sure

no experience but ....
quads! .

wannaBe thats most peoples reaction!

4 potties? or more? They will need at least one each I guess or inevitably they will all need to go at once?!

def wait til they are older and do each one as they are ready. With four she needs to make it as stress free as possible. They need to be really keen, since you don't want to be following four round with potties! I'd probaby start with the girl, as they tend to be easier than boys.

mine haven't really learned off each other at all, now dt1 is trained, dt2 has gone right off the idea!

A friend told me that she left potties in the bathroom and kept telling them they were for big children, so they got very interested in them that way!

Yes the girl is already more advanced than the boys. She knows when she has pooed and tells you by pointing to the back of her nappy. she is also much more vocal and can say far more words than her brothers.

We are hoping they will be ready over the summer so we can throw them all out in the garden (not literally!)in vests and pants for minumum dirty washing (as with 4 the washing is endless anyway)

thanks for your views, we need all the help we can get!

my ds, who had extremely good language way before 2 was not ready till 2.4yrs and it took a while! My dd is 20mths and comes into the bathroom when ds is on the toilet and says, 'me, wee wee' and tries to pull her trousers down so am going to aim for the summer with her!

I would start with the girl and just let the others follow at their own speed. If they get a chance to go without nappies in the garden in the summer they become more aware of doing wees/poos as they can see the evidence IFYSWIM !

Yes no experience with 4 but my (boy) twins drove me to the edge and beyond with the toilet training. Bowing to pressure from my mum (you were toilet trained at 18 months you know!) i started training them at just after 2 and it was a nightmare. Had good success with wees but poos were only really reliable about a year later! In hindsight i started way too early. Having said that the girl may be ready sooner.