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how long did it take YOU to toilet train your kid? (from pooh to 'woo!-hoo!')

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Caththerese1973 · 07/09/2005 13:52

hi
i have been potty traing dd for seemingly weeks and the process seems slow. She is two and a half so I guess the time is right by most standards but she does not have quite the right idea. Either she wants to wear a nappy, or she insists on wearing no pants at all and sitting on the potty practically all the time (which seems to defeat the purpose as I can't take her out anywhere when she's like this!).
She loves the little pull-ups, but just uses them like a nappy, has no concept of pulling them down to wee.
She rejects other pants because she has accidents in them. She can only get to potty on time if she has a bare bottom.
So - I was wondering, how long did it take most people, and what age did you start?

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noughtsandcrosses · 07/09/2005 13:54

Ds-10 days
Dd-7 days

Anchovy · 07/09/2005 13:58

OK, started with DS at 2.2. Took 1 week of "house arrest" with neither of us going out: he had pretty much cracked it after 3 days and by the end of the week he was reasonably reliably dry. Poohs took a bit longer, but weren't a problem - more that he used to say he wanted to do one and didn't than the other way round so we only had I think 2 poo accidents. Didn't do either pull ups or naked - just put him in pants right from the start (special big boys Bob the Builder ones which he was very proud of).

Enid · 07/09/2005 13:58

dd2 is 2.10 and it took 4 days from no interest at all to poos and wees on the big loo.

thanks be to cod.

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kid · 07/09/2005 14:00

started DD at 2.6 and it took 2 days with only one accident

Started DS at 2.4 and it took about 2 weeks, with lots of accidents.

Skate · 07/09/2005 14:02

ds1 - age 2.9 and it took 3 days flat. Barely an accident since (night time trained at just before 4 when he decided to take nappy off himself - no accidents since either)

ds2 - age 2.9 - tried it a few weeks ago and in 2 days got not one wee on the potty! Gave up as had lots of days out. Think he's going to be a harder nut to crack! Will start again next week when we are back in a normal school and nursery routine!

blossom2 · 07/09/2005 14:03

it took DD1 about 6 months to learn wee and has taken about another 4 months to learn to poo (potty and toilet) ... hopefully it'll be easier with DD2...

Hulababy · 07/09/2005 14:05

DD was sorted by day 3. We went cold turkey with the pants, and we took her lead. She was 24 months.

Kidstrack2 · 07/09/2005 14:06

Trained my Ds in about 3days, he had been doing the odd wee in the toilet so when he was 2.4 We went shopping for big boys pants and a toilet seat we were in the house most of the full 3days up and down the stairs like a yo yo to the toilet. However I know what you are saying with the bare bottom thing as I am training my dd at the moment who is 2.3 and so far we have had 1poo in the potty and lots and lots of pees, I went and bought her training pants the other day and a portable potty and a seat liner for the buggy but we have yet to put the pants on, we are attempting that tomorow! Because I am out in the morning taking ds to school I'm finding it a little harder this time round because I can't stay in and focus soley on her training, I have also ordered a potty training sticker chart from Ebay!

noughtsandcrosses · 07/09/2005 14:09

Sorry hasty post, will quickly eleborate before i dash out the door for school!

Ds was 2.1, dd just before her 2nd birthday-it was her 2nd attempt so she had the idea already 1st time i tried was at 22months she would go for days at a time being dry, then have lots of accidents. Rather than persevere as she was so young i put her back in nappies & tried again 6 weeks later.

I personally wouldn't waste more than 2 weeks doing it. If they are not dry in that time they are not ready IMO

robinia · 07/09/2005 14:17

In theory my ds 3 has been trained since he was 2.4. (ie. he's perfectly capable of keeping himself dry). In practise he is now 3.11 and usually has wet pants (although not puddle on floor) at least once a day unless I tell him he has to go to the toilet.

chipmonkey · 07/09/2005 15:55

ds1 about 9 months!!! age 2.5
ds2, left till 3 as still getting over trauma of trainging ds1, about 3 weeks!
ds1 never was eager to please!

dollybird · 07/09/2005 22:29

DS was 21 months and pretty much had the hang of it within a week and definitely by two weeks. occasional accidents after that - none for months now - he is 3.3 now.

DD is a different story - started training at 22 months and only had about three successes in first week but persevered as washable nappy pants are wearing out!! Got the hang of it by second week but she is now in her third month and still has days at a time where she can't be bothered - see separate post!!

motherinferior · 07/09/2005 22:31

DD1 was about two years seven months, I think, went straight to pants and got it over a weekend.

DD2 is two years two months and I think we've just cracked it, after a very fraught and tear-stained (well, everything-stained really, you know the scene, like the Somme but smellier) couple of weeks. She asked to do a poo tonight. I cannot express the sheer joy this brought me.

Tommy · 07/09/2005 22:39

started with DS1 whern he was about 2y7m, did it for a few weeks and then it all went pear shaped so stopped.
Started again after Xmas (he was 3 in early Jan)and he pretty much did it in a couple of weeks.
the longer you wait, the shorter it takes, I reckon

loupylou · 11/09/2005 22:12

dd about 4 weeks, no accidents and pooing at nannys and home. She's 2.8yrs

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Caththerese1973 · 12/09/2005 10:00

EEK! most people seem to be able to get their children trained pretty quickly.
I must admit I have not tried 'house arrest' (just not going anywhere until trained) because I can't - have to go to work, and my dd also has to stay one night a week at ex's dp's house. Ex dp will not brook the potty. He doesn't want to deal wtih poohey pants. So she's back in nappies everytime she goes to his place.I think that this is a real problem. I don't know how he expects her to become toilet trained under such circumstances.
The other thing is that a lot of the time she wants to wear nappies because she does not like wetting or poohing her pants - she gets very embarrassed and upset about it, especially if this happens in front of 'other' people (apart from me I mean). I think her logic is: I can't have "an accident" if I am in a nappy, so why not just stay in nappies?" Poor little thing.
It seems, going on all these posts, that the only way to do it (unless you just leave it until child is old enough to take it upon themselves) is to say 'no more nappies AT ALL' (except for night-time, maybe).
Sigh. I am just not in a position to do that right now.
So it looks like DD might have to be left alone until she actively wants to train herself. Wonder when that will be?

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