Anyone else out there just starting pottytraining ?

[ellasmum1]

Have started dd at 2.6 yrs this week.Having good success indoors although keeps taking bottom half clothes off.When we go out she seems to completly forget though.How long am i likely to be trapped here for?!! Have tried feel and learn pants but she just thinks they are napppies.

Hi there ellasmum1. I'm starting ds2 today (putting it off though ) and need some encouragement. He's 2.7, but not very keen, though I think he could do it if he wanted to. To answer the how long question...how long is a piece of string?!

Good luck!

HI ponygirl.Just do it!!I have been putting it off for ages but now her friends of similar ages are doing it so she expressed an interest and also I felt like if they were doing it i should too.I wouldnt if i didnt think she was ready though.I personally feel nappies were easier but as my dd is very tall(people assume shes four!)I feel people staring and wondering why shes still in a nappy!

Good for you, it sounds as though you're making progress. I've just removed ds2's nappy etc and he spent 15 mins curled on my lap asking to have his nappy on and telling me he's "too big"/"too small" for the potty. He wouldn't sit on it even for a chocolate button! He has sat on it before, but not for me, he did it for dd, who's 4. I think I'll have to get her to get him to do it again this evening. I think we're just going to have to go in tiny baby steps for a while until he feels comfortable sitting on it. He wouldn't even sit on it with his clothes on for a chocolate button! Wonder if I could get dd to do the whole thing for me...!

I tried training abut 6 wks ago and was disastrous 4 days,she didnt want to sit on potty and started to get upset after a few accidents so i abandoned it.Its really hard to know what to do but from what you say maybe you should leave your ds till he shows an interest himself?they really need to be in a cooperatve frame of mind.Loads of people on this site have said their kids trained very quickly the closer they were to three yrs.

Ellasmum, don't stay in just because you're potty training, you'll drive yourself up the wall! When you go out, just keep reminding her that she hasn't got a nappy on, and asking her if she needs a wee. I used to take dd into every toilet that we passed, and ask her every 20 minutes if she needed to go again.

I know wigwambam but i am quite shy so am mortified if she wees in a shop/cafe etc. What should i do when i do supermarket shop today(normally takes me 90 mins)?I do want to go just to get out and she does too!No way could i get a portapotty out mid aisle.I could put a pull up on her but she always wees in it.Thing is when we went out yesterday for short lunch she asked to go to loos every 3 mins,but never did anything(very irritating!)but still managed to wet her pants.She didnt tell me,she came over and told me she needed a baby wipe and i followed her to the small puddle on the floor.She was going to try and mop it up herself bless!!Cannot abandon the shopping trolley for trips to loos every 3 mins can I???

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Seriously, could you get your shopping delivered and just try taking her out for short trips to the shops? Check out where all the public toilets are first!

Although I have to say she doesn't sound as if she's quite ready for it all yet - if she's asking to go to the loo every three minutes but doesn't go then she's probably only asking because she's frightened of making a mess on the floor, not because she thinks she needs a wee.

I think the frequency of trying to go was due to the novelty-shes never been able to go to the grown up loos when out before.I really think she must be ready because she initiated the whole thing this time.She spontaneously started using potty a couple of days ago and NOT a single accident at home yet-all wees and poos in potty or toilet.I hate doing my shop online and need the stuff today really!!Will brave it and let you know what happens.I do think she is making herself wee as she loves the praise and a smartie,and does lots of little ones and she really forces them out!!So not sure if she knows what the sensation of a full bladder is!

Hello all. DS is 2.5 and is a nightmare over his potty! He knows when he's about to perform but will not sit on his potty. Have been trying letting him run around bare-bummed in the house, with the potty handy, but he holds it in. I know he does cos he lets go as soon as I put nappy back on or he gets in the bath. He knows he'll get sticker and sweetie if he uses the potty and he gets all excited about it, but has a fit if I suggest actually using it. I've never given him a row for anything toilet related (laminate floors keep me calm!)- what am I doing wrong?!

I started potty training with DD 27 mths, yesterday.
DD is very happily wearing knickers & although we've had a fair amount of misses, there have been a few hits.

She refused a nappy for her afternoon nap & woke up dry, but is actually refusing to wear a nappy.

Tomorrow she is off to nursery, so I'm really not sure what to do, do I just send in 6-8 changes of clothes & knickers ? I'm concerned that she may get upset & we take a big steps back. Are nurserys generally good at this sort of thing ?

sorry you didn't get a reply,nobody seemed to be using this thread recently!what did you do about nursery?When i sent dd for first time since potty training just sent her with loads of extra socks/pants/bottoms and a pullup in case she was getting upset by it all.She only had one accident first day,none the second.The nursery seemed very good about it all.This was a couple of weeks ago and basically we have good and not so good days,but always more hits than misses IYSWIM!No idea how long it'll be before we have no accidents for weeks!

hello - have not read whole thread so hope i am not repeating anyone - with ds1 did not use any form of nappy - just went for it shopping etc. but it is easier in the summer if you can wait - accidents don't seem as bad if its warm

My DD1 didn't potty train until 2.5 years. My DD2 is 22 months now and started potty training 4 weeks ago. Yes I know this is v. early but it was her idea and she has taken to it really well. Decided to go full cold-turkey - she only has a nappy on at night now. We still get an accident a day on average but I'm putting that down to her age more than anything else. She prefers to be bare-bottomed at home so that she can toilet herself without assistance, but I'd really like to move onto her wearing full clothing in the house. She struggles to deal with her pants and that's when the accidents occur! Has great bowel/bladder control though and it's saving me a fortune in nappies, so I'm not going back! She prefers it to nappies too so I'm just going to have to put up with the odd accident. I'm going supermarket shopping on Monday - will let you know what happens. Not sure how long it will be before the odd accident stops but am expecting it to go on for quite a while yet!

We started a week ago and initially it was going well. Now ds very unhappy about the whole thing, keeps weeing in a certain spot (fortunately on tiles) we have moved his potty there, but he just wees on the floor and then sits on the potty afterwards.

Dh looked after him today, and shouted at him for his accidents. So he's back in nappies - ds that is (though I am tempted to put dh in them too for shouting).

I think we only went for it because my mum and dad are coming in 2 weeks and we just can't bear another 4 weeks of being nagged about potty training. Not that they actually do anything to help us, just drive me demented asking him every five minutes.

Oh no - interfering family - nothing worse! Clearly your DS is not ready for potty training yet, but if I were you I wouldn't abandon the idea totally; just keep the potty in the main room you live in and put DS back into nappies for a few days. He knows what the potty is for and he may well choose to use it himself. BTW, you didn't mention how old he is - our parent's generation used to try to get us out of nappies before we could walk!! Now we know better - wait for your DS to let you know and stuff all the (good?) advice from parents. Give your DH a telling off for shouting - this will only result in more accidents because your DS will be so worried about getting it wrong that he will hold it in and start piddling everywhere! Good luck.

Ds has now got shocking cold - so I think we have our reason for the regression. Back in a nappy until he's himself again.