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Potty Training 1 month in - Normal progress?

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jennys79 · 09/02/2006 21:29

I started intensively potty training DS 1 month ago (he is 2yrs 1 month). Followed the Gina Ford plan - basically went straight into proper pants.

We made significant progress up to about 5 days into training. But since this point there hasn't really been any further improvement.

He will normally tell me when he wants a wee / poo. But approx half of the time this doesn't give me enough time to get him to the potty before he wees.

Other times e.g. when he is:
tired
busy
in the company of people other than just me and DH

He will sometimes just wee himself.

Should we have made further progress by now? My 2nd baby is due in 8 weeks; therefore I am not going to be able to devote so much time / energy to this soon. Plus the constant being on edge, and watching him like a hawk, is starting to stress me out.

Many thanks
Jenny

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Hattie05 · 09/02/2006 21:35

Forget Gina Ford, go back to nappies and wait until your son is ready. Then you won't to devote time and energy it will just happen!

Your son is obviously aware of how and where to do it, so put him back in nappies now until he decides he no longer needs them.

Hattie05 · 09/02/2006 21:35

Forget Gina Ford, go back to nappies and wait until your son is ready. Then you won't to devote time and energy it will just happen!

Your son is obviously aware of how and where to do it, so put him back in nappies now until he decides he no longer needs them.

Auntymandy · 09/02/2006 21:37

My Ds wasnt interested at all. He was three at Christmas, kept having sickness bug so I left it.
Last week took him out of nappies, he is cleanand dry day and night. So easy when you wait!

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Pinotmum · 09/02/2006 21:40

I trained my ds at 2.2 yrs because he was going to start pre-school and although he knew what to do he just didn't have the bladder capacity or control. The result was that unless he was near his potty he had accidents and this always happened at pre-school or if we were out. I decided to leave it until he was 2.6 yo and he got it straight away. Of course he still had accidents but not too many. Maybe take the pressure off for a bit.

gigglinggoblin · 09/02/2006 21:42

i explained to ds1 about potty training, he said ok and that was it. ds2 took 3 days. both were 3 years one week old. ds1 was dry at night at about 4, ds2 was dry at night a few months after his 3rd birthday. i didnt do any training at night, they just got there naturally. i will do the same with ds3 (may start younger or older, depending on how ready he is)

it sounds like you have trained yourself instead of him. you shouldnt have to watch like a hawk, you should just need to ask him if he needs to go occasionally. throw the book away and listen to your instincts!

Auntymandy · 09/02/2006 21:46

I have 5 children only one in nappies now. I didnt 'train' any of them.

Nemo1977 · 09/02/2006 21:49

agree with others that maybe he isnt ready. I trained ds who is 2.3yrs last month and within a week he had grasped it completely. He is dry and accident free all day and 4 out of 7 nights.

redtartanlass · 09/02/2006 22:43

Yes but Aunty Mandy the one left in nappies is a teenager

Auntymandy · 09/02/2006 22:44

this is true!!

MrsSpoon · 09/02/2006 22:48

IMO 50% success a month later isn't enough. Have a break, stick the nappies back on and once he is used to the new baby and life settles down he will probably do it with very little prompting.

FWIW both of mine had a little try a potty training with limited success, put nappies back on for a while and then they decided for themselves that they were ready. It was almost as if the unsuccessful try at least gave them an idea of what was expected of them.

All the best!

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jennys79 · 10/02/2006 20:13

Thanks everyone for their advice. Am going to see how this weekend goes - DH and I have agreed not to prompt him at all, to see how many accidents he actually has. And how reliant he is on us to prompt him.

Will probably admit defeat on Monday

Thanks Again
Jenny

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Auntymandy · 11/02/2006 08:14

Dont look at it as defeat. If he isnt ready thats ok. There is no set age to be out of nappies!

Hattie05 · 11/02/2006 16:18

I agree, it is not admitting defeat. Because what you have been doing, has taught him all he needs to know, now he just needs to be given time to decide when he is ready. So its not all wasted effort!

Kidstrack2 · 11/02/2006 16:20

think he is a bit too young not ready for it at the moment, I would leave it a few more months

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