New actively potty training thread - please join

[PetitFilou1]

This is minus Cod's expert advice at the moment as she's busy (see boot camp thread)
We've been going a week (ds is 2.4) and he's doing ok I think. Had a poo in the potty last night - first (in the right place) of the week! and and an all dry day on Friday - Weekend was not so good as we were visiting people both days but he was still pretty good considering. How is everyone else doing?

OMG he DEFFINITLY asked for the potty earlier and did a wee!!!!!!!

We have not had such a good day today(other thread) Oh well - there is always tomorrow.

every morning first thing we do is nappy off and potty! - so today ds actually was about to sit on it on his own
just a shame that he still had his shorts and nappy on

but hey, another little step

AND he did a wee and a huge poo!!!!!!!

I have posted on other potty thread. My constant asking DS1 whether he needed the toilet and whipping his nappy off every time I saw him staring for a poo had him withholding poos for two years

He was 2 1/2 when I started training. DS2 asked to come out of nappies himself at 2 1/2 and he did well. DS3 showed no signs at all and was well over 3 yrs before he was toilet trained. Only took 2 weeks.

If you find you are constantly badgering your babes whether they need the toilet or not, feel you could explode when they wet or poo their pants repeatedly, put them back in nappies. They are not ready.

Wow Mears. That's something to think about. It must have been difficult for you all. Would you say that asking every hour/2 hours is badgering? I don't mind the accidents and DS seems very happy and doing very well with prompting but had 2 accidents yesterday with no prompting.

Hey SusiS. So you're on this game too, are you?

Iwearflairs - the first few days are generally yeild a lot of accidents, I hear but if he's not liking it, perhaps it's not time?

yep, ponka - don't want to do 100s of nappies each day with 2 little ones. so he has to 'grow up'

and i am happy the way things are progressing!
today i realised twice a little wet patch on his pants and asked him if he needs a potty. - yes! and both times a wee! - so i think he starts to hold it in once he realises he wets his pants - that'll do for me now!

and so far i don't mind reminding him to use the potty. still better than changing his nappy
and even that got better now. i ask him, he says yes, does a wee straight away and job done!

none of that sitting for hours anymore!

no accidents today so far

Hi all, can I join you? I could do with some advice

I have 3 children, DS 7yrs, DD1 2.7yrs and DD2 6wks. Have put off the potty training while pregnant as I didnt want to start then end up disrupting everything when dd2 arrived and upsetting dd1. dd1 will sit on the potty before a bath and has done wees and poos which she gets lots of praise for. I tried her a couple of months ago without clothes and she will go on the potty but seems to have no idea when she needs a wee, she'll say she doesn't then two minutes later there's a puddle on the floor. Trouble is I can't remember what I did with ds. I don't know if I should start sitting her on the potty at certain times during the day, like after meals, (I read somewhere that they crack the pooing first) or whether I should just bite the bullet and ditch the daytime nappies altogether. (I go out a lot during the day, do I stay in for a week or do I get a travel potty?) I'm not even sure if I should start yet. I don't want to leave it too late but should I wait until she can tell me when she needs to go?

I'm not keen on the idea of pull-ups, too much like nappies I think, but I heard you can get training pants which let them know they're wet - has anyone tried these? what are they like and where would I get them?

Sorry so many questions but I would be really grateful fo some advice.

having a go with DS3 atm.
other two trained themselves, really so first time doing it properly, but other two were winter abbies and DS3 should be dry for nursery in September (he's 3 on the 27th) although they would cut him some slack they said as a late summer baby.

He will use potty at CM's house as he copies his friend but he's really funny about routines, and his routine is get undressed at night time, so just screams if I try and remove his shorts.

'SIGH'

day 13: first thing on the potty - huge wee!
5 min poo in his pants

i was not pleased and told him so! he sat straight on the potty and me thinks he's trying to squeeze something out

bumpsinsheffield: i went cold turkey from day 1!! i think that's what everyone tells you to do. guess it's up to you if you want to stay home all that time. was not for me. on day 2 we went to an animalf farm () - and i've got a 'potty bag' (sev. spare clothes, wipes, treats, potty! [it's a normal one, so what?]) ALWAYS with me! - i do have to remind him but he does wees out as well!

and if i go to visit friends i always ask before hand - most of them have kids so it's not problem for them

Went on our 1st big trip out and DS1 did fantastic... I have been so worried about taking him anywhere we have been practically housebound for the last 2 weeks. the only trouble was when he did go, his little mister was pointing up not down into his potty, and he ended up with a wet t-shirt. I had taken spare pants and shorts, but not a t-shirt. D'oh!!

Hi all

Haven't posted in a while. Things have improved slowly. Hardly any accidents at home now but still plenty when I got out with him.

I think he has been thinking that he can safely pee on the "special cushion" in his buggy and therefore is right to do so...tried to pee on it when it was on the ground yesterday...so another lesson to learn!

Still have rebellious mornings/afternoons. Yesterday he was fab in the morning but peed anywhere and everywhere he could apart from the potty (twice on the sofa in 45 minutes ). back to normal today though.

I feel like a washer-woman sometimes, and the special cushion is now knackered as it's been thru the wash so many times!!!

Hi everyone, Not sure where to go from here really. DD is fine when naked. Now wears pants for half the day at home and if we go out. I take her to the loo before/after naps but if she needs a wee she still doesnt tell me - just goes and does it, and if she's wearing pants its a case of me legging it to her to try and get them off quickly enough. She is fine when we go out, will either tell me or answer me es whn i ask her and i take her.How do I make the transition to pants a bit easier?

Hi - a quick thread-crash here to get the opinion of those in the thick of it all...

Have a 2.5 year old dd who i think is ready to be potty-trained but also have a 7 week old ds who i'm breastfeeding (so rapid help with pants ect might be tricky at times). Dh has a week off work soon (ds will be 9 weeks by then) and I was thinking that that might be a good time to start on the training, but wondering if i'm mad to even consider it with a baby.

Really think that DD is ready - she goes to a nursery 2 days a week and she likes to sit on the toilet there and talks about the potty all the time at home (makes her dolly use it etc). I'd hate to leave it too late and miss the 'window' - is that possible? Or should I just hang off for a couple of months more?

Sorry for crashing but advice would be appreciated

I'd say it would be a good time to start with your husband home. Mine certainly made it easier...but i don't have a small baby (yet).

It can be quite stressful but it sounds like she might be ready and I hope, if you do go ahead, you'll have an easy time of it. Has she reacted well to the baby arriving? If so, you should be fine.

Just go cold turkey on the nappies (apart from sleeps if you choose) and don't plan to go anywhere much for the first couple of days. Get some pants and rewards sorted before you start.

Best of luck!

I started training DS about 3 or 4 weeks ago when DS2 was about 10 weeks. The first week was hard - very hard work and we had a couple of accidents because DS wanted to go when I was (bottle) feeding DS2 and I couldn't get there in time but since then, we've never looked back. I think we've had 2 accidents in the last 2 or 3 weeks. It might be worth a go if you think DD is ready.

Thanks - that sounds encouraging Ponka. I think we'll start towards the end of the week dh has off so he can be around to help for the first day or two (realised that we'll probably be out and about a bit for the first few days so probably not a good idea to start then) and we'll just see how it goes. If she doesn't seem to be getting it after the first few days we'll just leave it for a month or so and try then.

day 14: i am quite happy with the success we are having! ds was in nursery yesterday afternoon and today morning and NO accidents!! and he used the toilet there!!!! agreed it's one for kids but still, that might make him go onto ours

we still have to remind/ask him but at least we get a NO or YES and 100% so far! - today in the morning he actually said POTTY and before i realised what was going on he'd done a wee in his pants - bless! he was rather upset!!

how old is your ds???
mine is 2.2 and i've got a 9 mth old dd too; no problem there.

we went cold turkey from day 1! pants (nappy only for the night) and potty comes with us whereever we go (and lots of clothes for changing )

lol no problem!! i had no clue in the beginning either!!!

well, we went out on day 2 to an animal park and hardly stay at home really.

he also didn't like the potty in the beginning. i have to say i bought a different one (because the first one was way too small anyways!) and that 2nd one worked for him! still was hard work to actually make him stay on it! but i sat with him; read a book; or used tv alot - just anything to make him stay!

first 2-3 days were a disaster!! accident after accident after accident .. but hey, it's a learning process!
so i put him on the potty every 30min. and every time he did something he got a treat and praise and a joy-dance
i used the very hot days 2 weeks ago so most of the time he was naked; that helped alot!
after 3 days i put him on every hour or 2! (it helps if you know when his poo is!! ds's is always in the morning; try and catch that one)
then instead of putting him on i asked him if he needed his potty! well, a few days lots of accidents again because lots of NO!
then i put pants on him and we were sort of back to square one! took a few days to get it right again.

now we are on day 14 and when i ask him if he needs a potty i do actually get a YES if he needs one. i do put him down so if i think it has been ages.

i tried a day without asking - oh well, we are not there yet

but i am happy that when i ask and he actully realises that he needs to go.

the rest will come in time