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Is dd1 'telling' me that she is ready to start potty training - or should I leave it for a bit?

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hotmama · 27/07/2006 21:25

Dd1 is nearly 22 months. I have bought a couple of potty's so she can get 'comfortable' with them.

Dd1 goes to Nursery 3 days a week,when there they are asked if they want to sit on the potty when they are having their nappy changed - sometimes dd1 does and sometimes she doesn't. She hasn't weed in a potty.

Dd1 definitely knows when she is poohing - stops what she is doing and has a 'pooh' face. When I ask her has she poohed and does she want her nappy changed - she does.

Also, recently when she has poohed she has started trying to take her nappy off.

It's been a nightmare in this hot weather as I can't send dd1 to bed with a nappy on as she takes it off!

I've had a couple of lunchtime sleeps with dd1 taking nappies off - once being handed a 'lovely present' with other presents in the cotbed - mmm nice!

Do you think I should start potty training? I'm not in a rush especially as dd2 is 24 weeks and I will start weaning in the next month.

Any views?

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waterfalls · 27/07/2006 21:31

Give it a try while the weather is nice, be in the garden with her as much as possible (less spills to clean up) she sounds ready. I must start training dts, but dreading it after experience with ds, in fact he is still training now, 3 years later.

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hotmama · 27/07/2006 21:50

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laundrylover · 27/07/2006 22:04

I would go for it whilst the weather is warm. Go cold turkey and pants off at home with a few potties around (79p from Wilkos!!).
Mind you am a radical early potty trainer and pull up hater!!!
Good luck.

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hotmama · 28/07/2006 16:34

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mazzarella · 29/07/2006 08:14

go for it my daughter is 22 months also and we've been doing it.
She was the one that started it just just kept taking her nappy off and weeing everywhere! so i just ask do yoiu want a wee next time i saw her getting reafy to take it off and she just said yeh so i got the potty out and she just weed on it and kept going back all day.
We did this for a week or so wearing nappys if we went out.
She has naps and stays dry and for 2 days now weve been wearing knickers and had one accident.
She doesnt tell me she needs poos yet thou but you ive just got to be lucky with my timing

mazzarella · 29/07/2006 08:14

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hotmama · 07/08/2006 11:24

Still been to chicken to start!

Dd1 has for the last couple of nights taken everything off - just as well we checked before we went to bed!

She tells me that she has poohed but not that she is going to pooh.

Should I just go for it? I feel she is bit young at 22 months - whadaya think?

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Gobbledigook · 07/08/2006 11:32

DItto - ds3 is exactly teh same but only 23 months. I'm leaving it - I'm sure he's too young

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hotmama · 07/08/2006 12:17

I'm also inclined to leave it - I just think she's too young. Surely, they'll be more mistakes at this age.

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mummydoc · 07/08/2006 13:09

my DD1 was all sorted around 20 months and DD2 has just done a whole week of no nappies and only one accident in the car, and she is 21 months, it really sounds like your dd1 is ready - go for it. both mine were showing exactly the same signs as yours .

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hotmama · 07/08/2006 14:57

Mummydoc- that sounds more positive!

Can you give me any top tips?

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fennel · 07/08/2006 14:59

dd3 (2yrs 3 months) is about this stage. am leaving it for now til she can tell me she's about to do something. I don't feel any rush really.

Reece · 07/08/2006 15:06

If the timing is right then you could try but I have been training DS (2.9) for 2 months. he showed all the right signs and then regressed. Doing ok now though but it is a very slow process and there have been many accidents at home and out and about.
If you are in no rush then I'd personally say hold back for a while. Its supposed to be a lot easier when they are older and if there is any chance of missing the stress that we have been through.... well I'd wait.

CarolinaMoose · 07/08/2006 15:08

hotmama, my ds is the same age and showing similar signs. He occasionally says 'poo' a little while before he does one, but it's not v reliable.

When it's sunny, I've been letting him play in the garden with no nappy on (naked). It's deffo made him more aware of actually doing a wee or a poo, but it's also made it obvious that his bladder isn't really strong enough for potty training - if he's had a lot to drink, he'll do 3 or 4 small wees in the space of about 5 minutes.

I'm going to carry on with that (if the weather holds ), but I think it's a bit soon for full-on training. He can't yet take his own clothes off and I can't see it working until he can tell me when he needs the toilet.

mazzarella · 07/08/2006 17:22

Hiya again,

I replied further down the thread.
Things are great since them. My daughter now is 22 months and totally dry in the day, wearing knickers all the time and no accidents what so ever.
She just tells me i want a wee or poo. She was ready as she did it all of her own accord.
Still in nappies for night time as she is very attached to a bottle still and takes it to bed with her so wees a lot in the night, think that will be a long time before shes dry at night, but when she wakes up she asks for a wee straight away.
She will go on toilet or potty.

mummydoc · 09/08/2006 10:04

Hi hotmama sorry a long time to post agian, but we used loads of verbal encouragement, bought potties which are like chairs so look heaps mor ecomfortable as they sit a little higher and we have about 4 dotted all round the house so no having to run for it... and i have just taken nappy off in hte morning and said firmly " tell mummy if you need a weewee" i ahven't put anything on her bottom half so no need to get clothes/knickers off in a hurry and my DD1 decorated a big jar for DD2 and we filled it with smarties , she gets "a tweat" as she says for every wee and 2 for a poo. lots of singing and dancing for every drop which makes it in the potty...go for it your DD is not too young at all.

crunchie · 09/08/2006 10:28

My DD2 went for it at 20 months. TBH it seems that anytime for 18 months to 3.5 years is 'about right' It took DD2 about 10 days to be reliably dry daytime and she was dry at night at about 2.5. DD1 however started at 2.5 and took a year to reliably clean (!) She used to poo in the pants every day!!

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