My dd was potty trained totally by accident, about 2 weeks after her 2nd birthday I went to work one day leaving her with my aunt, forgot to pack the nappy bag and aunt took dd to the toilet all day...the next day she wouldn't wear a nappy and that was her! She even was night-time trained that same time.. so as you can imagine I am unsure of when and how to go about it with ds. He won't be 2 until December anyway so I am not rushed at all.. don't want to train him too early and have him scarred for life!
The childminder looks after 3 other boys and 2 of them are potty trained, one has been for a while now, he is almost 3 and the other just turned 2 in July and is being potty trained at the minute.. his mum says he is great @ home and uses the potty to pee and poo but when he is @ childminders he does it in his pants, that's with her asking him a lot of times if he has to go etc...The mum has got angry at the c/minder and said he goes at home so it must be something you are doing wrong... the c/minder just thinks that he isn't ready as she has been looking aftre children for yeard and has a few of her own. Ideally I would like to wait until DS is ready and not rush him ~ what is the ideal age do you think... or is there no age just when the child is showing the signs? I was talking to a woman in Tesco today who's ds is the same age as mine and she said she is potty training him starting next week.. I was a bit surprised but she said he can tell her when he has to go to the toilet so he is ready...
Any advice? Thanks