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Half Term potty training

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 07:42

Am I the only one using half term to potty train?

Day 1... no accidents yet, but already getting stroppy about sitting on the potty - doesn't bode well.

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saadia · 21/10/2006 07:48

I aim to train ds2 but am putting off starting until Tuesday as we are having people over this weekend and on Monday. Am dreading it as keep getting memories of training ds1, which wasn't actually that bad but we did have a couple of days of weeing all over the house.

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 08:04

Yes, snap - this is ds2. I'm trying to reassure myself that I've learned from the first time, but not convinced yet

Still - we did score a wee on the potty! Stickers and fanfare have ensued...

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chatee · 21/10/2006 08:44

i'm going to try with ds too,
he has been dry in the house(with no clothes on his lower half)for about a month but the moment i put pants, pull ups or just shorts/trousers on he just does it in them.....
he has seen a toy he wants so that's the bribe...
fingers crossed it will work this time

ds is 2.8yrs.....any suggestions welcomed tia x

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Oblomov · 21/10/2006 09:19

We are continuing, with ds, 2.10
Some days no accidents.
Others 3 or 4
No logic to it.
He has just returned from the toilet, having done a wee and a pooh, wiped his bottom , pulled up his pants, flushed loo and washed hands.
I was here typing on mumsnet - totally unaware.
How do you work that one out ?????

macb1702 · 21/10/2006 11:43

I have started today with my DD 2.11 mths. Started OK with a wee in the potty (admittedly through the knickers) and one poo in the knickers. Then we had a big wee accident and since then she has been crying and asking for her nappy to go back on. Should I ride this out or is this a sign she's not ready???? HELP

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 11:49

Current tally:

Potty: 1 Accidents: 2

macb: I can't answer I'm afraid I was looking back at the thread I was on 3 years ago with ds1 and the first few days were pretty dire - I didn't think he was getting it at all. Then it clicked and he made loads of progress. Am hoping it will work the same for ds2!

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chatee · 21/10/2006 11:55

just a quick check in(have had to go out this morning as dd has swimming lessons)
potty:2 wees

put a pair of pants on ready for going out to swimming and whilst i was finishing getting dd ready he did a little wee in them but then did ask for the potty and did a bigger wee in the potty(iykwim)

have been out for 1.5 hours and the pull ups that i put him in are still dry so off to put new pants on him now

so potty 3
accidents 1

chatee · 21/10/2006 12:59

aaaaagh,
ds has just done a wee in another pair of pants

with the usual "sorry mummy won't do it again, do wee wees in my potty"

potty 3
accidents 2
off for another pair of pants

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 13:21

Well at least you got 3 in the potty!

We have had another accident. Ds2 is now having a nap while wearing a nappy.

Hope the afternoon is more successful... sigh

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 15:50

Potty: 1
Accidents: 6

And I was feeling so optimistic this morning when the first wee got in the potty ...

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 18:20

End of day 1.

Potty: 1
Accidents: 11

I think it might be a good night to open a bottle of wine....

It's going to be better tomorrow, right?

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macb1702 · 21/10/2006 20:11

After a major tantrum about wanting her nappy back at lunch we have had a good afternoon. Two unprovoked wees in the potty, and a really good attempt at making it to the potty for poo. She didn't quite get there but the intention was definitely there. I feel really positive about tomorrow...... although I am with GeorginaA with the bottle of wine. Enjoy!!

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GeorginaA · 21/10/2006 20:39

Oh that sounds really encouraging And to think earlier you were worried that she wasn't ready! Hope progress is as good tomorrow.

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chatee · 22/10/2006 08:12

ok-so yesterdays round up,
we had to take dd to a birthday party so i bottled out and put ds a pull up over his pants
fine for about 2 hours!!
came home asked if needed potty-cue major strop-went to pub with dh and ds(dd still at party!!)and fine until we asked again-5mins later a wee in his pantsaaaaggghhhhh.

potty 4
accidents 4

day 2
has been up for 2 hours so far(with nothing on at all and)
potty 2(including a poo}
accidents 0

i will put pants on..i will put pants on..(but he is just so good with a bare bum)HELP!!

chatee · 22/10/2006 09:07

DAY 2
potty 2(including a poo}
accidents 1(Yuk a pooey one)

he's back to bare bum at the moment!!

and dd is still in bed asleep

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 10:51

Potty 0
Accidents 2

Starting to wonder if he's just not ready yet. Am thinking of giving it a total of three days and if there's still no progress by then, leaving it for a while.

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chatee · 22/10/2006 11:56

dd finally surfaced at 11.20am

ds is still bare bummed and the tally so far
potty 3(including a poo}
accidents 1(Yuk a pooey one)

anyone any suggestions re:the bare bum?? please?

TwigTwoolett · 22/10/2006 12:04

Hey georgina .. us too

DD is 2.6 .. started on friday

.. think she likes to do it in private best though

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 12:22

lol twig

Current tally for us:

Potty 2 (well one and a dribble, but hell, we're celebrating anything we can get!)
Accidents 4

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CheesyFeetcomingtoGETyou · 22/10/2006 12:48

Have I done the right thing by abandoning dd's potty training after half a day owing to total lack of progress? She will do a wee in her knickers and not even notice that they are wet. She tells me she wants a wee and then sits on the potty and does precicely nowt.

I think she is copying the potty trainers at nursery without really understanding what it's all about.

Please tell me she's not ready and I should leave it for a while [pleading]

Georgina - 2 wees in the potty by lunchtime - progress

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 13:09

She's not ready and you should wait a while

Though honestly, I don't know the answer to that Cheesy. I know for ds1 it really didn't click properly until the end of the first week (although he had made more progress than ds2 has at a similar stage). But at the same time, the older you leave it the easier it is.

TBH, I think it's as much whether it's a convenient time for YOU to dedicate the time as anything else.

Realistically for us if we miss this half term then february half term is the earliest next opportunity but we don't really want to use dh's next year holiday allocation for potty training when we can use it for camping trips later on instead Plus February is a long way away when ds2 has been getting upset and wanting to sit on the toilet just like his brother...

Actually, I just don't know. If there's no major progress by the end of tomorrow we may stop, but I do think half a day is probably too quick to tell.

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 13:11

YAY... another wee in the potty! I think the chocolate button directly after doing one is having the required bribery effect

Problem is, ds1 is getting them at the same time for doing precisely nowt ... lol.

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macb1702 · 22/10/2006 13:54

I have to say I think she has cracked it, no accidents but 6 wees (unassisted) and 2 poos (with slight assistance!) in the potty. I can't believe it all those failed attempts and this time it has been so easy. It just goes to show that waiting until they are ready is the best way to go about it. Oh and choccy buttons help too! Good luck to all of you still struggling, I am just really grateful we have got to this point. I just have to build up the courage to leave the house now!

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 14:22

That's great news macb And to think, you were ready to give up yesterday morning!

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chatee · 22/10/2006 17:07

potty 5 (including a poo}
accidents 1(Yuk a pooey one)

but has had a pull up on this afternoon as we had to venture out(and i know that when he wakes it will be wet)

do i really have to resort to choccy buttons??