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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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chatee · 22/10/2006 17:08

btw ,
well done to everyone else so far so good- we are getting there(or are we?)

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 17:33

Current tally here is:

Potty 5
Accidents 6

So a definite improvement on yesterday! We've gone the choccy button route simply because it's an immediate reward and I'm desperate for a quick fix solution (even if I have to wean him off the chocolate later!!)

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flowerfairy · 22/10/2006 18:48

Can I join in?

Ds 2.7yo. Started potty training yesterday where we had 1 self initiated wee and caught a poo.

Today 1 wee and 1 poo which he took himself off to do. The only thing that concerns me id he ill not have any pants on but wants trousers on. So have opted for shorts (don't ask)!

By the end of the last 2 days have felt just been feeling frazzled and ds pops a poo out.
Tomorrow is another day i suppose

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TwigTwoolett · 22/10/2006 18:52

Potty: 2 - 1 of each (am surprised at so little action .. but think she already has ability to store them up till she needs to go)

Accidents: 1 (found her standing up in dining room with trousers and knickers round her ankles but wet)

I think I'm going to have to put her in feel and learn pull-ups when we go out during the week though ... not sure if that's a good idea as she has been wearing pull-ups as nappies .. but ds has swimming lessons and other things so we can't focus on DD at all times

flowerfairy · 22/10/2006 18:55

Forgot to mention at least 3 accidents each day. Am going to give it until Wednesday before deciding if this it. Does anyone have any suggestions on th epants front?

TwigTwoolett · 22/10/2006 18:58

get him boxer style shorts??

flowerfairy · 22/10/2006 19:15

That's a thought as dh wears them. Just have a drawer full of boys underpants mostly unused.

Also ds will only sit on nappy at his own choosing. Will not sit on every 30 mins as suggested. Does this matter? Only ds gets very stroppy when we suggest or even try to just put him on.

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 19:17

Of course you can join in, flowerfairy, the more the merrier

Twig: sounds like she's got good control already A good sign! Ds2 drinks water like it's going out of fashion and while he had a couple of longer stretches of about 2hrs most are fairly frequent.

Final tally on Day 2 of Potty 6 Accidents 6 which at least feels like progress. Feel a bit guilty for resorting to chocolate bribery (and is probably why he's going so frequently, lol) but I'm sure I can sort that all out at a later date.

Oddly though, unlike most of the rest of you, we've had no poos in the potty at all. Highly unusual as normally he has 3-4 poos a day...

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chatee · 22/10/2006 20:38

day 2 tally
potty 6 (including a poo}
accidents 1(Yuk a pooey one)

but we did stay bare bummed until lunch time and then had a pull up on late afternoon when we went to the library and ds had a sleep

roll on tomorrow....only i have dh to add to the equation

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 20:41

You have to potty train your dh?!

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chatee · 22/10/2006 20:47

no dh just needs house training but can't see him and ds being best buddies whilst stuck in the house........
i'm off out with dd and her friend for a 'girly day' at least for a couple of hours

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GeorginaA · 22/10/2006 20:49

Hmm... I'm sure we can turn potty training into something manly that only dh can pass down to his son C'mon... work it baby

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ghosty · 22/10/2006 22:37

Not half term her but can I join?

Potty - 0
Accidents - 0

But she has only been wearing the pants for 20 minutes

She has refused ever to do anything in the toilet and potty ... but this morning insisted on wearing her big girl knickers ... eeeeeeek!

She is 2.8

macb1702 · 23/10/2006 08:33

So DD has all her clothes on today and has managed to use the potty already, I am now in a quandry about how the hell we leave the house. I have had one friend suggesting putting pull ups over her knickers so she still feels like she is wearing knickers. I just worry about how long I have to get her to the toilet when she says she needs to go, eg in the middle of a Tesco shop! Any words of wisdom?

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 09:04

ghosty I was really impressed until you said 20 minutes - although if she's initiating it, that's a very good sign, hopefully it'll go smoothly for you

macb: from vague memory with ds1 I just took a potty out with me in a carrier bag and a spare change of clothes. If they're wearing trousers any accidents don't tend to puddle so much on the floor as more gets soaked up by the material. Time the outing just after a successful wee so you've got a likelihood of no accidents for a while - and if they say they need one when you're out just leg it fast to the nearest toilet with the potty bag and change of clothes bag I wouldn't put a pull up on tbh, as I think you're in danger of sending the wrong message.

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TwigTwoolett · 23/10/2006 09:13

DD insisted on wearing a nappy this morning .. she was adamant and distressed

I'm not about to make a huge big deal of it .. I have put her in a pair of feel and learn pull-ups .. supposedly they absorb it but leave child feeling wet / sticky uncomfortable because there's no one-way absorb sheet

I remember first time round I was so determined to just go for it .. I think because I wanted to prove to myself and family that I could do it .. this time honestly its not such a big deal .. I will encourage but won't sweat it .. I'll try to make certain that its a one-way path through choice of nappies (feel 'n' learn)

wish someone had told me that first time round tbh

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 09:16

Hadn't heard of the feel and learns, Twig. Are they as absorbant as normal pull ups? Might switch to those for nighttime and naps after ds2 is 3...

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ghosty · 23/10/2006 09:23

I am bowing out of this thread gracefully
We fell at the first hurdle. DD refused to use the potty, then eventually sat on it for a minute or so, telling me "Can't do it Mummy, too hard!" and then 5 minutes later came to me all upset because she had wee'd her pants and made a puddle outside on the deck. I remember doing this with DS for days and then gave up so I am throwing in the towel now and waiting a bit longer ... when the weather gets warmer and she can run around with less clothes on.
At least she had a little try, at least we know she doesn't like the sensation of being wet ...
I suppose I could bit the bullet and get on with it but I have too much on my plate right now to focus properly ...

Oh well, good luck everyone

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 09:31

Yeah, not worth doing it if you've got loads of other stuff on your plate too, ghosty Not worth upsetting her over. Sounds like she'll let you know when she wants to try again anyway!

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melrose · 23/10/2006 09:36

Can I join?? Had posted this as a seperate thread but then found this one

Hope someone can give me some advice on this. Been potty training my 2 yr old DS for 2 weeks. Daytime is fine, he has been doing brilliantly and had hardly any accidents. At night i have been using pull up nappies, for the first few days they were as wet as ever in the morning, then virtually dry. For the last week I have been woken by him between 3-5am with shouts of "Mummy I need the toilet!!". When I get up to him he will get up and have a wee and then wants a cuddle/ drink to settle again.

I am concerned that it will become a habit, as he knows it is a way of getting me to come into him at night, but do not want to leave him and reluctant to tell him to "wee in your nappy" in fear of undoing all the good during the day

Any tips gratefully received

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 10:25

melrose - I had that with ds1. I was reluctant to take him out of nappies too early at night (and in the end we left him in until he was almost 4 years old - as a result we never had an accident at night).

What we did in the end though, to prevent the middle of the night waking, was to "lift" him at 10/11pm at night (whenever we went to bed, basically). He'd sleepily go to the loo and that would be enough to carry him through the night.

Then as he got older he would take himself to the toilet and it wasn't an issue for us anymore.

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 10:26

Sorry, meant to say that he was in pull ups at night until 4 years old

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 12:15

I can't decide whether we're making progress or not today. We've had no wees on the potty, but only two accidents (one of which was a poo - which is fair enough, I was expecting that to come later) - so in terms of his bladder control, that's improvement right? Would have been nice to have got something in the potty by lunchtime, though.

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GeorginaA · 23/10/2006 18:42

End of day 3

Potty: 3
Accidents: 2 (one of which was a poo, which is fair enough - I wasn't expecting him to get that first try)

All in all not a bad tally He was wearing pants AND trousers by the end of the day too, which was great

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TwigTwoolett · 23/10/2006 18:44

end of day 4

think she's got it .. she has removed own pants to do 3 wees and 1 poo and I don't think we've had any accidents

now I have to train her out of expecting a lollipop

am sticking with the feel and learn pants for trips out though (check out the pampers website .. stick pampers feel n learn in google)... can't cope with her having an accident at DS swimming lesson nor curtailing DS half-term holiday because of her digestive system