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potty and ability to pull trousers/pants down?

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tab · 05/06/2004 11:58

Im thinking about potty training. ds is 23 months, maybe a bit young. Did all those toddlers out there already trained or training at the moment know how to pull their trousers down before they started or is it something that they learn how to do at the same time. Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but it seems like quite a bit thing to me. ds can pull his socks off, take his coat off - but that's about it. he does lift up his t shirt but I think that's more to show me his lovely tummy!! any advice welcomed.

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tab · 05/06/2004 11:59

sorry I meant big thing not bit thing

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tab · 05/06/2004 12:04

sorry I meant big thing not bit thing

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foxinsocks · 05/06/2004 12:05

dd could pull her pants down when she was trained (at 27 months) but ds couldn't (trained at 29 months). In fact, he is only just getting the hang of pulling pants down and up now (31 months). I would have waited to train ds until he could pull his pants up and down himself but he didn't want nappies on anymore and I didn't want to discourage him!!

It doesn't really matter if they can't pull them down because even if they can, they tend not to pull them down far enough and you end up helping. He will need to be able to tell you that he needs to go otherwise you won't know. Once he gets the hang of you doing it, he'll probably start trying it for himself (especially when he finds out what's hiding in his underpants )

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roisin · 05/06/2004 12:28

Both my dss couldn't manage their own pants/trousers before they started training ... but mastered it within a month. They were both 24 months when started training and were completely dry within a week, and independent (needed no help) within a month.

Good luck!

zebra · 05/06/2004 12:58

DD is 2y+8months and can pull her trousers down but not up again (usually). She's been out of nappies almost 8 months. I put her on toilet the other day with knicks still on (she was wearing 2 pairs, for some reason!) and she wee'd away through them.
DS was slower... Day dry at 2y+7months, but I'm sure he was well over 3 before he could reliably pull down/up his own trousers.

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tab · 06/06/2004 10:05

Thanks for those comments - I will stop worring about that aspect! I think Im going to wait a few more months - although it would be great to get it sorted out over the summer. Most I speak to seem to have waited til about 2 and a half although Roisin, brilliant you managed at two. They're all different arent they. I think Im just a scaredy cat!!

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Hulababy · 06/06/2004 10:16

DD has bee n dry during the day for just over a month now, at 24 months. But she was definitely ready and took the initiative for me. She could/can do her own pants, but trousers are more difficulty - great thing about girls is you cn go down dress/skirt route. She is now able to take her self to the bathroom to use her potty and to come back finished. At nursery she does this all the time. Heck, at nursery she is also known to empty her own potty into the toilet and to wash her hands

Whilst waiting for him to be ready why not encourage him to help getting dressed and undressed each day? So he is more able to do it on his own.

roisin · 06/06/2004 10:26

Tab- potty training is not something I take credit for. The only trick is catching them at the right moment, when THEY are ready. Actually with ds1 it was his idea - ds2 was 6 weeks at the time and fully bf ... running around with potties was not part of my plan for the time. But he wanted to do it, so I just went along with it.

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tab · 08/06/2004 22:53

Thanks for all your suggestions. Hulababy - the idea about him getting dressed is a good one. I do usually try to encourage him to get undressed for his bath but he's usually too engrossed in the pretence of brushing his teeth at the sink - which is really playing with the water and tipping some on the floor!
However, i will persevere with this. He hasnt yet got to the stage where he chooses what to wear so perhaps that will encourage him..
Roisin - I still think you sounded as if you did well!!

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Hulababy · 09/06/2004 10:43

tab - with the choosing of what to wear, on non-work days (so more time) I give Dd a choice of what clothes she wants to wear - froma selection of 2 or 3 itens I have already chosen. She then feels she is involved and havuing some control, but it is stil;l ultimately determined by me in that I chose the alternatives possible.

SoupDragon · 09/06/2004 10:50

IMHO it doesn't matter if they can pull them down or not. You won't realistically be expecting them to go all by themselves until they're fully trained anyway. DS2 (3) has been trained since December but sometimes still struggles with his trousers & pants particularly if he's desperate. I see it as the next step along the long line of potty training. Once you've mastered getting them to recognise and tell you when they need to go, you work on the going by themselves.

futurity · 05/08/2004 09:45

So glad I found this thread as I was going to ask the same thing. DS is 2.5 and we have started potty training. First step has been having no nappy on when at home and he has quickly got used to sitting on the potty without prompting (most of the time). So yesterday I decided to put pants on him...and he wee'd and poo'd in them! He can sort of pull them off but he is so lazy and says "mummy do it!" and I was wondering whether I should wait until he can master pulling them on and off by himself. Reading this thread has confirmed to me that he is ready and that the doing it by himself will come with practice. Any other advice welcome though to encourage him to pull the pants down FIRST!!?

throckenholt · 05/08/2004 09:51

my ds is just 3 - he has been successfully using the loo/potty for just over a fortnight. Most of the time he is going without pants/trousers. To start with he was not very good at getting pants/trousers off on his own - now he can - he has just taught himself how to do it. He doesn't make any attempt to get them back on again though .

Mum2Ela · 05/08/2004 09:56

DD is able to pull her big girl knickers down and then up, but not yet over her lovely squidgy bum which is funny! TBH I haven't tried her with other clothes on atm, but its still early days (day 4 today), although I have sent her to nursery in a dress, so we shall see today.

catgirl · 05/08/2004 09:59

Ds nearly 2 and can't pull pants down- very funny watching him trying to - occasionally I get a 'I do it' followed by 'mummy help'. He has stopped walking off with his pants round his ankles now and waits for me to pull them back up!

futurity · 05/08/2004 11:44

Thanks for those messages..reasurring to know that they can learn to do it eventually!

I will be interested to hear how your DD got on at nursery Mum2Ela. My DS is going to holiday club for 2 mornings at the moment and I was wondering how potty training would fit into that?

Mum2Ela · 05/08/2004 12:00

futurity I just rang nursery to see how she is getting on and they said she was really sonstipated so they put a nappy on her to poo in and she did, I think she is constipated from the sress.

They said she will happily sit on the potty but not do anything, and then wee when she gets off.

I think I need to perservere and not get so stressed about it, I am sure after a copuple of weeks she will be fine.

I curse myself for buying the Gina Ford book - potty tarin in a week my arse!!!!!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 01:50

He, just must try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe briefs!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 01:54

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe underpants!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:02

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe knicks! With me, I tried too open the fly of my dark blue stripe knicks, that I less seriously wee'd through my dark blue stripe knicks! I am of profound mental retardation, socially! The same for her! She, must try too pull the bottom and back of her new dark blue stripe knicks, that she less seriously wee's through her new dark blue stripe knicks!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:04

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe briefs!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:06

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe briefs!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:08

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe briefs!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:17

With me, I loved my dark blue stripe big boy knickers, that I always pulled up my dark blue stripe big boy knickers, over my squidgy bum, though I couldn't pull down my dark blue stripe big boy knickers, over my squidgy bum! I, just tried too open the fly of my dark blue stripe big boy knickers, that I less seriously wet my dark blue stripe big boy knickers! I am of profound mental retardation, socially! The same for her! She, must love her dark blue stripe big girl knickers, that she always pulls up her dark blue stripe big girl knickers, over her squidgy bum, though she can't pull down her dark blue stripe big girl knickers, over her squidgy bum! She, must try too pull the bottom and back of her dark blue stripe big girl knickers, that she less seriously wets her dark blue stripe big girl knickers!

Abhuick · 06/03/2015 02:18

He, must just try too open the fly of his new dark blue stripe briefs!

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