Active discussions

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

Original poster

Is anyone potty traning at the mo? Wanna talk about it?

82 replies

Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 09:32

I am!

Anyone else?

x

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Yorkiegirl · 04/08/2004 09:39

Message withdrawn

Hulababy · 04/08/2004 09:40

Good luck. DD was PT'd in April this year. asn't too bad - I actually kept a daily diary of it on MN somewhere.

What are your plans for it all?

coppertop · 04/08/2004 09:45

We're going through the long awaited PT now. Ds1 has an absolute phobia about our toilet, even with child-seats, so we're using a potty-chair at home. He's absolutely fine about using the little mini-toilets at the local playscheme though so there's still hope for us yet.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

Families General parenting
Original poster
Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 09:48

Started monday but am in work today and DD is is nursery tomorrow, so am not expecting much progress over the next couple of days.

Yep, cold turkey apart from naps when DD will wear a nappy. She hates being in nappies and since strating traning monday she has been waking at 1am to take her wet nappy off, which is proving to be a bit of a nightmare.

She is 23months, so still quite young.

Any useful tips?

Hulababy - I remmebre reading your diary with your DD. Will have to have a look over it again. I remember your DD was really quick at getting the hang of it, wasn't she?

OP posts:
Original poster
Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 09:49

Coppertop - we are using a potty-chair. How long have you been traning?

OP posts:
Gingerbear · 04/08/2004 09:52

I have tried with DD on and off for the last month or so. She was 2 in June, but I don't think she is quite ready yet. She knows when she has done a wee or a poo and lets me know she wants her nappy changing. Went cold turkey one day when she insisted on wearing 'knickers like mummy'. I asked her constantly if she needed to use the potty, she did sit on it, but refused to pull her knickers down!! We ended up with wet knickers and puddle on the carpet. She was quite happy to go back to nappies after that.

coppertop · 04/08/2004 09:55

We started nearly 2 weeks ago but it's been a bit on-off. We're a bit restricted when we go out as most places only have adult-sized toilets and unlike most boys ds1 just isn't interested in doing the deed while standing up. The last few days have been ideal though. No planned trips except to the playscheme so he's not needed any pull-ups.

Hulababy · 04/08/2004 09:55

Mum2Ela - yes, she seemed to pick up the idea and was pretty much dry by day 3. Although we did have some problems on Day 2 i=with her trying to hang on for as long as possible. We have still had some problems with her doing poos on the potty. She seems to have cracked that completely, although she has had the odd accident on that front.

Hulababy · 04/08/2004 10:02

This is our experience of potty training.

Eulalia · 04/08/2004 10:22

Just trained dd (27 months). She has no nappies daytime except for a nap and sometimes then not, and about 5 nights out of 7 her nappy is dry at night too. It was fairly easy but took about 2 months in total. She turned 2 in April and started taking her nappy off. Still in washables then so guess they felt bulky. Had a trial run but we were going on holiday in May so decided not to pursue it. She was definately keen though. On holiday she ran around naked a lot of the time and as soon as we got back she would just pull her nappy off. Wanted to leave it till the summer hols so managed to persuade her to wear disposables when out but she'd wear nothing in the house. She had about a week of peeing on the floor but soon took to the potty. Got one of those potties like a toilet with handles. Tried with pants but she got confused but gradually phased them in. She was trained in the house really quickly. Going out was a problem as she hardly talks at all so can't ask. Decided to try because she started to have dry nappies at night so just went cold turkey. Had a couple of accidents but its been pretty good. I just take her to the toilet a lot rather than wait till she tries to ask. I'd say she trained herself really.

Quite a doddle compared to ds, still need to get him out of night time nappies and he's just turned 5....

tinyganghq · 04/08/2004 10:36

We are - a bit hit and miss so far. DS has got the general idea, but won't wear pants. DD hasn't got the general idea and will only wear pants. Have left it till Summer cos I thought it would be easier, but both just weeing in the garden without a thought for the potty.

Am sick of the sound of me constantly on about the potty which has been added to my repetoire of 'Put your hat on' and 'Where's your shoes?'

Could someone invent 'potty camp' a bit like 'lads army' but for potty training recruits, and they come back all dry and trained up! Only joking btw!

Pidge · 04/08/2004 10:50

Just thinking about doing this - dd was 2 a few weeks ago - very verbal, knows when her nappy is dirty and talks a lot about "doing a poo in the potty". However on our few trial runs so far she will only sit on the darn thing for about 2 seconds! We're going to try one of those loo seat things. All a bit of a challenge as I work 4 days a week, plus we are always out and about doing things, especially over the summer. Might end up waiting till September when we may get a whole day at home.

catgirl · 04/08/2004 12:24

We are- DS is 23 months - started as our childminder thought he was ready - and he is - sort of! Started about 6 weeks ago, got the hang of weeing the potty/toilet by about day 3, poo-ing took another week (according to fab childminder the poo thing is very difficult). He has had dry nappies at night for about 2 weeks, so last Fridy put pants on him and so far so good. Although he was a bit damp yesterday morning, so had a word stressing he must ask for potty - realised about 4 hours later than his water cup had leaked - how guilty did I feel?! He still has occasional accidents - quite a few at the weekend, but on average one a week. Good luck!

Original poster
Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 12:26

Well atm DD has pooed on the potty and will happily sit on it for a while, when distracted, though hasn't actuallt weed on it yet without us quickly putting her on it when she starts to dribble!

She def knows when she wants to go because she will start 'dancing' and hold it for quite a while. She can pull her pants up and down.

Are these good signs?

I need inspiration!!

OP posts:
catgirl · 04/08/2004 12:26

meant to say, one thing that the childminder did that I thought was fab - for about a week before we started she kept telling him 'next week you must ask for the potty' and 'next week you will be wearing pants not nappies' and then asking him if he understood... think it reinforced it in his mind.

Original poster
Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 12:29

Catgirl that makes me feel a lot better. I am sure she will get the hang of it - its only day 3 today (DD is with my Nan so god only knows what's going on!!).

It just feels quite restrictive at the moment - not being able to go anywhere with DD. We are usually quite active - out and about a lot.

OP posts:
fisil · 04/08/2004 12:32

We aren't, but we have a potty because DS was interested in the girls at nursery who are potty training. He sits on it every morning and evening, at his request (he tugs at his nappy, we take it off, and he goes and sits on it.) We have no further plans at the moment, but figure that this very very long term approach might get him on the right tracks. He is clearly not ready physically, but very interested (as in every developmental stage). He has a complete thing about cleanliness. He has to wipe the potty with tissue paper before he sits on it, and afterwards too (even though there is nothing in there). Not sure where that comes from!

Tissy · 04/08/2004 12:35

dd, who is 2y6mo, got the hang of wees immediately, and is now wearing "big girl pants". Poos are a BIG stumbling block though- she has had a couple of "accidents" at nursery, one where she had a 3- day backlog and she made a huge mess of her clothes. This has made her really reluctant to poo at all, and I really don't know how to handle it. She refuses to go back into nappies. I've tried offering stickers (and chocolate, which she normally doesn't get), but so far, she will sit on the potty and wait, but nothing has happened. Any ideas?

Original poster
Mum2Ela · 04/08/2004 12:50

Tissy at the beginning of the week DD was very constipated which didn't help the process at all. I just kept an eye on her and when she started concentrating and looking like she may want to poo, I stuck the potty under her. After a while she did sit for a bit and we had success, but it must have bloody well hurt her (poor thing).

OP posts:
catgirl · 04/08/2004 12:55

we stayed around home for the first few days, but now we take the potty with us, double-bag it and hang it from the buggy. Even used it on a train to Southend! There is usually a drain around, but once (at mile end tube station) we used a nappy to absorb the wee and put it all in a nappy sack! what a glam girl about town I am!

futurity · 04/08/2004 20:27

I've started with DS who is 2.5. Started by having him with no bottoms on and that went well..he is now going to the potty without me prompting. Today we tried the big boy pants and that has produced a stumbling block of him being too lazy to take them off! I have been practicing with him a while about taking clothes on and off but the pants are new to him and of course it is not as easy as just sitting on the potty without anything on. Any ideas welcome on encouraging him to take off the pants BEFORE he does a wee!?!

Original poster
Mum2Ela · 05/08/2004 09:23

How is everyone going today?

DD is being very forthcoming. Yesterday when I picked her up from my Nans who was looking after her whilst I was working, she sat on me and weed! I should have known because she will often sit on me and then I move her to the potty, but I didn't and so got wet!

She is in nursery today so we will see how that goes. I will then have 4 clear days with her at home so if I don't see any improvment, I may give up for a month or so and try again.

OP posts:
logic · 05/08/2004 09:29

I want to start potty training ds (23 mths) but realise that it is probably a bit early. He has started saying "poos" when he does one which is a good sign but won't sit on the potty except for a few novelty value moments.

Last week I tried leaving him to run around the garden with no nappy on. What did he do? Nothing in the garden, then wandered into the dining room, had a widdle on the carpet and happily went out to play again.

Earlier in the week, he took off his nappy - leaving his shorts still on (how?!?) so that I didn't notice for some hours - until he did a poo in fact.

He had deposited his full nappy into his cot which I discovered later. The saddest bit was that I was so tired that I assumed that I hadn't put a nappy on him at all! He's obviously getting aware of the toilet issue though.

I think I'll delay potty training until he's 18

Tissy · 05/08/2004 09:32

Dd managed a poo on the potty yesterday, whilst being looked after by Dh, but only because he stuck the potty under her just as it was happening. This was however rewarded by whoops and hurrays and stickers and a Malteser, so I hope she gets the message soon!

coppertop · 05/08/2004 09:39

LOL Logic!

Ds1 seems to be taking to it all remarkably well considering he didn't really have any of the usual signs that they're ready. We've now been out of the house a few times without pull-ups. I'm going to jinx it now, aren't I?

Our big problem at the moment is that when he finds a place with child-sized toilets he gets obsessive about them. I took him to a play session yesterday and he was constantly in and out of the toilet. Literally the minute he came back into the playroom he would dash back again. I calculated that out of 30 mins he probably spent 2 or 3 minutes actually playing. The rest of the time he was in the toilets. I daren't say no when he asks in case he genuinely needs to go so it's a bit of a dilemma. I'm just hoping that the novelty wears off soon.