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2nd DAY POTTY TRAINING 2.8 BOY

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PiliU · 08/08/2007 13:27

HELP!!!
This is my 2nd day. Yesterday was fine, started after nap, introduced underpants and took him to potty succesfully with #1 and #2 at the same time. Great start. Later another wee on the potty. Today, different story. I have taen him to the potty several times during the morning, no success. Twice I have had to clean the wee on my living room floor. Now he is refusing to go to the potty, I try to bring him in fun ways but he resists, If I take him, there is a battle. What should i do?

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witchandchips · 08/08/2007 13:39

don't take him, leave the potty near where he is playing. Say something on the lines of "here it is in case you need it" and move away. Think they get a bit of "perfomance anxiety" about being told to wee in the early days but when they are in control they just do it. My ds would only do it when i wasn't looking for the first week or so!

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PiliU · 08/08/2007 13:50

Maybe I haven't got the appropriate potty, I wanted to start using the seat that goes on the toilet instead of the potty. So far there is where he has done his wee and poo on a couple of occassions. Earlier this week I bought the pottete thinking about going out having something in case he needs it. The pottete is now in the living room, but I think it is not very comfortable for him to be able to seat on his own. Do you think I need to buy the conventional potty?

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witchandchips · 08/08/2007 13:59

well i would, it just means that they can get a little bit more control and they don't have to leave their toys to sit on it. You can also take it up into their bedroom and then they can do a wee before they go to sleep as well.

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MaloryTowersHasManners · 08/08/2007 14:02

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HenriettaHippo · 08/08/2007 14:08

what is a pottete?

TBH, you'll need more than one potty anyway... We've got a potty downstairs (no downstairs loo), a potty in DS1's room (he often does a poo on it when he wakes up in the morning - another story...), and a potty in the garden (he could wee on the flower bed, but I don't think I want him to learn that that's ok!).

It will take a while. I wouldn't fight over it, as it'll become an issue. DS1 is 3.2 now, and has been potty trained for over a year. I have stopped reminding him, as it caused arguments, and the way he learned was by making mistakes - he didn't like having wet trousers! Sometimes still if he's engrossed in something, his pants are damp where he's gone to the limit on 'waiting'. I do make him go though before we go on a longer journey in the car etc. Now he might have an accident maybe once a month or less.

Just keep wipes around to wipe up mistakes, don't get stressed by it (after all, wee is sterile), and take spare pants and trousers wherever you go. When it's warm enough and you're at home, don't bother with pants or trousers, I found DS never had an accident while naked. So he was naked a lot in the first month or so!

And don't even think about tackling night time until his nappy is mostly dry every morning (DS is still in nappy pants at night, as they are soaked still every day. I just don't worry about it).

MaloryTowersHasManners · 08/08/2007 14:10

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HenriettaHippo · 08/08/2007 16:40

I on the other hand used to just scrub the carpet/sofa if he had an accident - but then I have old carpets that I intend to replace after the DSs are both older... the garden is def a good idea for the moment while the sun's out...

HenriettaHippo · 08/08/2007 16:43

oh one more thing. If you try a day tomorrow when you don't remind him, write down the time of each time he goes. It seems silly at the time, but if you do that for 3 or 4 days, you'll have an idea of how long he goes before he generally needs to go. Also note down if it's half an hour (or whatever) after a drink. Then you'll have a general idea of when it's likely that he'll need to go. My DS often holds on for hours - he might go once in the morning and then not again for 3 hours, while some of his friends go every half hour.

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PiliU · 08/08/2007 20:48

Thank you all for your advice!
Today no successful trips to the potty, 3 accidents in total, no No.2. In one occasion when he stood up from the pottete there was a tiny very tiny drop of blood which makes me think if either he has got thrush as he did a few months ago or if he has hurt his willy somehow, or if the stress of the situation is causing some trouble... I have no idea..
Tomorrow he is going to nursery all day, from 8.00 till 4pm. I don't know what to expect fro our 45to an hour journey to the nursery by bus and tube..... any advice on this? I hope I can get him to go before we leave. but if I can't....

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HenriettaHippo · 09/08/2007 11:56

well, you've gone now, so it's a bit late - but don't put him in a nappy for the journey. Try and make him go before you leave (I tell DS that the ticket man will want to know he's been, that seems to work!), and take extra spare clothes with you. If he has an accident, ignore everyone else around you, and just smile and change him. You could take a travel potty I suppose, but that might be a habit it isn't worth starting... TBH, I've found DS has more accidents at home than when we're out. In over a year, he's never had an accident in the car, or while travelling on the bus, or in the buggy. But has had lots when sitting inches from a potty!

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