Potty training gurus -- what to do re days out in early days?

[lemonaid]

DS (2.7) is starting potty training this week -- he's been asking to go at nursery so it looks as though it's time. So he went off this morning in his brand new dinosaur underpants and we'll see how it goes...

My big question is over this Saturday -- we (DH and me and DS) are going to the London Double Header which is two rugby matches back-to-back at Twickenham. Realistically we'd already accepted that DS would probably lose interest before the end of the second match so we'd be likely to only see 1.5 matches. But this was all planned before potty-training was on the horizon, and now I don't know how to handle it. There are serious queues for the loos so we're unlikely to be able to respond quickly enough to an urgent request from DS. Should we just try taking him near the beginning and end of each half (so avoiding half time and between matches, and with any luck hitting the quiet patch in the bathroom queuing dynamic)? I'm assuming it would be counter-productive to put him back in a nappy for an afternoon?

I'm far from being a guru

but i'd just take a potty in a bag

I would put a pull up over the pants. That way he will feel that he is wet if there is an accident but will hopefully still ask to go if he needs. if you don't make it to the bathroom in time you will at least not have to change clothes.

You are in the same situation as us. DS is 2.5years and started cos the other nursery kids were using the potty. He's been doing it around a month now and pretty good although I have had to use reward charts for much of the time as an incentive. For days out the Tommy Tippee potette is good as it folds into a bag so easy to take plus the liners are absorbent so it's easy to dispose of the contents!! I would take him to the loo when you can though-we spent the whole day out yesterday-travelling in the car and going to friends and I just took him when I needed to go and each time he did a wee so that can help. Hoe this helps a bit-good luck!!

no guru but have just been through potty traing with my ds2
I would leave in pants and take a little potty or travel potty with you, just keep reminding him
try not to go back into nappies if poss

I also wouldn't use pull ups it just confused the hell out of my son.

We used to take an empty small plastic drinks bottle with us -like a small evian bottle so that we could poke his willie into

This was especially good in the early days when he wouldn't have made it to the nearest toilets. We used to take change of clothing and a towel for any mopping up and carrier bags to put wet stuff in.

Good luck

id say take a potty, or even one of the travel potties they are quite good. as we were often out for long periods in the early days of potty training i carried a potty for a couple of weeks, just in case. now if really stuck poor dd goes in bushes etc.

i would say dont bother with pull ups because although it may be easier for you it is likely to confuse your little boy! dd wouldnt have taken kindly to pull ups in the day too much like a nappy, shes alright with them at night because they are her 'special knickers'!

Thank you all. Right, I'll see if I can buy a travel potty before the weekend and if not just lug along his regular one. And have a plastic bottle along for real emergencies...