My toddler has weed 15 times today. Is this normal?

[Rubyroost]

Current potty training 2.5 year old. I thought he was doing wees for rewards and that was reason why he was weeing so much. He's weed 15 times since 9.30pm and it's only 6.40pm. He's had a lot of accidents today and I thought we were making progress. 😭 Is this normal? Anyone had similar? We've just moved from pull ups to proper cotton knickers and he's having more accidents, not less! I don't like the o crap method, so please don't recommend this. I'm really wondering about the frequency of his wees.

He's in pull ups

A pull up is a nappy, just with elasticated sides. He will just keep weeing small amounts in it if he doesnt learn he will feel wet. You can't tell if potty training is a success until you've given it a clear two weeks.

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland he's not kept weeing. He's told me regularly when he needs the toilet and I have been putting him on the potty, he wees the same amount of times in pants. In fact if anything he was better in pull ups. He was dry for two days until 6/6.30. 18/20 times still seems like too many times to wee per day. My friend has trained all 3 of hers in pull ups and she didn't have this issue with so many small wees.

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland I know people who have trained this way and they keep on having to go back to naked as once they get pants on they keep weeing themselves. One particular person I know trained with this method a year ago and her child is still having 2/3 accidents per day. It's not a method that is for me to be honest. I have a book written by the British expert jenner (cant remember first name). She is the person who is behind the brandname my carry potty. She actually says no pants doesn't work. It's horses for courses and you if course claim that your way is the best way. That particular way is not for us.

I'd take the pants off, go bare bummed, and tell him.to go to the loo when you think He needs to. It's very early days to rely on him telling you

Ask him to push the weewee out until it's all gone.

He needs to drink more to get full to do a big wee encourage him to squeeze more out

And use reusable pull ups they will tell him better than pull up nappies which often feel "dry" after a little wee

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland my toddler was developing resistance as he was pissed off with having to go to the potty so much, and I don't bloody blame him to be honest. He was getting very stressed with the process and I did not feel it was in either of our interests to continue. He is back in pull ups and he can ask when he needs to. I have read that having a dry nappy for an hour or two at a time is a sign of readiness on various sites and that if your toddler wees as much as mine then potty training may be too diffficult. So we are taking a break for now and he is leading the way.

Sorry I didn't see your said no pants is not for you.

That is a LOT of wees. My 2 boys will both go about 5 times a day, maximum .

@slipperywhensparticus he has been drinking quite a lot and he's still doing tiny wees, he just has a lot more of them. Believe it or not, he seems aware of when he needs to go and when he is going despite using a pull up.

@ImFree2doasiwant most people I talk to say thats a lot of wees and I just wonder if I'm setting him up to fail. As I said he's weed 12/14 times in the potty some days and had 4/6 accidents.

I potty trained at 2 (no signs of readiness, it was just when lockdown started so I figured we might as well). I remember there being lots of small pees in the beginning, definitely for the first few days (though we did go bare then work up to pants over the course of eh...well it felt like years but it was lockdown back when we were only allowed out once a day so it was probably only a 2-3 weeks).

He's nearly 2.5 now and I think he only went 5 or 6 times today in total, and is dry overnight 9/10 (wears a pull up to bed but that's more for the sake of the mattress).

It does get better.

@DivGirl how many small wees? Like 10/12 or similar to me 18/20? I'm going to give my hv a call and see what she says as she will hopefully have more knowledge of that sort of thing. It was the resistance to the potty too, he was so keen and eager to start with and then he was shouting nononono wee and I felt it wasn't healthy or productive for it to become a battleground.

It was loads. Far far more than could ever be normal. Definitely more than once an hour for the majority of the day.

Eventually I suppose he just learnt to hold it in.

[quote Rubyroost]@ZZGirl thanks, i guess I was wondering with him weeing this frequent whether he was ready. Thanks for the encouragement, I need it!!
I think I wanted him to take control and tell me. But I guess he's not ready for that so I'll start taking him more often to the potty. I guess I was worried if I take him too often hell rely on it and never ask. Or that hell never hold his wee and so his bladder won't stretch. Everything I read says something different.[/quote]
This what I'm finding now with my friends who have toddlers. So much conflicting advice and theories.

Far less so when my ds (now 15) was a toddler.

But when he trained at 2 other intents were horrified because apparently during that period of time the general trend was you didn't train. You let the child lead.

I think you sound like you're doing great. Those packs of basics pants from supermarkets are your friend - then as he starts TJ get it reward with new pairs of picture pants.

Ds2 when he had an urine infection he didn’t complain about pain but he kept on taking his penis out and holding it. He was 2yr then and dm suggested taking him to the gp who reluctantly took a sample and called me few days later to pick up antibiotics for him. He had no other symptom and was not toilet trained then.

When I toilet trained him, he did a lot of urine the first week. We took two months break and by this time he had learned to hold more urine in. It took him two days this time. He has had few accidents afterwards as he only gave me couple of minutes warning he needed the potty. However, I quickly learned his timings and made him go on his potty before we left the house. I then gradually stopped reminding him to use it, unless we were going on a long car journey. It is ok to remind young children to use the potty.

My health visitor recommended this website: www.eric.org.uk/pages/category/potty-training

Thanks for the website link @Notnowokay