Potty training

[mamaof2girls]

Little one turned 2 yesterday so today we thought we would try potty training her she's been sitting on the potty and toilet for a few weeks but not done anything in them this morning she's not peed in the potty but had 2 little accidents witch I obv expect. Don't expect her to get it right straight away. But anyone got any tips or anything to help her understand etc more? So can say pee etc

Sounds like you are doing fine. I'd just really, really heap the praise on when she does anything in the potty

How long do you give it before you think aww she's not getting it she's not peed in it yet but her last accident was right next to the potty! She's away for a nap the now with only pants on so hopefully she won't have peed as she had her accident just before her nap? But it's only been 3 accidents but no pee in potty yet! X

I'd give it at least 2 weeks. If you are trying her in the not without a nappy have you tried folding up a towel and putting it under the sheet or putting something else to protect the mattress?

I found Successful Potty Training very useful. It's not a prescriptive "do things this way or else" book but rather gives you the confidence to do it in a way that suits you both

I'm so glad I've done with this for now, my son is 3 in jan and fully trained. I'm not looking forward to number 2. What I will say is find your own way, I decided to not believe everything I read. We trained in pull ups, then went to training pants. It took three months, we did 3 stops and starts all with pull ups and suddenly it just clicked. Now hes day and night trained. Personally, I would leave a nappy for naptimes, if only to make your life less stressful. It was much better for us when we just took all the stress away. Good luck

I know some people disagree, but I think the general consensus is you can’t train for night time so I’d say still use nappies for naps and bed time for now anyway.

Otherwise my DS responded well to rewards (smarties) and was done in a couple of days (he was closer to 3 though) and my DD just took a lot longer to get the whole process and rewards didn’t make much difference to her. She was pretty reliable after 2 weeks though, but it took a few attempts

I’ve had friends that have sat their child on the potty and watched tv or read books until they’ve eventually peed in it. Then praise them lots. Once they’ve got the idea then take them every half hour and gradually increase the time. Lots of praise

I’ve had friends that have sat their child on the potty and watched tv or read books until they’ve eventually peed in it. Then praise them lots. Once they’ve got the idea then take them every half hour and gradually increase the time. Lots of praise.

That's more or less the approach we took

Yes I did that the first time so he got the idea of weeing in the potty. Helps if you can get it round about for the first wee after morning milk. Then they get it that the potty is for weeing. There was lots of taking him to the potty and when we started the first time he was weeing 20 times a day! Needless to say this resulted in about accidents a day when I didn't get him there in time. This is why we stopped and started. He finally got it at 2byears and 9 months. I definitely get why people wait until closer to 3 now, we started at 2. 5 as I kept hearing that if you wait until 30 months it's harder to train. I soon realised that's unnecessary pressure and adds to the stress-it's also bullshit! 😂

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I used the oh crap method. Naked for at least the waist down at the start. Watch them the whole time and soon as they start to wee pick them up and a day we wee in the potty. Keep doing it, eventually you will see their ‘tell’ that they are about to wee and you can prompt them to the potty. This is normally 3 to 5 days. Once they have the hang of that you can do small trips out of the house in clothes but no kickers for the first 6 weeks. Naked at home if it’s easier still is fine.

Night time dryness is based on hormone production. They are either producing the hormones or they are not.