Potty Training Tips

[anonnancy]

just that really. Looking for your top tips for potty training.

my little boy is 2.8. I wasn’t planning on potty training until Christmas when I have a solid 2 weeks off work, but on Thursday my son decided he was done with the nappy. It’s come so out of the blue! So on Friday I managed to convince him into a nappy for nursery and dashed off to the shops to stock up on some big boy pants.

told nursery we were going to give the potty training a go over the bank hol and on weds when he’s back at nursery he will be in pants. They are very supportive.

yesterday was our first day out of nappies. We had 2 wee’s on potty, a poo on the carpet and then a wee in his pants on the garden. I was quite pleased for a first day attempt.

he did go into a nappy when he went to the park with dad, at DS’s request. When he got home we put him back in pants but nothing happened potty wise and by then it was bedtime so a nappy went back on.

this morning, we’ve taken his nappy off as soon as he woke up and our pants on. He doesn’t want to poo on the potty so we had a poo accident (fine). I have been offering the potty every 30/45 mins with a lot of refusal. Sat him on the potty after his brekky (he has been in pants for 2 hours) and finally a wee. Huzzah! Reward with Milky Way magic star. Pants go up but 30 seconds later he does another wee (or finishing off the initial wee?)

he’s not asked to use the potty once, potty time has been initiated by me saying “shall we have a sit on the potty and try for a wee?” Or me physically putting him on the potty.

im wondering if maybe he isn’t quite ready yet? But I can’t afford to be changing his nappy every time he does a wee (he insists I take his nappy off once he’s wee’d now).

just feeling a bit lost / wondering if I’m doing the right thing?

sorry this is long. I’m fully aware there will be lots of accidents until he gets the hang of it and I am totally fine with it but I’m curious as to whether I should encourage potty or keep him in nappies til he starts actually asking for the potty?

thanks in advance, from a very confused first timer when it comes to potty training! X

To be honest he doesn't sound ready. With DD I attempted it at 2yr10months - she wasn't ready and after many tears from us both I jacked it in after a few days.
Tried again 6 weeks later just after she turned 3 and she was dry after day 4. We followed the oh crap method.

Oh and we didn't use the potty, DD preferred one of those seats with the steps for the toilet. Suppose it made her feel more grown up.

As he's asked not to wear a nappy I would follow his lead and persevere. My DS was the same age as yours and had lots of accidents for the first week, then it suddenly clicked.

I’ve potty trained three kids. Hated it each time. But with number three read ‘oh Crap’ and that helped a lot. Gives a guide, tips, advice, easy to read etc. so I’d recommend reading that.

Will the nursery help?

You could go with no pants on at all for a couple of days and see how he does. My second got the hang of it better that way.

I found it easier, when at home, to have nothing on the bottom half & potty close by and let them do it themselves. But I had a very independent(!) toddler who would not have tolerated being taken to the toilet. We also had a long term reward (mummy will buy you a truck when you've been in pants for a week) rather than a treat every time - don't know if that helped or not!

I’m going through the potty ordeal right now so hopped on this thread if you don’t mind lol.

Sin has just turned 3 and so been able to go to nursery 3 hours afternoons, we have been trying for about a week a lot of knock backs with illness so we started him late plus don’t think he was ready. )

We have pull ups in the night time for bed and he is always saying he wants his nappy changed it to change my bum. So in the house we are using cloth pull up pants so he can feel when to go. No trousers on just pants. We have the steps and seat that go on the toilet so he can climb up and sit and feel grown up. I try to get him to sit regular sometimes he will sometimes he will fight it. It’s been about a week and nothing in the toilet at all. Just does it in his pants and tells me he is soaking afterwards. Help in going insane and it’s just starting.