Potty training help!

[Cm17]

Lo is 2.5 and had started potty training last week.
She goes to the childminders full time and had been using the potty/toilet whilst she is there but when she is home we just can't seem to keep track of it with her
Once she is home she wants to put a nappy on, I think this is more to do with tiredness?
On the weekends when we are home we are keeping a nappy off and sitting her on the potty, saying to let us know when she needs a wee or poo poo etc but she just won't go... she either pee a little bit then tell us or eventually keep asking for a nappy especially if she needs a poop she wants a nappy on for it....

We are first time parents so this is all completely new to us and we feel like we have no idea what we are doing really 🙈

I have no plans this coming weekend so I want to really give it a good go with her.

What's your go to tactics to try and crack potty training? If she asks to put a nappy on do we say just say no nappy is for bedtime? And if she wants a nappy on to poop?

Please be kind, first time mum here trying to figure this one out 😁

We did oh crap method, you commit to not using nappies so the child can't just ask for one to use.

I'm not sure there is a magical way to crack it, by losing track do you mean she wanders off and pees when you're not watching? Spending some time where you're really focused on her can help, you spot them beginning to do a wee dance or jigging about, then get them on the pot (having a bare bum or minimal clothes helps!) You can start with plonking them on then they do their own clothes eventually.

It's really about getting the child to recognise and respond to the feeling of needing to go, plus the motor skills to deal with clothing, plus the motivation to do it.

Get DD to stop playing and help with clean up when she wets so she registers it's more boring to wet than go to the potty. Heaps of praise for using it.

I found it surprisingly emotional, your child is getting used to being responsible for their own bodily function, it's quite a step towards autonomy!

Like most of parenting, the main requirements for success are patience and cleaning :)

Re nappy to poo - help her find somewhere that feels private, do funny impressions of a poo face, provide reassurance, tons of praise/choc bribes for success! Raising their feet up on something can help too, they often squat to poo in a nappy and it's a bit more natural feeling

We set alarms and asked them about a wee every 40 minutes the first two days, then every hour. Pooing in the nightime nappy is fine, you can work on that once daytime is sorted.