Potty training

[Hickpusher2022]

LG now turned 2yr. Started potty training this week. I understand it’s very early days and im not expecting too much but having never done this before I’m just looking for some advice/tips.

I feel that she is ready. She will tell us when she has weed/pooped, she will ask for us to change her bum when she is wet/soiled. We have slowly introduced the idea watching videos/reading books about potty training outing dolls etc on potty.

She is more than happy to sit on the potty Infact she will ask sometimes and it actually can be hard to get her off it when she’s on it she seems to enjoy sitting on the potty however she will not pee/poop in it atm. Over the 3 days we’ve had only 1 wee in the potty the rest on the floor/in nappies 😅.

Now I’m not looking to “boot camp” her as staying in the house for days on end doesn’t work for us so I’m happy to take it slow. We are still using nappies in between due to her having accidents in between and are just trying to ask her to use the potty regularly but we seem to miss the perfect time and she’s already gone in her nappy. Just looking for some tips and advice really is this normal? Should we carry on and something will click eventually? Tia 😊

You can get padded underwear which will catch the wee bit leave them feeling wet. We completely ditched the nappies during the day and did a lot of talking about nappies are for babies. I knew my LO was ready because we did a couple of bare bottom afternoons and he was holding it until he sat on the potty.

When we ditched the nappies completely during the day we did not do bare bottom as he was going to nursery (probably did toilet training the wrong way 😅)

Sending hunger style salute in support

The nappies are confusing and making it really difficult for her. I really think they need to go. The ‘boot camps’ work because it gives her the opportunity to learn what it feels like to need a wee and to connect it too weeing. It only involves spending a 2-3 day concentration on learning this new skill.

To be honest she's never going to get it if you swap and change and sometimes she's allowed to wee in her nappy and other times you expect her to use a potty how is she supposed to know which is which? The staying in for a few days works because it allows her time to understand what is happening and focus on using the potty with less distractions.

If you're not committed to taking a few days and really trying then please stop because it's not going to work.