Dreading this!

[dillinger]

I find the whole potting training issue pretty daunting to be honest!

Ds (2.2) has a potty, very rarely sits on it, I usually ask him when hes naked for his bath/shower if he wants to sit on it but more often than not he makes it quite clear that he really doesnt want to! He knows when he wants to go (but I think only when hes naked though) as I can see him making an effort to wee, iyswim! I think hes weed once or twice in his potty and that was a few months ago now. He also has some pants but hates to wear them. He tells me if hes done a poo so I guess hes becoming more conscious of all that now, Im just wondering when I know hes ready?

Im due to give birth this week and wanted new baby here before I tried the potty training again but I could really do with some advice! I think it wouldnt be a bad idea either to wait until the weather is a bit warmer too if hes going to be running around half naked, and I'll have countless pants to dry lol

Its difficult with people in rl telling you how so and so was dry at 1 year etc!

ignore all those people i bet their houses stink of pee!!

dd is 3 at the end of sept and is still in nappies and i really need to puch the potty training but i know how you feel, she has no interest in the potty at all and forget trying to make her wear her big girl pants

think i might leave it until it's warm and she run arund in the garden sans pants

Yeh I think thats what Im going to do lol

I would leave it a while, until we're both really ready. Happy birthing.

My ds (just 2) is at exactly this stage. I don't think he's quite ready so am happy at the moment just to praise him when he lets me know he's done something, to talk casually about the potty so that he knows it's there and what it's for, and that's about it.

If you have a new baby coming, tbh I'd leave it completely alone for a good few months until she's got used to the new set up.

He, sorry.

Wait, really.

DS had a potty, very rarely sat on it. Then at around 2.7/2.8 started wanting to sit on it never actually did anything, but seemed to like the concept. Then at around 2.9 started actually asking to sit on it and going, so after a couple of weeks we took him out of nappies. He had one accident a day tops for a couple of weeks (almost all in the evenings when he was getting tired) and was dry at night as well within a month or so. It was all very painless. Granted we were lucky (especially with the dry at night thing, which has been a definite bonus) but it did seem a very common pattern among his friends to be uninterested in the potty, then want to sit on it at random, then to start being more productive. I think the peer pressure of having lots of friends who were potty trained may have been a motivating factor for him.

I think you will know when he's ready. And you'll spend a lot less time cleaning up wee.

DS is doing this too. When we're getting his ready for bed he says "i need to wee in the potty". For a while he would and got stickers & rewards for it. NOw he just runs into the middle room , gets his fireman's hat on and does the "winky dance" (jumping up and down in the nuddy so his winky bounces up and down)

I would leave it for now. I have a DS (2.0 years) and am going into hospital to have no. 2 this week. I am not even going to consider potty training DS until about June, then I'll have a think about whether he is really ready. All I have done towards it is just little things like to let him watch me and DH when we have a wee and tell him "wee wee" so he has learnt this now.

I would just ignore other people - all kids are different and you know your own child best.

To be honest i think everyone gets completely overwhelmed with this potty training thing, you have far greater things to worry about at the moment ie. new baby don't put more stress on yourself or your DS. I don't have many friends so can't talk from experience or from what friends say, but i think that getting your ds to bond and accept new baby is far more important than potty training! People will tell you their kids were brilliant - in reality these people are not telling the complete truth. My dh tells me that both his kids from a previous relationship were both dry by 2, speak to his mum and she tells me it was nearer three. Anyway, i think i'm rambling now, let ds do it in his own time and it will be far easier. My ds is 2.2 to begin with he gave me the toilet paper when i had been to the bathroom, then he wanted to sit on it and pass me the toilet paper, now we have progressed to him doing poo's on the toilet and wee's in the nappy - thats fine - i'm in no rush for him to grow up. Anyway good luck with the new baby

Lovely, thanks all loads for the advice!