out and about with a potty- tell me how to.

[UniS]

So how have you managed to get out and about with a just 2 year old whos just started not wearing nappies but doesn;t get much warning or speak very clearly.
I'm expecting to be at home for a week or so but what happens when we start going out again.
Didn;t intend to "train" this young but hes done it himself,whilst bare bummed at home to clear up nappy rash. Today was his 1st day wearing shorts and he stayed dry all day.

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You can get little portable potties - I think Tommy Tippee do one - which are easier to carry around & good for piece of mind. Otherwise, I remember being surprised that getting out was as easy as it was. But of course, don't forget to take change of clothing & bags to put dirty stuff in.

I think you'll be amazed at the progress you can make in the week at home, but don't expect too much. I reckon it took ds 3 months to be completely accident free and he started much later.

ds1 now 22 months potty trained at 20 months - we used to go out with a wet bag (for wet clothes) and he carried a little rucksac with 2 pairs of trousers, 4 pairs of pants (because the slightest dribble and he'd refuse to wear then ) pair of socks and spare top (in case we had a rushed moment and he didn't push his willy down - it only happened once but I put it in just in case it happened again!) ie plently of changes because its cold at mo, we have a tommee tippee potty which is great although most of the time he wants to stand and wee (yes I have to hold his willy for him - I blame his dad for that one) I also sat him on plastic bag and towel in car seat and push chair till I was confident he was reliable as they would have been a pain to clean, he also sleeps on a towel at nap time although hasn't had an accident yet

I tend to do potty before we leave, and straight to toilet when we arrive somewhere - to start with I had potty on hand and got used to just whipping it out at any moment (honestly it seems embassing but less so than full trouser change when they have an accident) now we can make it to the toilet in time.

hth and good luck x

My DD won't wee on the portable folding potty as it has paper in! I take her little red potty out with me and a bag with nappy sacks, wipes and cheap 15p tescos sanitary towels cut in half to soak up the wee if we are not near a toilet to tip it in. Seems to be working okay, she is an expert at weeing car parks.

As I have boys- an empty plastic bottle anything will do (preferably not clear though )

Put willy into bottle and wee! Handily the lid keeps it all in and can easily be disposed of without any raised eyebrow.

Ds1 didn't use a potty in the house, he had a potty chair so hated the potty when we were out and about. Bottle was easier.

Thanks for the sani towel tip,hadn't thought of that, could try nappy boosters ( cloth user). LOL at bottle. not sure he'll go for that, he likes his comfy potty. Maybe when hes a bit bigger.

I took our normal potty out with us for a while as ds1 wouldn't use the portable one. We put a folded flat terry nappy in it then just threw it in with the rest of the nappies when we got home (ds2 was in nappies). TBH if we did toilet just before leaving the house and asked him after a while if he needed the toilet and took him whether he said yes or no, we didn't need to get the potty out.
Good luck and don't panic if the regression sets in in a few months!

Pull ups?

pottette (from mother care) brilliant. Fold flat but you can whip it out in a second.

Carry lots of spare pants/trews/socks in another bag.

Like insywinsy I took a bag of clothes and I just told ds that he had to use a big boy toilet when out and about. I would just lift him on and hold him

Maybe I was jut lucky but he didnt seem to bother about using a normal toilet and seemed to have a positive effect at home. Within a few weeks he was using the big toilet no problem

Good luck

don't see much point in pull ups. but then I am a cloth nappy user. friends boy is in pull ups and treats them just like a nappy coz they feel like one. So far boy is going comando with easy up/down shorts.
I may use pull ups when we fly on holiday tho! didn't expect to be doing that with a 2 yr old in pants and during take off and landing potty use is NOT possible.

IMO pull ups were invented by the disposable nappy companies to keep you buying their products longer.
Everyone I know who uses them seems to take a lot longer over potty training than the ones who go cold turkey pants only.

I think ds2 is getting ready to potty train, he will be 2 in May while we are on hols, so we're waiting till after the hol so that we don't confuse him by putting him in nappies or pull ups for the journey or trips out.
Going cold turkey straight into pants worked with ds1 who was fine after a couple of days.

A lot of people will say that they need to be in nappies at night for a year or so after being dry daytimes. We found that a couple of weeks after he was dry in the day, ds1 woke up with a dry nappy. Another couple of weeks later he would wet at night but not in the day. So we just stopped the night nappies. Had wet beds for a couple of weeks then he was dry at night too. So I think if you put a child in nappy they will wet it, if they are in pants they know they have to go to the loo.

Watch out for me posting requests for help to get ds2 dry when he's about 5......

I had a Toodle-loo (dreadful name). Worked quite well, and much less bulky to carry around than a potty. But does rely on you being able to get to a toilet in time.