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Am I potty training correctly?

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Shoegazer · 07/04/2008 09:07

I posted a thread a couple of weeks ago about whether my daughter is ready to potty train at 21 months and the general answer was that I should give it a go, so I was planning to do so after our holiday at the end of this month. Well DD has other ideas! She woke up on saturday morning and refused point blank to wear nappies, insisting that she wear knickers. I didn't want to discourage her from wanting to wear knickers, but I am abit unprepared! We flew by the seat of our pants over the weekend literally! I let her wear knickers all weekend even though we needed to go out a couple of times, and she had lots of accidents. She is happy to sit on the potty but we have not managed a wee or poo in it yet, even though she can ask for the potty and also sit on it quite happily for periods of time. I feel like she is ready, but I think I'm the one who is doing it all wrong.

Do I follow her lead and go for the wearing knickers and just take potty and lots of changes of clothes with me and see how she goes? Or am I going to stuff up all my chances of potty training in the future if I do this? Help!

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CarrieR · 07/04/2008 14:20

Hi,
I have potty trained my daughter over the last couple of weeks. Had a week in knickers (with training pants over the top to go out) before we had success at weeing on the potty.
Nothing had worked, she was not fussed at getting sweets if she wee'd. She would sit on the potty but not wee on it.

Nursery suggested a treasure box with small gifts in, I put in stickers, finger puppets, chocolate covered coins cheap pocket money toys from Tescos. The box (an old shoe box) is kept tied up with a ribbon and she could look in it if she did a wee on the potty. As soon as the box came out she was off weeing on the potty.!!

I stuck it out for a week with her in pants. We had a few accidents but not one since the treasure box was started. She was a bit grumpy with me and defiant but after a week and the incentive of the box it all clicked.

I don't think there is a right way to do it. My DD is 2.6 months before she trained.

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Shoegazer · 07/04/2008 16:12

Thanks CarrieR, I like the sound of the treasure box, I'm going to have to try that one with her, I can see my DD really getting excited as she has just got the idea of treats recently.

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CarrieR · 07/04/2008 18:00

Hope it goes well Shoegazer.
I was so glad it worked, DD had been holding in wee all day until she was bursting and crying she was so uncomfortable!

A week later she doesn't ask for the box and I'm not getting it out unless she asks for it.

Please post how you get on.

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newshmoo · 08/04/2008 01:11

That is a great idea, think I'll try that out on my DS whhos 3.

IdentityFraud · 08/04/2008 01:32

I think knickers and training pants can confuse the issue for kids and give them a false sense of security - why not take advantage of the improving weather and let your DD have some nappy-free time with a T-shirt on and a potty near by?

IdentityFraud · 08/04/2008 01:33

Expect a few misses, a 'eureka' moment, followed by... some more misses.

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Shoegazer · 08/04/2008 11:36

OK, well I took her shopping yesterday afternoon to choose some things for a treasure box and what did she choose? Stickers - lots and lots of stickers. So I made her a little treasure box last night, filled it with the stickers, made her a chart to put them on and this morning told her that when she did a wee or poo on the potty/went to the potty to try for a weeor poo she would get a sticker from the box. I'm also staying in for a couple of days and giving her bare bum with potty nearby. We had our first wee on the potty this morning (after THREE hours of waiting for one and me plying her with drinks - I think she must be a camel!)and she immediately asked for a sticker so this may just work! Thank you!

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CarrieR · 08/04/2008 18:26

Sounds like you are doing great.
Give it a few days and I am sure she'll be weeing like an expert.

My DD is fine at weeing on the potty we just need to get pooing cracked.

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Shoegazer · 08/04/2008 21:50

Thanks CarrieR, this has really helped - 2 more wees on the potty although she needed abit of help getting there in time. She keeps making Pingu "wee" in the potty and then asking for his sticker though hmmm.....I think she is trying it on

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uttertripe · 08/04/2008 21:57

this prob isnt helpful at all, but reading this, it strikes me that one of the advantages to have 3 kids so close in age you dont have time to scratch your arse fret about these things and it just sort of happens without you thinking much about it at all. 'mazin.

see, it can be argued that theres method in my madness afterall.... who knew?

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Shoegazer · 09/04/2008 10:49

Well DD won't be having any siblings so I can't see your method working for us, lol. Besides I'd swop the pregnancy, labour, birth, lack of sleep, nappy changing and exhaustion required for 3 children close together for abit of scratching my arse about potty training, but I can see your point

Also I'm the kind of girl who procrastinates over EVERYTHING and enjoys doing it so I guess that in your situation I'd be the same as I am with one with three and probably half dead with it!

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