Starting potty training - shall we have a support thread?

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Thought it would be a good idea if we had a support thread for us lovely people starting potty training to share tips etc

I'm on Day 3 of potty training DD2 (2.4yo) so far it's been completely horrendous nothing in the potty so far.

She pees on the floor (sorry am Scottish so a wee is small, pee is wee IYSWIM) and I'll say "DD2 where should that pee pee be" "in the potty Mummy not on the floor" she sits on her potty fine but pee going in potty is not happening for us yet.

Sometimes tough love is the only way, you aren't being cruel just letting them know the rules for this next stage of development/growing up.
They don't love you anyless

Hi. Can I join?

Dd is 2.5 and has been showing signs for a while of being ready, so we've decided to give it a go next week as we're on holiday and figured it would be easier without me being at work

We have started this week with taking nappy off during the day and whisking her off to the loo when she shows signs of needing a wee! There have been a few accidents and a few successes. Dd isn't interested in the potty, preferring to use the toilet.

Any suggestions most welcome!

How has the weekend gone for everybody?

Well, I think it might have gone better if DS didn't have the runs! But even so, we've had more successes than not, so I'm still feeling positive.

Well, I can hardly believe I'm typing this, but we had 100% success today. Obviously, I have now jinxed things for tomorrow but never mind! Day 8 and it's wayhey!!!!! [smug but perplexed emoticon]

Well he has proved he can do it. Keep up them momentum but don't be surprised he he regresses slightly, my ds has slightly to one or two acciodents a day if gets distracted.

Hello, room for one more?!
Reading your threads, hoping someone can pass on some much needed advice whether to continue or try later.
DS 2(2.4 )came down with chickenpox 13 days ago, on about day 3 he got very sore in nappy area so let him go nappy free, leaving a potty out for him (not intending to potty train at the time).
Took to it like a duck to water! Peeing and poos, left potty in one place and he was even coming in from garden to use it. After 3 days had to take DS1 (3.11) to nursery and put pants and trousers for the journey. He stayed dry for the trip, kept the pants and trousers on put he we himself, upset and asking for a wipe!
Kept the pants off and back to using potty again as soon as pants back on he wet himself.
He started back at nursery on Monday, had updated them on potty situation but sadly lots of accidents, same thing again today.
The reason I haven't given up yet is because I'm convinced the bladder control is there, as he only has a wee every 3 hours or so and the last 2 nights his nappy has been bone dry when I have taken it off.
So, to continue, or try again later??
Any advice would be great.On Day 10 now.

And another?

I'm interested to see everones responses harvey as that is the same problem i'm having with DS. We are on day 8 and whilst home today with nothing on the bottom half he was completely dry and clean and able to realise himself he needed to go. However we went out for the grand total of an hour and a half to toddlers group, wet clothes on way there and back. He tells me as soon as he's done it.

Day 12
Nursery suggested that maybe DS should wear just his pants rather than pants and trousers to see if that helps him but he had lots of accidents yesterday. Maybe just too much going on for him.
Still using his potty at home fantastically without any pants.
This morning I changed him out of his nighttime nappy (which was dry again)put some pants on and sat with him asking him if he needed a wee, he kept saying no.As soon as I went to the kitchen to get his stickers to tempt him to wee, guess what......yes gone less than 20 seconds and yes sitting next to the potty he wet himself..
Am sooooo close to giving up for the time being.
Any advice would be ever so greatly welcome right now

i'm playing catch up with you all. Only started today and done quite well - just two accidents. Ds won't do a poo in a his or on toilet though - any ideas (apart from bribery - which hasn't worked) to get him to go.

is it normal to have to put them on the potty every 20 mins (which is what i've been doing)?

Sorry if this has already been covered but not read every entry on this thread.

Hi, can i join. We have been trying for about a month. We have 100% positive some days and 100% no way hosey days!

Today was great. DS likes to remove all clothes to sit upon the throne. We had one miss today. Wednesday last week was the worst - all misses!

Before we started, for several weeks we had talked about the potty. i demonstrated a couple of times (oh the humiliation)!

Then I just took his nappy off one day, then when he peed he looked and said wee. He did this several times - I just said oh, next time do it on the potty, here is the potty. After this he started to sit on the potty, I also encouraged him to shout potty (AKA the story book).

well day two has been easier. ds even told me that he was going to wee and we managed to get to the potty in time and only two misses.

we also managed short car journeys - very proud of ds actually.

Choufleur well done to your DS today and well done you for being brave enough to do the car journey.

blackrock it would have been an interesting sight to see you demonstrating use of the potty I think there must have been something in the water last Wed as we too had a diasterous day to the point where I thought we'd give up and try again in a few months.

We've had a really good few days, yesterday just one accident, of the solid variety but today managed 100% success, even managed to get some clothes on his bottom half today We have another day in tomorrow but lots of friends coming round so the distraction will be a test.

1st day at nursery tomorrow without nappy - have to wait with baited breath to see how that goes. suspect that with lots going on there may be lots of accidents.

A sticker chart is working really well for us. I've drawn loads of stars on a piece of paper and every time he goes on the potty or toilet he gets a sticker in teh point of a star. when the star is full of stickers he gets a treat.

We have had the regression West3!!!! Today was NOT a good day and yet we'd had four days last week when we had 100% or 90% success. I think I and DH had slipped from the 'no attention at all for accidents, much positive attention for successes'. Tomorrow, I shall go back to the old ways and hopefully DS will get the message!

We've had a terrible day too, only about 50% success rate today.

You def get into a false sense of security when they finallly get it. We had a bit of a blip again over weekend but seem to be back on track now. Keep going and get the wine and chocs in anyway.

i'm very happy today (although i wasn't about for most of it as i was at work). DS only had 2 accidents, although 1 was when he took himself to the potty and didn't manage to pull his pants down enough, so he actually did a wee in them, and the other time he just didn't get to the toilet in time.

An update from last week...we had held off training with dd (2.5yo) until we had a weeks holiday so we could give it full attention, and I am pleased to say it's all gone well. We took nappies off her on day 1 and kept asking if she needed a wee and sitting her on the toilet (likes the trainign seat - wont sit on a potty!). Made a big fuss of the first wee and she has asked to sit on the toilet herself ever since!

Sometimes she sits and does nothing & sometimes she wees. We had about 1 accident a day on holiday and she had a completely dry day at nursery on Monday

Pooing was more difficult as she kept asking for her nappy, but on Sun night we were out with no nappies so we just kept taking her back to the loo as she was obv getting more and more needy of the toilet for a poo - and she did it!! A little upset by the sensation I guess, but has done a poo every night since then!

Had 1 accident today while she was on the naughty step , but I'm keeping hopeful that she may be well on her way!

We had a better day today (although no poo's) in and out all day to gym tots, creche and toddler group and no accidents. Although I didn't give him much of a chance to ask to go just got taken there at every opportunity. Dosn't seem to have put him off as he was aksing again tonight.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow

We have now left the Pampers compound. I posted earlier on this thread but don't get scared if you do the sums and work out that it took us nearly 3 months. DS1 - 4 years and 3 months is on the autistic spectrum. What a relief. DS2 is NT so I am looking forward to the easy version of the program!

I have to resurrect this thread because I can finally report a consistent success story. After many many not-really-accidents (DS is 3 and has a will of iron!) DS will now reliably ask to go for a wee/poo. He will wee/poo on any loo or potty that's available.

How did the transformation occur, you may ask??? Well, after a fairly disastrous trip out, resulting in the poor lad coming home minus pants or trousers or even socks, with a travel changing mat over the car seat, I told him that I had realised that his accidents were only extra washing and not worth getting upset about. So I would no longer be getting cross if he didn't poo or wee in the approved places and that (this bit is crucial!) there would be no more shouty stroppy mummy, no more attention for accidents and therefore no more entertainment! - just a quick change and that would be it. REsult: 1 accident in a week, which was because he couldn't get into the house to the loo!

Thank you MN!!!!

I'm joining in, DS is 3 1/4 and for the past 3 months he has been happily going to the toilet or using th epotty reasoanbly frequently (usuualy once a day). He goes at home or at nursery or even when we are out. I put him in pullup disposables so he could start to do the pull down pants on his own about 2 months ago.

In the past 3 weeks or so we've got to unpromted using of potty, ie i took his nappy off and cos his bum was a bit sore I let him run round for 5 mins while I got a clena nappy out. He went and found his potty and did wee and poo in it, then brought it to me to show me, tipped it down the loo and washed the potty out!

SO on saturday I went into town and bought several packs of bob the builder pants. I put him in pants and explained that he needed to use the potty if he wanted a wee so he didn't get bob or scoop all wet.

I've continued reminding him about potty/toilet about 4-6 times a day and if he has an accident in his pants I pop him back in a pull up until the next nappy change.

So far he has wet every pair of pants we've put on him, he just doesn't seem to notice before he goes.

the other thing is that I counted how often he wees, the afternoon between 2.30 and 4.30pm he had 4 wees! He seems to wee every hr if not more often.

However every time I took him to the toilet or potty and sat him down he was quite happy to go and did a wee on it.

Feeling very discouraged tbh, Dh thinks I'm being thick and should just wait. But DS is due up into preschool in september and needs to be nappy trained by then, plus he's 3 1/4, shouldn't he be old enough by now to start?

Halia what would happen if you replaced wet pants with more pants instead of a pull up?