DD 23mth wont keep her nappy on...

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She takes it off at every opportunity, she loves walking around without it on. In fact prefers naked completely.

In the morning, we mostly find her asleep with no nappy one, cute, but often in wee! She takes her trousers and nappy off at least 4 times a day. Often as soon as a nappy is put on her, its taken off again with glee.

She cannot hold her wee yet at all, but is aware of when she goes. She likes to watch it. She sits on the potty and knows what its for. She is becoming aware of when she is taking a poo, if she has no nappy on, asks for one when she needs to poo if she has taken it off (good for me as it means no poo on the floor!)

So what I want to know is, what is the next step? Is she ready for potty training? I thought it was a bit early, so we have not done anything apart from get her a potty.

Or, should we just ignore it for now, and make sure we put body suits on her that she cant undo?

Its costing a fortune in nappies, and she pees everywhere like a cat in season!
(our floors are cleaner than ever before though, as I am having to clean up her wee after her!)

I would really quite like her to be potty trained, as its lovely to see her running around naked and free from restriction

Well, I have taken a look at some wesbites and it seems DD is ready in theory for potty training. But I dont want to rush it.

I wont do it now anyway, she has been ill. But, I was expecting to do it at like 2.5 or so!

No one seems to be talking to me recently I have done a few threads about this and that.

hello!
i'd potty train!
good luck!

Thanks Romy

Oh, now I better go and find out how!

People regularly don't talk to me either, don't take it personally.

I'd have a go at potty training if she's naked most of the time anyhow and your already clearing up loads of wee's it can't be any worse. My DD was trained at 18 months and my DS is 90-95% there at 22 months so it's not too early just depends on her understanding of the potties use.

Let her see you go to the toilet, lots of talking about what your doing, and even let them see the end result and watch it being flushed (nice) then talk about her wee andeach time u mop it up let her know it should really be in the potty, have a potty accessable in the room your in and once shes started going in it keep it in the same place. Oh and finally chocolate buttons as bribery.

Good luck

i'd deffo give it a go. and if it doesn't take, you could try pull-ups, that's what we did when dd went through her naturist phase.

I was just about to post the same thing. Think ill start his potty training too then.

Aitch - tried pull ups, but when DD does a poo, its not pleasant taking them off!

I have one very big fear. We lose socks. All the time. Clothing is always getting lost in our pit of a house.

What if we cant find pants? I had not even thought about pants !

Should I buy her some, just get her wearing them over nappies to get her used to them?

Denny - I sorted of posted that bit about being ignored to bump it! I am being ignored, but I am not that bothered, Just meant another thread would ave disappeared

She understands the going to the toilet, likes to be put onto the toilet and goes 'psssssss, finished'! And then wants to wipe herself. She loves watching, and flushing the loo while I am on it!

I guess I just did not realise quite how ready she is until I have been posting.

Smallships - we can support each other

you know you rip them down the side, btw? it's the same as taking a nappy off.

i'd give the potty training a go anyway. throw your personal ethics to one side briefly and buy the cheapest pants in the world, cos when they poo in the pants it really ain't pretty and you can just throw them in the bin.

no i didnt. OH, is that what that tag is for I am so dumn!!!! I always thought it was awkward, thats why!
I shall buy some!

you twit!. yes, they rip right down the sides, they'd be a freaking nightmare if they didn't.

but i'd give her lots of time on the potty too, she sounds very amenable. we didn't refer to the pull-ups as anything other than nappies, iykwim? i think that they'd confuse the issue, and i'm sure that's what the cunning manufacturers want.

actually, lol, have just remembered that dh had to point that out to me. i thought he was just being clumsy and tearing it, as he was wont to do with the normal nappies.

Aitch - it was a bloody nightmare, so we stopped using them ! I told DH and he is rather sheepish about it too now!

We tried them originally as she kept taking nappy off. DH just bought new lot of nappies so when these are finished, we will get some pull-ups.

She loves the potty. She used to use it for putting her bears to bed. I am thinking she was not ready then! But now she likes to put her bears on to go to the toilet, so I think that in terms of understanding she is there, just need the physical ability.

We did not do anything yesterday as she has been poorly, but today I will get it out for her to sit on when I change her nappy.

DH said that there is a pattern in her taking her nappy off and I think I agree - its when she has done a wee. Does not like wet nappies.

Oh I am quite excited