Might DS2 (3.2) be ready now?

[lingle]

It's a bit hard to tell with DS2 because he's a very late talker and doesn't understand language as well as a typical child his age - more like what a child a year younger would understand. We tried for a day around his third birthday but in all honestly DH and I weren't committed. We got bored and gave up.

This is where he is:

• nappy is often dry when I or nursery change it. nursery have dropped hints re training.

• v. interested in toilet atm. especially flushing it!

• this morning he was in bed with me. I said "mummy go do wee wee toilet" and he followed me, sat on the other "toilet" (ie the potty) and said "DS2 wee wee". He had his nappy on. So I think I'd be able to explain what I want him to do now.

• getting closer to dressing/undressing himself. Can pull up trousers though they get stuck on the nappy at the back!

• would be excited if he did crack it, I think.

Do you think I should try next weekend?

In my opinion he is ready, but you might need more than a weekend, actually you probably need quite a bit longer then that. Every child is different, and you will have the ones who potty train in three days, but in my experience (and my friends'), after three days they start to get the idea and it takes about a week to have some level of reliability - with many accidents to follow. Do you talk to him about it? The week before I started to take DS1's nappy off I was talking to him all the time about it. Reading books like Dinosaurs love Underpants and other books about knickers and potties. We did drawings of wee and poo and potties, and he came to the loo with me and/or husband all the time. I let him look in the loo and flush the poo away and wave goodbye to it. I used quite a few chocolate buttons to start with but many people dissagree with that. I let him choose his knickers at the shop. We invented songs about knickers stay dry-dry-dry, etc etc. It can be hard work to start with, but I'm sure it will be fine.

Thank you Blueberry.

hi lingle, I've flukily clicked on your thread! I think you should go for it with your ds. Definitely. Take his nappy off for an afternoon this weekend and watch him like a hawk, whisking him off to the toilet or potty at the slightest sign. And use bribery to keep him there, raisins and chocolate buttons plus lots of books worked for us.
After a couple of days ds just started taking himself. We are now 2 months without a single accident, including travelling the whole way from Yorkshire to the south west last weekend in pants. He's even dry at night. I would have never believed it 3 months ago.
go for it and keep me posted!! And use the nursery staff to help, they will have done it hundreds of times before. They set up a timer at ds' preschool to take him every 20 minutes, after the first week he was fine. I honestly don't even think about it anymore.

BTW, we visit York and Halifax when up north!

oh, and we found boxer shorts were better for ds to begin with, he found tighter pants too nappy like and just soaked them. He realised boxers were a different matter, and stayed dry in them for some reason. We're back in tighter pants now so it was just getting him through the first stage.

well I'll try........

I'm between York and Halifax so let me know when you're next up if you'd like to meet.

I'd try. I managed to successfully train my DS at 2.6/2.7 and his language is a few months behind. Needed 3 weeks to crack it.

Oh, and I eBayed all DS's trousers that didn't have elasticated waists so the only ones remaining go up and down easily.