Am I doing the right thing with this potty training malarky?

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

I'm 38 wks pg, potty training DS (2y 4m) was not top of my list of things to do, and he didn't seem to show any signs.

...until about 10 days ago when he refused to have a new nappy put on after he got up in the morning. After one wee on the floor we suggested the potty and he has been weeing and pooing on it ever since whilst we're at home. I have been putting a nappy on him for his afternoon nap and it is quite often bone dry, but as he will only nap in my bed I'm not taking a chance! I also put a nappy on him when we go out - but yesterday he managed to go three hours when out without wetting the nappy, then did a major wee on the pot as soon as we got home.

Am I doing this right? I am knackered at the mo and can't cope with accidents when out (and the one time he wet pants and trews it really upset him). He is generally in cloth nappies during the day, and seems to be able to tell when he is wet.

Also I don't want to push anything too far when I don't know how he'll react when DC2 turns up. I prefer to take the child-led approach and don't think I have the energy for any 'boot camp' shenanigans atm any way.

Any advice?

Sounds like you and DS are doing well.

these are fab available in green, white, blue and pink, easy to use and compact.

When going out, do wee before and regularly when out and maybe get a few pairs of cloth training pants to catch accident but easy to pull up and down when out.

A good investment if you are in shopping centres is a RADAR key to access the disabled loo which is a god send when you have yourself, a needing a wee toddler and a buggy.

Most shopping centre management offices will sell you one about £5.

Expect some regression when the baby comes but your DS sounds like he knows whats what.

Thanks MatNan - only concern was that I was being a bit inconsistent, so cloth pull-ups might be a good half way house.

Didn't know you could buy RADAR key either, useful to know as our local park has nice accessible loo, but locked with RADAR.

Oh and I do encourage him to have a wee before we go out, but we haven't tackled toilets yet as he seems to be quite attached to the potty.

Pop it under the pram!

TBH he sounds like he's doing great so I'd leave him in undies and just prompt him to water the flowers every hour or so. Probably not the easiest to bend down with a big preggy belly, though.

Sounds like he is doing amazingly. My only word of warning is please don't be shocked if he regresses when the new baby arrives. My SIL went through this a couple of months ago. She hadn't planned to potty train prior to DC2 arriving (her DD was only 2.2), but a couple of weeks before her DD suddenly spontaneously started asking for the potty and was completely trained in about 10 days. Unfortunately about a month after the arrial of DC2 she started having accidents all over the place - clearly attention seeking (and it works brilliantly as an attention device as they get it immediately if they wee on the floor!!). SIL had a nightmare and found herself getting cross as she KNEW DD could do it as she had previously been clean and dry (and SIL was knackered and stressed obviously which didn't help things). In the end after 6 weeks or so of agro and accidents she put DD back into nappies for a month, after which her DD was BEGGING to come out of them again, so it worked out fine in the end. If this happens to you I'd suggest going straight back to nappies for a bit, you're then likely to find that once you take him out of them a bit later he'll be totally ready to go.....