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DS 2.6 months - keen to wear pants - DC no 2 due in 3 weeks - any tips please if I explain where we're up to ?

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herbgarden · 12/01/2009 20:50

DS is 2.6 months. He's had a potty for about 6 months in the bathroom and would do a wee if he had no clothes on upstairs in the morning or before bathtime in the evening.

He goes to nursery 2 days a week where in his group lots of them are going through potty training so he's really keen now to wear his "big boy pants". I bought several packets of pants the other day and he wears them there. He's also moved to pull ups as I'm finding being so heavily pg that it's easier to whip the pull ups off him and let him step in a new one than doing the whole nappy thing.

Last week as it was so cold we were home a bit more so we had a day in pants. He asked for a wee several times and did them on the potty which we had in the lounge. He will not however do a poo in his potty and did a poo in his pants and was then really upset about it - I didn't make a fuss and said we would try again with a poo later but he must tell mummy if he needed a poo and I'd help him. He was able to pull his own pants down and back up again.

So, my dilemma is that he's a regular pooer but I'm reluctant to go out at the moment (right at end of pgnancy when it's hard enough) with pants on and have to deal with a poo accident whilst we're out (or any I suppose)....

Should I shelve this (but don't want to put him off as he seems keen and is doing pretty well) or should I persevere and stop being such a wuss pregnant or not !? I feel that I'm being the one holding back his progress and with a bit of encouragement he'd crack it. He knows when he needs a wee or a poo although he is a "hider" when pooing - he'll disappear under the table or behind a curtain.

The arrival of the new baby might regress things anyway although if we're all at home a bit more it might be easier to do.

Sorry all such a ramble....

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curlygal · 12/01/2009 23:38

Personally I wouldn;t shelve it as he is ready and in my (limited) experience sucessful potty training is all about timing!

DS was around that age and had a similar pattern - he showed interest in pants, had a couple of accidents then was fine.

Touch wood I never had to deal with a poo related accident and come to think of it not sure if a wee related one either outside of the house.

If he is quite regular then you should be able to predict the poos to some extent.

I can still remember the first trip DS and I made sans nappy. We went to the park and for a coffee and were far from home and the potty and I was very apprehensive as we were only on day one or two but it was fine - he calmly went to the loo in starbucks. (unfortunately a year late he regressed but that is another story)

As I only have one DS perhaps I have no idea what I am talking about so hopefully a more experienced mum will come along to advise you soon

Good luck!

slushymummy · 13/01/2009 00:04

Bumping with interest as have DD1 2.5 who is at a v similar stage to your DS. I also have DD2 20wks and am putting off going out nappy-less as dread accident occurring. I worry I'm leaving things really late and discouraging her, but ?????? what to do for everyone's best ??
Sorry no pearls of wisdom but plenty of empathy !

herbgarden · 13/01/2009 16:54

Bump for both of us slushymummy ! I've just bought two more packets of pants today so he now has a months worth - we are not going very far in the next few days so maybe we'll have a crack at it and see how we get on. If we don't try then we don't know !

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Jic · 13/01/2009 17:07

Hi, my advice would be just to go for it- that is, ditch nappies and pull ups except for sleep times and deal with some accidents now. IME any sort of nappy confuses them when training. Nappies should be for sleep times only until you want to train at night. Just put pants on, take a deep breath, tell dc you are a big boy/girl now and you need to use the potty when you want a wee or poo and of course there will be accidents as they grasp what is expected of them but they will get the idea a LOT easier if left to be in pants and not being swapped between the two. Better to deal with a few accidents now than being months down the line and still having them. I stayed in for about a week with DD and by about day four she was regularly telling me she needed to go. It really does click into place if you are consistent. Just stick to it and you'll see results. I was so dying to put DD back in nappies on day two, I was going crazy with the accidents but I'm so glad I didn't because I really think it helped to get her trained. Good luck to both of you!!!

fishie · 13/01/2009 17:11

similarly to curlygirl, i found it easier away from home, ds more likely to notice need to go. we made sure to go to places with loos, library that sort of thing. i was amazed actually, it was all done in a few days, i had to do almost nothing.

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