Potty training boot camp, anyone want to join me starting tomorrow???

[notevenamousie]

DD is 2.6
We've introduced pull ups, the potty, the toilet-with-a-thomas-seat-on.
Tomorrow I am starting no nappies. Bare bottom.

I take it this means I can't go out??
And if so, who else is going through it that would like to join in a thread with me???

Have had a full morning with NO accidents... even managed a walk to the shop and back. Not getting too full of myself though, it could still go horribly wrong!

Two wees at nursery.
Dry at home with wee and poo in potty.

I gave her the rest of the bag of buttons. I think I'm calling it a success

Sounds like a good day all round and certainly deserving of lots of chocolate buttons !

Ds only had one accident in nursery today, cue much excitement and an ice lolly in the garden at tea-time. Let hope tomorrow is as successful.

A good tip passed on to me is to put one of those maternity mats (designed for waters breaking, I bought some in Boots) on the car seat in case of accidents, especially if they fall asleep. MUCH more absorbent than a towel and less bulky.

Can I join??

DD is just 2 so may be a bit young, but has shown quite a bit of interest in the potty over the past few weeks, asking for it a few times and has managed some poos and wees in it (with loads of praise from us afterwards ) so as it's summer, and as I only work Monday & Tuesday so we now have a few days clear ahead of us thought I would give it a go starting tomorrow!

Have bought her some pretty pants last week while on holiday and the plan is that when she gets up tomorrow it's nappy off, pants on! Hopefully we can have some time out in the garden so accidents won't be quite as serious, and I'm not planning any trips out for a few days. Will see how it goes and then decide at the weekend whether it's looking promising or if she's not really ready.

Wish me luck and I'd appreciate any tips!

How did today go, JQOTS?
My dd went through a phase of being very keen on the potty at a similar sort of age to yours - I ignored it as too early but maybe it would have been better as she was a lot less argumentative then!

How is everyone else?

DD managed 3 wees at nursery but pullup was wet a couple of times so they have said to hold fire on pants as yet. If I could keep her at home maybe she could.

Hope that today went well Jammy .

We had a poor day. Ds was playing outside most of the day and couldn't be persuaded to break off his digging in the mud for the potty. He then messed dh around after tea (I want my potty, no I don't , etc.) and did a huge wee on the carpet right next to his potty - argghhh!

Not sure whether we're making progress or not as he's still not asking to use the potty, we're just 'catching' some whe he can be persuaded to sit.

Ho-hum, hope others had a better day.

Well it wasn't a bad start. All morning I would suggest to her that she should try sitting on the potty about every half hour or so. Most of the time she refused, but twice she agreed and did a wee and a poo both times But in the afternoon we weren't so lucky and twice she had a wee just a few minutes after either staunchly refusing to sit, or after sitting but doing nothing. So end result of day 1 = 2 potty loads and 2 puddles to clear up and some pants to add to the wash, but no nappies, as the one I put on her for afternoon nap remained dry.

Will try more of the same tomorrow, and hope that she might start recognising the need to wee a bit better soon.

Hi all,
Hope you are all having OK days to day. I'm not finding this very easy at all and it's good to have some company!
On Tuesday he wore pants to nursery which actually went quite well. I sent 6 changes and he only came back with 2 soggy bags and had done 2 wees in the potty - hurray. This was his first full day of pants. Anyway yesterday didn't go so well as when we were out he did a wee in his pants and then a poo! Yuk those pants went in the bin! At least he managed a tiny wee in the potty a bit later. The rest of the day was a bit of a blur as he had a massive tantrum after his afternoon nap which made we panic about whether i'm forcing him too much over potty training (and lots of other neurotic Mum type stuff!)
Anyway this morning the pants are on again. We've had one rush to the potty when the wee started in the living room. However the last wee in the potty was because he said he needed one so that's a bit of progress.
Reflecting on our pants on trip out yesterday, I've realised I'm going to have to get better at persuading/bribing him to go on the potty when we go out. Oh joy!

Count me in on the neurotic Mum stuff. My dd was a terror last night. That's a horrible thing to say, but it's true. She through all her dinner on the floor, a proper kicking and screaming tantrum, etc. She has also destroyed 2 books which is not like her. I think something new does just upset their little systems.

DD went 3 times at nursery yesterday so I sent her in knickers today. She went to the potty before we went out and got to nursery dry. I think they would prefer she was in pullups - if she wets, they're going to put her in one. We'll see.

She still won't go in the toilet though - so what do I do for days out??

We're in the house today and I'm trying to make an effort to persuade him on the potty more often. This is after he managed to wee on my pants and trousers while he was sitting on my lap an hour ago! However twice he has said he needed a wee and we got to the potty in time which is good.

notevenamouse - I haven't really tried the toilet either. I've got one of those travel potty potette things. The good thing about the pottete is that the wee goes into a little bag with an absorbent pad thing. If we are going outside to the park or something I also take the normal potty in the car.

We're in the house today and I'm trying to make an effort to persuade him on the potty more often. This is after he managed to wee on my pants and trousers while he was sitting on my lap an hour ago! However twice he has said he needed a wee and we got to the potty in time which is good.

notevenamousie - I haven't really tried the toilet either. I've got one of those travel potty potette things. The good thing about the pottete is that the wee goes into a little bag with an absorbent pad thing. If we are going outside to the park or something I also take the normal potty in the car.

I'll try and get a pottette on Saturday, peanutpie, thank you. Can I take one on a plane??

Dry all day in "big girl pants" and a "pink nice cream" to celebrate tonight. Hmm, sickeningly proud mummy. I've even e-mailed my ex to tell him!

I've also got a Pottette for when we brave life outside in pants .

I chickened out and put ds in a pull-up this morning as we were out and about, but I've decided that I'm going to stop them altogether and just deal with the wee. We had a dry afternoon and I'm becoming more convinced that ds is using the potty as a battleground for control. I changed from 'would you like to use the potty' to 'I want you to sit on the potty for 2 minutes and have a try, after that you can go and play again' so that he doesn't think that it's interfering with his play. It seemed to work and he had a lot more 'goes' on the potty.

The tantrums seem to go hand-in-hand, I suppose that any big change is going to lead to some emotional wobbles .

My mum was reminding me that in the 70's she couldn't take any of us to playgroup (at 2.5) unless we were completely toilet trained. And ds thinks that this is boot-camp !

Well we had 2 wees and a poo in the potty and 3 wees not in the potty, plus a slightly damp nappy during her afternoon nap (when I get a waterproof cover for the cot matress I will brave nappyless naps, but until then...). Mostly she is using the potty at my instigation still (and I also swapped from saying would you like to sit on the potty to I want you to sit on the potty), but she did get it of her own accord a couple of times today, although nothing happened when she did sit. We have a quick trip out tomorrow morning, and I will probably chicken out and put a nappy on her again and then it'll be home for more of the same.

Hi,

Can I join in please?

Today I have decided to "go for it" with my DD2. Typical it is pooring with rain so no outdoor fun today.

Have taken off her nappy and tried to get her to wear her "big girl" knickers but she just takes them off and asks for her nappy.

You would think with 2 older children I might have some idea of what I am doing but as they are alot older I have forgotten

We have a potty upstairs and downstairs and she has been sitting on it on and off for a couple of weeks now but nothing.

Any tips would be great

Hi AFP (great name btw!) - I went for the "naked baby" approach before knickers - and within a few days, we are into big girl pants. Could you try that since your housebound? (or pop over to mine - it's sunny here!!)

I have a potette and liners. Will try it for the trip on the steam train on saturday and then the flying over to see daddy (gulp) on sunday. eek.

How good is the potette? Where did you get yours? Would you recommend?

She has just had her first wee on the carpet but we managed to catch a little bit in the potty so sticker given and chocolate button.

We will see when we are out all day.. She can manage a trip to the shops and just hang on til at home. But will be out oall day on sat and sun so my verdict will not be in til then!

Will wait to hear then

Hope you have a nice day out

Hello everyone - can I join in too? Jammy, I'm in the same position as you, dd1 is just two, but we've had quite a bit of success with the potty lately so I thought we might as well try going nappy-less while the weather makes it so easy to get things dry (and we're spending so much time outside anyway). She's good about sitting on the potty, & very pleased when she does manage to wee/poo in it, but she doesn't anticipate needing to go at all. So I am wondering whether I'm doing the right thing or not - would it be better to wait until she does know when she needs to wee, or could you argue that by putting her in big girls' pants & not minding about the accidents she will learn to anticipate quicker than she might otherwise? What do people think? She does love her new pants, it's ever so sweet! She likes to go and admire herself in the mirror in them.

I got my Pottette from Boots although I'm sure that if I'd been organised I might have got it cheaper online.

Ds wore pants to Grandma's today and unusually had a day of sitting on the potty for seconds and then weeing/pooing in his pants minutes later. I'm beginning to wonder whether he was playing her up a bit as he's normally very keen to stay on the potty if he can feel something brewing and he was also giggling while telling Grandma what he'd done .

Mind you, with 5 poos today , we weren't likely to catch all of them!

Well we had 100% failure today I decided we would go out for an hour this morning, and put her in a nappy for that and whether that was a bad move I don't know but when we got home and went back to pants we had 3 wee accidents and 1 poo So I don't know whether to just let it go and return to nappy use and try again in a while, or to presevere a bit longer? We have some long car journeys to do in July, so it is tempting to put it off until after then, but then I guess there will be something else... If she'd have "got it" easily now with a couple of weeks to practice before the long car treks it might have been OK, but if she might only just be getting there and then we have to suffer 4 consecutive days of 5-6 hours each day on the road then that doesn't sound like fun with potty stops every X minutes!

Hi everyone.
Jammy - I'd probably give in, not trying to be all negative but just it has seemed for us that because she is ready, it hasn't been that hard. She has used the potty intermittently since 22 months but only now have we managed to conquer it in a matter of days (she is 2.6). Maybe in a couple of months it will be different. What was her reaction to being wet?

funtime your ds was doing so well, what a frustrating day.

snowdrop we had a couple of days bare bottomed and now we are wearing just "big girl knickers" if that helps. DD is also proud of hers, showing them off at unfortunate moments (on the bus, sigh)

AFP how are things going at yours? We also got our pottette from Boots and are going out "on the choo choo train and I can use my blue potty" today (glad we're all straight on that one!) so will let you know if it's worth the £££. It also turns into a portable thing to go on the toilet set so maybe it'll have a fair amount of use.

Everyone else how are you getting on? We had a poo in pants last night but had been dry all day and was too busy playing I think. She is off to her dad for a few days tomorrow, so who knows what'll happen then!

Thanks noteven, and yes we have decided to just go back to nappies for a while and try again properly in a few months. She knew when she was wet and would come and show me, but didn't seem overly bothered to be honest. So while I can see there is some understanding and interest I accept we're not ready yet.

By the way - and this is a silly question - but when people say 2.6 or whatever with regards to age, I presume that means 2 years and 6 months (as opposed to 2 years and 6 tenths of a year)? Sorry but it's the scientist in me getting concerned about use of the decimal point!

hi Can I join? I just started potty training my 2 year old DD. We started yesterday, bought loads of fifi panties which she chose and she did go and do some pees in the potty on her own as well as loads of wet spots everywhere in the house. This morning she woke up and threw potty saying 'no potty!!!!'.....yikes I'm scared.