the cod starteth tomorrow

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we've had jute in the sitting room for five years (it came with the house) it is lovely and hard wearing. Agree its scrachy but we have lots of rugs.

Carpet a nightmare here as lots of 'outdoor living' so mud constantly tracked in

Day 2 for me and dd - only 4 puddles so far today and one wee in the potty (6 puddles yesterday, but a good poo in the potty earned her a chocolate button).

I hate these people who tell me it took a couple of hours for their kid to get the hang of it.

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thought so! this is a big job, as they say in Scotland

two wees in potty -
fed him lots of juice, then 15 mins later imobilised on potty in front of video till something came out (both juice and video very unusual, I am mean mummy).

Feels like cheating, but needed something to be proud of round here

We've had 2 poos in pants, and one pair of wet pants today. Suspect we got a bit complacent when he got good at taking himself to the potty, and forgot to remind him regularly. Also suspect that he wouldn't have done a poo on the potty anyway.

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Ds3 has had one wee in potty and one messy poo in pants which took me ages to clean up. Thanks ds3!

He has a choccie button for every success but he does something I have never seen any of my others do with it: he carries it around like a trophy, shouting Chocolate button! Chocolate button! and only licking it very slowly. Naturally, it goes everywhere: all over face, hands and whatever he touches. The one he earned today, I had to say in the end, eat it quick or daddy will have it, before he would put it fully in his mouth!

Soft Froggie, I meant to say, that little wee followed by a big one is very common. I would advise that if you can get him to do a little wee, then keep him on the potty for another few minutes as more wee is likely to follow. After a bit, they wee the full amount all in one go.

right

so if I was you coddy I would give up now

not a criticism, just a sad reflection of why dd2 is still not 'done'.

will you battle on?

Course she will!

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really? You could be right. It just seems so pointless to keep slogging away when they don't get it.

how long does it take? I find the whole process ghastly.

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I reckon on about 2/3 weeks, what do you think Cod? I can't understand people who say it takes six months (famous last words I fear!)

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hmmm flashing nose, my dss are 4 yrs apart (with dd in between) but even so I sometimes find ds2's plain pants in ds1's drawer....
DS2's pants tend to have Bob/bill and ben/spacemen on tho; ds1 demands plain pants for school as he is a big boy now.
cod that's crap about nursery, 3 wet shorts they can't have bothered.
wee in bushes every time (ds2 did a wee in an office doorway today, about 10secd before a chap cam out for a fag!), much easier with boys than girls tho....

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god knows what it is about boys and poos but the memory of training ds is still fresh in my mind a year later!

(I eventually went to somewhere like Primark and bought packets of pants, like loads and loads, so everytime he pooed in them, I just threw them away to avoid all the messy clearing up. Life is too short to keep cleaning out pooey underpants!)

of those of you taking off dry nappies in the morning.

The only dry night-time nappy we've had was the one he took off before going to sleep and wetting the bed!

But dd is 4 and only just out of nappies at night, so I'm not really that bothered, I suppose.