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Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

how to get them to go on their own?

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fairimum · 26/10/2010 10:34

After a failed attempt on August we started potty training on Sat (plan was today but she decided she was doing it on Sat morning!) - anyhow we had to go out on Sunday to MIL, which was ok as she refused to drink much, did have a poo accident though as kept saying was 'too busy' to go - my fault as should have taken her! and a wee accident before came home. Yesterday had to be out in the car most of the day, had one accident in the car when dropped OH at interview and she had major screaming fit = accident. After that went fine on travel potty, then had another accident when in john lewis having lunch, had taken her before we sat down but was being very stroppy and refused to sit on toilet or potty. So today no accidents so far - shouted poo and to be honest if I hadn't been so quick it would have been too late as it was already coming but got that in the potty. No wee accidents yet - but I am getting her to sit there every 1.5-2 hours and the she goes...

How do I get her going on her own as me asking her all the time jsut results in a stroppy 'no mumm too busy playing' and think me asking now jsut gets an automatic no - if i insist she sits there then all out screaming - so far has been bribes - 'will get a snack if you have a try on the potty/ will put peppa pig on if you have a try on the potty' etc

do i just leave her now to have accidents and work it out or do I keep taking her? Just worried she will get reliant on me taking her every 2 hours rather than knowing when she needs to go? We have some time as she isn't back at pre-school until next Thursday and don't 'have' to go out anywhere (other than postoffice) until Sunday...

thoughts and advice greatly appreicated please :)

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mclazy · 26/10/2010 10:41

what age ?

best advice i got was to make it into a competition.

I would announce that i was going to loo and i was going to do the biggest wee / poo. sounds gross but v competitive ds would race past me and try to outdo me ! worked everytime until he was better at knowing he needed to go and holding it in for long enough to get to the potty.

fairimum · 26/10/2010 11:07

hmmm worth try! she is 2 years 5 months!

but when do they start realising they need to go?

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mclazy · 26/10/2010 11:12

my ds is 2.7 and until about 4 weeks ago i though he never would and then suddenly he just got it!

i think its a physiological thing ie their bodies just have to be mature enough - big enough bladder, ability to hold it for a certain length of time etc..

fwiw i still used pull ups until last week and it didnt make any difference plus he still has a nappy at night but it has been dry when i take it off most mornings !

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