Looking for advice from anyone who had 2.5year old ds when newborn arrived

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If you had a 2.5year old ds when newborn arrived. Did you try to rush potty training through before baby arrived or wait til after?
I'd be really interested in your experiences.

Thanks

I think that you have to do it when toddler is ready, whenver that is. Sure from 18m-2yo try to introduce them to the idea, but when they crack it is up to them.

I did have a 2.5y gap from DC2 to DC3, but DC2 cracked it earlier anyway.

agree with ragged, let them do it at their own pace.

ds was 2.6 when dd was born and i did think of trying to crack it before she was born but he wasn't ready. it's easier and less stressful if you go at their pace, less accidents too.

DS1 was 2.5 when DS2 arrived.
We left it until DS1 was 2.9, but he was showing no signs before then tbh.

My dd was 2 + 1 week when dd2 arrived- she trained at 21 months and was fine, off her own back and everything- until dd2 arrived !

She regressed and it was really upsetting (hormonal me!) but was back to normal a week later. I would do the same again as when she trained it was off her own back and she decided- just do it when he's ready- it's not worth doing to fit in with b4 the baby comes simply as it makes your life easier- it will only make your life harder if he's not ready.

DD was 22 months when DS arrived and he is now 9 months old. I haven't tried potty training yet as I thought I would wait until DD was used to DS being here. She has shown a lot of signs of being ready but is difficult to encourage onto the potty or the toilet so I'll leave it for a bit and keep an eye on things. On talking to other mums with a similar age gap most have said their toddler regressed when new baby arrived and advised me to wait.

Thanks everyone. I was thinking it would probably be easier to wait til after baby is born. I expect it would be easier to deal with two sets of nappys. Than it would be to deal with potty training that hadn't become fully established. Unless of course he's showing loads of interest in the potty before then, and then I suppose I will have to give it a go.

Sorry I'm a little late to the thread, I'm new to Mumsnet. I had this exact same problem - DS was 26 months when DD came along. DS had shown all the signs of wanting to potty train, including two days the week before I was due where he used the potty all day. However I decided not to encourage it at that stage and wait until after.

We're now in about week 6 of potty training and I'm definitely glad I waited until after DD was born. I would probably have waited a little longer but I live overseas and Mum was visiting so I decided to do it when I had an extra pair of hands around.

DS was really quick to master wees on the toilet (about 3/4 days) but we're still having a few issues with number 2s! He's holding them in for a few days at a time which can be a nightmare at bedtime when I'm trying to put DS down and DD is crying to go to the loo!

Good luck whatever you decide.