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Potty training

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

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Did anyone skip the potty entirely? If so, was toilet training a success?

5 replies

ODearMe · 03/09/2012 13:12

Hi all
I am starting to think about toilet training my DS and always envisioned him sitting his bot on the pot. However DMIL did not use a potty to train DH-he had a toilet seat and she took it in her bag everywhere.
I think this seems to make sense as it eliminates the transition to the toilet.
Anyone else do this?
Thanks

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timetosmile · 03/09/2012 13:15

DC3 would not entertain the idea of a potty.

We were a bit flummoxed as DCs 1 and 2 had been pretty easy to train.

Until it dawned on us that no-one else in the house used one, and he thought pee not going down the toilet but into a primary coloured plastic pot was a bit weird.

So we went for a training seat at home and a 'hoist you on and hold you up' approach when we were out and it worked a treat

strongandlong · 03/09/2012 13:16

DD2 never used a potty. She insisted they were for babies, and she's a big girl. She also wouldn't use a kid's toilet seat. She climbs up onto the loo and holds herself up with her hands on the seat. Not ideal, IMO, but she's very insistent.

It all went very smoothly though - once she'd decided that she was ready for the toilet, that's where she went. Not many accidents, as far as I remember..

coppertop · 03/09/2012 13:16

My dd1 didn't want to use a potty or a training seat and asked if she could just use the toilet.

To start with I held on to her while she was sitting down on the seat, and eventually she was happy to sit there alone.

Sunnytimescoming · 03/09/2012 13:24

My DS didn't use a potty ever - I think he just wanted to copy his dad. We bought the plastic step from Ikea so he could (ahem) reach, obviously with one of us for support but he took straight to it. Also - I deliberately waited 'til he was just that wee bit older too so could understand the whole concept. My MIL went on and on and on about 'training' him and I got so fed up I snapped at her that he wasn't a pet and would do things in his own time at his own pace. Ended up working out well,- quite natural and easy.

BobbiFleckman · 03/09/2012 13:27

no potty here for girls, save for the Pottette for outings / hard shoulder of every road between here & there.

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