Toilet training a 28 month old with a 3 month old

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DS 1 is showing all the signs of being ready to toilet train. Going to start on Thursday. Any advice on how to handle toilet training with a 3 month old in tow would be appreciated

BF with one hand/arm whilst running around with potty in the other hand!!

I potty trained my DD at 20 months and am a big advocate of doing a complete cold turkey on nappies.

My suggestion would be...

1. clear your diary for 2 weeks. Literally, don't go out. Not even for walks (maybe 2nd week). This might be tough (although maybe not with 3mo ?!) but IMO better not to confuse them with having 'occasional' or 'emergency' nappies.

1. Buy a potty for every room in the house.

1. Make sure you can keep DC1 in the same room as you while you're feeding DC2

1. Make a big deal about nappies stopping 'next week'

1. Take DC shopping to choose pants

1. Buy some carpet cleaner

1. On day 1 of potty training, take the night nappy off and don't replace it - keep the bum naked

1. Watch your DC like a hawk for any sign of needing the loo and get them on the potty quick! Make a very big deal about anything going in the potty (we made up a special song and dance!) and ignore anything that misses.

1. Come week 2 or 3 you'll find DC has the hang of it and you'll be able to go out with DC wearing pants.

Put some terry towels on the carseat.

That's how I did it anyway.

This might be helpful www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-in-three-days-or-less_10310078.bc?page=2#articlesection4

Ds has chosen pants etc, actually looking forward to it. Thanks for the tips and link will update how it all goes...

My main advice is dont try for too long if the child resists, make sure they understand what's going on and what's expected and don't feel like quitting is failing...

I tried with DD at almost 2 then 2 and a half, but was stressful and got nowhere so told her to let me know and kept casually mentioning it. A couple of months after she just decided and it was easy peasy, barely any accidents or stress.

Excited about pants us good start - GOOD LUCK!!

A sling will be your friend so you don't have to worry about baby while doing all the loo trips or have the stress of needing to put baby to sleep and toddler needing loo or having accident at the same time. I did ds when he was 29mo and dd was 4mo

Well day 1 down 3 misses, one while I was breast feeding when he managed to make 3 puddles trying to get himself to the toilet. With 2 i noticed the signs but he point blank refused to go to the loo or sit on the potty. 4th wee he did on the loo! So proud! 5th one miss again but he was getting sleepy.

Tried to put a nappy on him for bed time and total meltdown so he has gone to bed with no nappy on, hopefully this will be a dry night as DH is away. Luckily ds2 has just started sleeping through so hopefully he will again tonight.

Bonus of having a newborn was plenty of muslins about to mop up pee.

Fingers crossed we keep up with the progress tomorrow.

Ooh hasn't thought about using a sling, I keep the car seat in the downstairs loo so have been putting ds2 there or abandoning him on his play mat or bouncy chair might try that tomorrow

What a great start!

Have you thought about pampers bed mats? Available on amazon

They're like giant versions if those bed pads you get in hospital.

I have just put bed pads on his bed he wa still refusing nappies tonight. No accidents this morning then an awful afternoon, but finished the day with a poo in his potty. So not too bad l, ds2 is being great about being left on his play mat, not had too many moments where I was torn between running with ds1 and letting ds2 cry. Hopefully day 3 will show more improvements.

Ds1 is meant to go to his grandparents on Wednesday so I would like for him not to have too many accident there or at least have pull up as a option for putting him in the car. I get the feeling he won't let me go back to nappies if this doesn't work.

At least my dh is home for the weekend before he heads off with work on Monday for the weekend