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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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Anyone feel like you've got the only child left in nappies?

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NeedACleverNN · 05/06/2016 19:22

Dd is 3.3 and I honesty feel like sometimes she's the only one left in nappies..

She has the occasional wee on the potty, no poo yet. I try to encourage her to go bare bum or wear knickers around the house but she refuses and just wants her nappy on.

I know I can't rush her and she will do it in her own time but I have no idea how to encourage her to do it

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NeedACleverNN · 05/06/2016 21:27

Yeah I know accidents are inevitable.

I think I'll keep trying to encourage her and then bite the bullet come summer holidays. She gets excited when she has a wee in the potty and she does love stickers so I could try a sticker chart

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NeedACleverNN · 27/06/2016 14:32

Just thought I would update..

She's still wearing a nappy but will tell me AFTER she's had a poo. We will then go to the bathroom and pop the poo down the toilet and wave bye bye.

She gets very excited about that. Hoping it's a step on the right direction

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PirateJones · 27/06/2016 17:02

Need i'd love to tell you this pooing in a nappy stage doesn't last long but my 8 year old still craps in a nappy...

Now i've shocked you NT children normally grown out of it by 4 or 5, doesn't seem so bad now does it. You're welcome

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NeedACleverNN · 27/06/2016 19:00

It does make me feel slightly better as I have been getting a lot of "are you still in nappies" remarks. Especially from MIL.

Dd is very intelligent for her age, something pre-school pointed out today not just me bragging, so fully understands. I cannot physically force her to do it. It isn't fair. She wil do it in her own time at her own pace with as much encouragement as I can give.

If you don't mind me asking, why does your 8 year old NT child still likes to use a nappy?

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PirateJones · 27/06/2016 19:19

He isn't NT. He has epilepsy and a bunch of autism traits, but not enough for a full diagnoses.

Have you tried out smarting her, tell her how big and grown up she is getting followed by getting a smaller sized nappy?
You just have to act all shocked that she's too grown up for them and that they no longer fit but pullups and knickers do.

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NeedACleverNN · 27/06/2016 19:22

Ah apologies there. Didn't read right

Don't think it will work....today she's been mostly taking her nappy off and sitting on the potty herself which is fantastic. But not actually producing anything. She walk around bare bum and would tell me she was going for the potty now and I would encourage her to go. She would then have enough and want to get back into her nappy

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PirateJones · 27/06/2016 19:23

Well, that's a start.

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NeedACleverNN · 27/06/2016 19:26

Sounds like it at least. It's difficult to know when you have never potty trained before. Ds is starting to walk now which makes things slightly easier. Less anxious about accidents as he wont be able to crawl through them

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GrandmaJosephine · 27/06/2016 19:35

So replace "force" with "heavily encourage". Do it in connection with pre-school. I honestly believe some children need a push with trying new things. I was one, DS is another.

You have nothing to lose with this warm weather except your carpets!

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NeedACleverNN · 27/06/2016 19:48

We have carpet in the bathroom (I know I know) and one in the hallway and stairs. Everywhere else is laminate apart from some rugs placed about so not much damage

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BerylMeeps · 27/06/2016 19:55

Finally told my 2.8yo that we were giving the nappies to the new baby. She has been dry during the day for 2m now. Admittedly not that "old" but I knew she was ready and I could tell she was all for nappy "convenience" as she didn't have to stop playing. I just got her up one day, explained what we were going to do and put her in pants. No looking back!!

RainDancer · 27/06/2016 19:58

You don't need to force the issue. My DD is 3.6 now. All of her little friends were out of nappies before they turned 3. My DD sounds just like yours. Just wasn't bothered and when I tried to force the issue she just continually had accidents. So I gave up stressing and put her back in nappies to save my sanity and, lo and behold, she just did it in her own time and hasn't had an accident for weeks now. She just wasn't ready, however much I felt she should be. She has stayed in pull ups at night because she was still wetting at night, again I have decided not to stress about this. Over the last week she has always been dry in the morning and tonight she has asked to go to bed without a pull up so fingers crossed! Just follow her cues and let her do it in her own time. And ignore the bullshit from other mothers. There's enough to feel guilty about in this game, without adding potty training to the list. Don't make yourself and her miserable over it and in a few months you will wonder what all the fuss was about.

PirateJones · 28/06/2016 07:56

Just keep doing what you are doing, she will get there.

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NeedACleverNN · 28/06/2016 09:19

Thank you x

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Javabeansaintgeorge · 28/06/2016 14:41

the tricky part comes when you try to explain nappies are okay for bed time.

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jessieb887 · 05/07/2016 09:10

I'm in this boat too, my little boy is 3 at the end of the month and I feel like it's been a race with other mums to potty train. One of my friends little boys has only just turned 2 and he's done and dusted in the day. Definately makes you feel like your child isnt up to their standards!! ( this is nonsense to me tho) I believe they do it when their ready and I was pretty shocked by a certain post in this thread. My real concern here is now that my little boy is starting at a school nursery in September and they wont accept a child still in nappies and altho he asks for underpants (they last about a minute before he wees in them, I've even tried you'll make Thomas sad if you wet him) he is still fully dependant on nappies and really I can't see him out of them any time soon! I hate the competition between kids and their parents. Altho were all a bit guilty of it my 4 yr olds friends can ride a bike without stabilisers and it's driving me nuts that mine can't stupid isn't it I know it's wrong but them feelings are still there.

HarrysMummy17 · 06/07/2016 06:57

I'm having this issue at the moment.

Ds is 3.4. All of his friends are toilet trained.

I've tried sticker charts and bribes.
I've got a potty and a fancy seat with steps attached for the toilet.
I've 'run out' of nappies
I've told him he can't go to nursery in August until he wee wees on the toilet.

Nothing works. We had a couple of days where he happily say in the potty and would sit for hours! We had one night he woke in the middle of the night and went on the potty.

Now he doesn't bother. I've tried putting him in pants but he just wets himself and doesn't seem bother by it. Just continues to play.

Everytime we change his nappy we have the conversation of why he's not weeing in the toilet. If I ask him where he should be doing wee wees he tells me the toilet!

I've got an 11 week old and struggling to push the issue! He's got 6 weeks before he starts nursery?!

jessieb887 · 06/07/2016 07:35

Wow this sounds so familiar, were definately in the same boat harrysmummy17. My older son Harry is 4 and I managed to potty train him just before his 3rd birthday but I think a lot of that was me feeling like I had to push push push because everyone else's kids were potty trained.
So I kind of feel like I don't want to be like that with George, but he's definately not ready.
Do you get the 'oh you need to get him potty trained' it's so bloody annoying and drives me nuts!!

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