Should I wait a bit longer?

[lyssie29]

DD Is 2.5 and I've been explaining to her poos and were go in potty egg and she'll tell me thats where they go. She'll sit on the potty and pretend to do it. I let her go bare bum in the house but for 2 days shes just seeing on the floor but not even noticing. I tried putting trousers on her her to see if she'd realise and she just likes in them but still no reaction to doing it. Should I wait another month?

Just potty not potty egg 🙄

Nah, just go ahead. There’s too much angst about this topic when children just figure it out at their own pace. As long as YOU don’t become stressy about it, they will get on with figuring it out. Some kids will take 2 days and some 2 months, regardless of whether you start now or in a months time.

Personally I would leave it another month or so, but I'm quite lazy and have a low tolerance for body fluids all over the house.

When DS was 2.5 he was like your daughter and I just gave up after a wasted weekend. Then two months later I tried again and he got it with pretty much no accidents (including dry at night). It took longer to get him to poo as often as before, but it was clear he was ready, whereas before he had not been.

I'd recommend the Oh Crap book. She's not yet linked the doing a wee with where it goes yet so you need to teach her it. It's a good read and will give you some structure.

I tried with my daughter when she was 2.1 - 2 days of weeing on the floor and not even realising like you said! She got quite hysterical when trying to put her on the potty to prompt wees... so I decided to wait a bit longer (much to my mums disgust..)

2 months later, we spent 1 and a half days in the house and went out the afternoon of the second day! Definitely when the time is right and you’ll know as they’ll just ‘get it’ ... obviously they’ll still have accidents but they’ll realise they’ve had them and want to try on the potty again and hate being in wet clothes... I would wait and try in even 2-4 weeks :)

My DD still has a nappy at night but mainly because I’ve got a newborn and can’t face getting up anymore than I have to. Like with the day time you’ll know when she is ready to do the night when she has a few days in a row of dry nappies in the morning.

We loved the princess pilots potty book :) x