Potty Training During Lockdown!

[LunaHardy]

So now seems like a better time than any and I've decided to potty train my 2yo dd during quarantine! I haven't potty trained for about 10 years and that was with my ds. I've bought her a potty a few weeks ago just to get her used to it but she's still not keen on sitting on it. Any tips please?

@goostacean yeah possibly that would work better. He's bare bummed at the moment and I dunno if having clothes on would make him realise he's wet and it's uncomfortable so might make him want to go but I just don't know. It's such a minefield and so many different ways of doing it! I've been quite laid back about in t but maybe I need to be like 'no, have a wee first and then we'll play' etc

@Maxmeandbump my dd is the same, she has only told me twice that’s she needed the potty in the 5 days we’ve been doing it.

However she does show awareness that she’s going- so if she starts to wee not on the potty she cries and then manages to hold the rest in until I can get her on the potty. I’m taking that as progress seeing as on day one she didn’t seem to even realise she was weeing!

Does your ds show awareness of weeing, does he realise he’s actually going?

I don’t know if you’re following the oh crap method, but her timeline is basically your child needs to go from Clueless- to ‘I’ve peed’ - to ‘I’m peeing’- to ‘I need to pee’ and as long as you’re seeing progress along that timeline then he’s doing ok.

@mariecat1970 Yeah there's awareness there, sometimes he'll hold himself and look down before he goes or hell say uhoh once he starts. And If I don't manage to grab him and put him on the potty in time he goes there after on his own... Sometimes he has no clue if he's totally absorbed in something but the first two days he was just peeing everywhere and seemed to not really have much of an idea that he had gone so I guess he is getting better. I don't want to out him in nappies because I think that will send him backwards...
I haven't read the oh crap but I'm going from advice I've had off people and theyve all sorta said bare bummed untill they can recognise they need to go and start to tell you etc so that's what I'm doing I guess!

@Maxmeandbump My DS gets it brilliantly when bare, everything in the potty without prompting, not a single issue. Have put pj trousers only on him twice in the last two days and both times they’ve been wet within five minutes- literally. So personally I’d highly recommend starting with the bare bum for as long as it takes and not rushing the pants!

I feel like today we’ve gone backwards!

Dd did one wee on the potty when prompted (great!), but twice I knew she needed to go so prompted her but she would only sit on the potty for a couple of seconds before saying no and getting up. And then both times she weed on my lap 2 minutes after

How do I get her to stay on the potty without physically forcing her to sit on it?!

I feel you. My DS was like that yesterday and although we've had loads of accidents today he took himself to the potty twice for a wee without me prompting him. And he tells me if he needs a poo. But it's like 5 accidents to one unprompted wee on the toilet... But Il take it as progress so maybe tomorrow will be a better day for you?!

Hi everyone. I'm on day one of the oh crap method. This morning has been a bit of a disaster tbh. 4 wees on the floor, and he is crying and kicking everytime I quickly try and put him on the potty. How do I tackle this? He's not scared of the potty, I've showed him his teddies sitting on it and he then copies, he knows it's for a wee and a poo but when the time comes he just screams and does it on the floor and won't go on the potty at all

Day 4 here and just moved to block 2 of the oh crap method. It's been hard work, especially with a constantly breastfeeding baby.
What does everyone do about nap times?i feel like DD is holding on to her poo until nap time and we put a nappy on. Keep nappy free?

I don't want to jinx it but we've had 3 consecutive wees and a poo on the potty without any prompting at all. And we weren't even in the room when he went for a poo! I'm actually so proud! Haha. We're on day 6 and il nearly gave up about day 3/4 but so glad I kept at it, just showed he needed the time to learn the sensation of needing a wee!

Oh and if it helps my little boy is very headstrong and independent so in the end I stopped prompting him and putting him on there because he'd kick off and wee 2 mins later not in the potty. So I haven't really mentioned it all day and he's just been going to do it by himself... With loads of praise and high fives when he does do it. Think maybe sometimes we can put too much pressure on them??

I’m going to start DS is almost 2.5 I would have held off a bit longer but as we are spending all day in the house it seems like the best plan.

@putputput We still put a nappy on at nap times and overnight. I read up on night training simultaneously but it seems like a lot of effort for the time being, with a 3mo too... plus DS is still in a cot so it’s not like he could get up and go by himself even if he wanted to.

@RHTawneyonabusmy DS is 2.5 too and is picking it up fine. I thought the same as you, may aswell!

DS is now asking when he needs to do a wee. For poo he's asking for a nappy but will then poo on the potty.

Definitely still a nappy overnight and if we're going to backcarry for a long dogwalk, one then (was used today)

Currently in trousers or shorts but very sure he doesn't want pants.

Going to keep the potty in one place near the downstairs loo from now on and I've told him it's pants on monday as he is very definitely controlled enough to avoid the accidents now

Sounds like it’s going well for us all!

We had an okay day, still using nappies for naps and overnight (will crack that later). He’s very good at using the potty except when overexcited when playing and not wanting to stop. So not a single wee accident and did a poo in the morning in the potty (all bare bum), but wearing pjs bottoms after nap and didn’t make it in time for a poo... Tomorrow will try trousers all day but keep a close eye and continue promoting, especially at times we know tend to be critical.

Good luck everyone!

First dry night last night 🤗 Day 4 yesterday went well too - only 1 accident and the rest on the toilet. The only thing that we need to crack is pooing on toilet (he still goes at night time when nappy is on) :(

I'm just having a nightmare trying to potty train DD. She's 3 at the end of May. They've been doing it with her at nursery and taking her to the toilet at regular intervals, so I though perfect time to continue it in lockdown. It's just not working though. We say "time to go for a wee" and 80% of the time she refuses and kicks off. She's extremely independent and stubborn with most things and doesn't like being told what to do. If I leave her to it with just little prompts she will say no and then have an accident 10 mins later. I've reverted back to pull ups this morning after two accidents where I had prompted her just a little before and she had refused.

I think she's also holding her poops as she doesn't want to do them on the potty or toilet. She pooped in the bath last night which she has never done before. I'm thinking to maybe leave it a little while.

@Kittykat93 we had this with my first. Left it a few months and tried again and he was fine. He got the hang of it in a day and no wees on the floor. We’ve abandoned this time too as we’ve got other stuff going on at the moment. Good luck tho!

I'm going to start with my DS 2.5yo tomorrow. He's been pooing on the toilet for the past 4 months, started it completely himself by asking and never poos in his nappy now but never asked to go for a wee just used his nappy.

So, do I just leave him naked and offer him the toilet every hour or so, or do you put normal pants on and just wait for them to ask? I don't know the best way to go about it.

Also am in a new house with new carpets so this will be fun fortunately I have a carpet cleaner!

It only takes them to do it once for them to know the feeling! I wouldnt give up as there wont be a better time than lockdown

Me too! Thanks for the thread OP! Hadn't heard of the 'oh crap' method so looking at that today- Dd1 is 2.5 and currently can tell me 'I've pooed!' So if I can move that to a 'need to poo!'....

I also have a 15 month old though, so following her around constantly looking for signs is going to be a bit difficult, but the newspaper & towels idea is going to be needed, although these will be looked at as 'new things to play with' by Dd2!

Following, good luck all

@Goostacean my son kept wetting pj bottoms. One day I decided to do pants instead and he got on so well! So we're at pj bottoms and pants and he's continued to pull them down. I thought pants would be worse so I'm really surprised by this!

Having a nightmare morning so far! We were doing so well with him either telling me or just going on the potty on his own for at least half the time if not more. And always doing poos on the potty. But this morning he's done 3 wees and a poo on the floor and has zero interest in the potty. I just don't understand why? He gets huge praise for going on the potty and now it's like hes just not fussed.

@MrsChatterbox That’s good to know! We have some character underpants on the way but they’ve not arrived yet...

We seem to have cracked weeing but he’s consistently telling us too late for poos, went in his pj bottoms again today. We’ll keep plugging away at it, he’s also refusing to drink much which means he’s not getting much practise in! Am practically force-feeding weak orange squash this morning to get his system going...

@Goostacean hopefully when they come he likes them so much he doesn't want to wee in them! I was apprehensive to try them as bare bottom was just so easy and working but I read the longer they are naked the longer it can take to adjust so I just went for it. We had a few poos in pants too. I emptied it into his potty and encourage him to sit on it if he wanted to and wee on it if we wanted to then made a song and dance about emptying it in the toilet. His last poo was actually in the potty! He was feeling scared and embarrassed standing on the stairs holding it in, I just told him it would make me so happy if he pooed on the potty and he could have chocolate if he pooed on the potty. He was saying nooo! So I just repeated really happily and then kind of hid out of his sight for him to choose. And he ended up going to the potty! I was really surprised. And he got a whole kit kat 🤣. Haven't had any poos since so we shall see what happens! He now asks for chocolate every time he wees though haha trying his luck 😂😂. But I read poos can just take a lot longer.. For some reason they don't get as much notice they need it as they do a wee! Sorry for the essay lol