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?

I’ve hit an all time low I’m afraid @peanutandpumkin & @fascinated. Ladies after my good start to his nap, getting him to wee before, there was a dry nappy so I knew he needed to wee but he didn’t even want to get up so v whingey...it’s scorching so naked outside I tried to get to sit On the potty, nope, tried snack on the potty, nope. Tried book. Nope. Big tantrum, i try to console sat on my lap & BAMMMMM massive wee all over my lap

FFS. Bigger tantrum ensues.

Yes @peanutandpumkin, 2 more hours! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Well we have some minor progress. Wees are fine and we’ve stopped so much up and down to the toilet. She is still on laxatives but will now ask for a pull-up on if she needs a poo. So that’s good. And will do it in the pull-up. She doesn’t seem to get confused with having pants sometimes and nappies other times. Hasn’t regressed at all. It’s just good that she’s pooing again and isn’t scared. So we’ll keep up with this for a bit. She did do a small poo on the toilet today and was really pleased. And said it wasn’t scary. So that’s progress. I’m not counting on it happening again. Don’t want to get my hopes up or put any pressure on her. I want her to avoid holding her poo in at all costs.

One poo and one wee accident (I think as we have been in the paddling pool today.) She's just gone to bed. The wee accident so said potty and was wet so either just before during or just after so that's progress as most other times she's weed she's not been bothered

@Minster2012 , do what I do get yourself a drink and some chocolates (i am BFing so i am drowning in coke 🙈) call it a day, relax. Tomorrow is a fresh day xx
Maybe hes just tired and its hot! DS is like that, he wont cooperate if hes tired 😕

@TwistyHair so glad about your little one

@TwistyHair I talk to my DS about a naughty poopoo that hides and wont come out and he has to help him and bring him out ? It worked here when hes holding, we had a laugh about it.. I never realised these things can be scary for small kids :(

Great news about little twisty. Sounds like progress from where I am standing, it really does.

Everyone else sounds like they are progressing too? Obviously a few bumps in the road...

Yeah it’s progress not be going up and down to the toilet for 8 hours solid. And she’s not crying when she poos anymore. We do talk about poo being inside her and not being comfy. And also I show her her poo if she asks, even if it’s in a nappy. Bit gross. Seems like everyone else is doing well.

@TwistyHair myDS asked to see his poo too. Makes them feel relieved i think?

Yes i think we are making progress here, he doesn't dribble anymore so I can take him to wee every hour or when he needs. I don't know if i am confident to put him in pants yet. He gets comfortable and then have accidents ☹️

I don’t think it’s gross, well not now I’ve had kids...somehow I find their poo less yucky! But I lived in Germany for years where they have special shelves in the loo to allow folk to inspect their poo! And my physio post natal said your poo says a lot about your health!

They’re just interested, curious I think! ?

Lol to poos shelf!

3 massive wees within the 30-45 min, i didnt prompt him because i didnt think he needed it 😞

🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

Sorry left out that he did 2 on the floor and another on the chair cushion 🙈 i am losing the will.. will he not go unprompted?

Lol fascinated. My daughter does huge poos, It is good to keep an eye on them.

Peanut , how old is he again?

We inspected and showed off the poos to anyone around siblings etc, even grandma on the phone!, for about ten days. Then the novelty wore off.

He was sooooo proud! Hilarious, it was. (Obviously we laughed in secret - not at him!)

He is 3.2 yrs 😐 i am in bed sick and DH took over training with WFH i can hear lots of prompting. He had 2 accidents and one poo in his pants 😐😐😐 (DH told me he was hiding and it was a near miss)

It seems such a waste to put him back in nappies and its nice to have non-smelly child near you ha! Also better to clean poos in potty than a toxic nappy ugh

At that age he is definitely getting there, just needs a bit more time and explaining it etc etc

Today my daughter has started clapping when she needs the toilet. First sign of initiating. She also said upstairs on repeat while clapping. First time I took her up and she did a poo and wee. Second time I was a bit slow as she was playing with a tower which has an upstairs. I didn't understand what she meant until I saw wee. Accidents are my fault really.

Hello - great! She’s getting there!

@Hellohello2020 thats amazing isnt it? Love the clap thing 😁

Hi everyone, not commented for a while as been super busy with WFH and keeping the toddler alive!

So we started off with 6 days bare bum no accidents, moved onto knickers under a dress and lots of accidents. When she was bare bum she just took herself off to the potty so self initiated. We are coming up to 2 weeks in knickers, and now I find myself having to plonk her on the toilet every 2 hours for a wee/poo. If we ask her she always says no and then a few mins later wees.

We’ve had less accidents since sitting her there every so often and the odd occasion she has taken herself. But I’m wondering whether we have gone to soon and she should be telling us? Or whether to just keep it going and it will click at some point?

Oh I'm not sure Mrs but I'm sure there's more than one path to potty trained. Telling us is just starting to click with us but mostly we take her about every 2 hours.

Wish I’d seen this post sooner! Have been potty training my 23 month old twins Since the start of lockdown- the first twin took to it really well but I had to postpone twin two as she was not getting it- a month later she did really well, but now twin one is having so many accidents. Is anyone else having regressions? I try not to get stressed but sometimes it is so frustrating- have tried back to bare bum but sometimes twin one will have a wee accident right next to the potty! It feels like she is doing it to piss us off (no pun intended). They know they shouldnt have an accident- they say pee pee no! And run to the potty, but twin one jn general has massive wee striaght away without any attempt to get to the potty. Poos are fine- they have no problem going in the potty every time, but wee accidents are happening more and more frequently now :(
Still nappies for naps and overnight as they are not dry and still young for that probably so not in a rush.
Any advice? Should we just not react to the accidents and keep encouraging potty? Thanks so much- its great to know there are other people going through this craziness! I think it is harder without nursery as they dont learn from their peers and nursery is probably in a better routine.