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 had to keep telling myself that the book means trousers when it speaks of pants!

Please keep us updated on the trouser poo situation Fascinated? Will do the same if we have a breakthrough though suspect we won't yet. We had one wee accident today but then another wee self initiated in the potty so 🤷

Luna I would probably move on if I were you. You can't force a poo and may as well progress where you can? Would she eat an Ella's prune pouch to help get things moving? Not in an alarming way - just to soften and help things move along hopefully in the right direction!

We went out for a cycle after a pee and poo (had waited all day as he kept saying ooo and trying but nowt came). Despite oh crap advice, I did put pants ie uk underpants on him and trousers. My reasoning being that the pants contain the poo accident contents a lot better! Commando resulted in poo down leg and trousers etc, not easy to clean up.

He managed the whole 1.5 hr outing (go him!) and I left him in the clothing when we got back but unfortunately he did have an accident. He was really trying but had a bit of diarrhoea I think. Poor love. I was right about the undies though, it was a lot easier to clean.

I did have a big talk with him though about how the pants were not nappies even if they felt like them. He was fair upset that rubble and chase and Marshall got pooed on! Sweet.

@LunaHardy I think dd is doing the same, after that magic poo in the potty on day 2, she is now refusing to poo until nighttime... second the ella's prune pouch to get things going!

We went out for a half an hour scoot to the park, I was on edge the whole time, lucky it wasn't busy, but she didn't wee! And then had to pop her in the car to pick something up from my mum's (put her on a plastic bag in an old pillow case), and all dry. Five wees on the potty today, but an accident at dinner, think she is confused as both her booster seat and her potty are the same colour...

Also, a friend recommended the potette portable potty, and it's currently in Aldi for £12.99 so ordered that.

Feels like progress today. Definitely slow but I think he's starting to get it. He was genuinely pleased with himself for doing his last pee of the day. I'm hoping that after tomorrow (day 7) we might actually be able to move on to block 2. Fingers crossed. I need to re-read the book to figure out what I need to be seeing. I'm rarely catching his cues quick enough to avoid pee on the floor.. he does a dance but will not release into the potty until he's let a little bit into the floor first

Good work little fascinated!! 1.5 hours out and about is fab. Can't quite imagine leaving the house ever again

Aww thanks. He’s exhausted from all of it!

Outing yes I put a towel under him! And he is a camel, I had noticed. So after wee and poo I grabbed everyone and said “we are going out NOW”! I was getting cabin fever ....

his big brother had a bladder of steel. So I knda expected that!

poo is a bit more challenging!

Yay! First accident free day, day 7.

Feeling a lot more positive as I was thinking of giving up.

She is holding it a lot more now. She will wait and go when we go, self initiate sometimes and go with some prompting. It sounds silly but she hadn’t been for about 1.5-2 hours. I didn’t want an accident so I just picked her up, smiled at her and put her on her potty and she did her wee. Wasn’t expecting her to do it that easily.

Next challenge is going out. She had an accident at the park so going to try again with that. She does love her portable potty it’s the My Carry Potty cat one, very expensive but cute.

I guess I was feeling a bit weird about getting her to potty outside in public? But that’s just part of it so not worth getting embarrassed over. Just Mum life right now!

Also want to try her in leggings at some point as she’s still in dresses with no knickers.

Glad to hear everyone is making progress. Progress not perfection.

We have to trust them. They can do it! Just finessing it, Smiling and being directional is fab. Brisk. That’s what I try and do, that vibe.

So we’re not doing oh crap. I don’t like bare bums. So just leggings/trousers with no knickers. Has anyone else had it where their kid will do a wee in the potty but only if you put them there. She won’t self initiate at all yet. It’s been 25 hours. She’s had one wee accident and one poo accident all the rest in the potty or toilet. But never asks to go. I’m training about a year earlier than I did with my other child so I’m not sure if it’s too soon. She’s only 2.

@Twistyhair what I got from oh crap is that it’s okay if they don’t self initiate. They are leaning on you to help and that’s okay. It’s a brand new skill and it will come. Basically it still counts even if they don’t go off and do it themselves.

My DD is 21 months and will sometimes self initiate but we have found it’s best to get her to go after 1.5 hours max. Sounds like your little one is doing great. The bare bum thing was a must for us as she can’t wear leggings without loads of accidents, so it was block one bare bum (for a good 3 days) then onto dresses with no knickers for now.

Twisty - doing great! Linking words to it might take longer for some esoteric if younger. But only a couple of accidents? Great!

Esoteric? Que? I mean especially!

Thanks @Iris243 and @fascinated that’s really reassuring. My boy was over 3 when we trained him so this is a really different experience. I felt a bit sorry for her because she knew she wanted a poo for a ages and kept sitting on the toilet saying it was coming. But ended up doing it in her leggings. She takes aaaages on the toilet. Maybe 10/15 mins. So that’s a bit tiresome. Hoping that she’ll get quicker by the time lockdown is over and we’re going out and about.

2.5 weeks in and mostly, he's telling me when he needs to go, sometimes not for DH. Always the toilet now and definitely aware when he needs a poo- although sometimes he's a bit early on the sensation for that still

Most days no accidents now, occasionally the odd one if we're all busy outside. Still feels a bit risky going out backcarrying him without but he's been great for that (I couldn't get the dogs walked properly if I don't even at 2y9mo)

Mine wants to do a poo in his nappy. gets quite worked up

Hi folks, any thoughts on whether my ds sounds at all ready to give toilet training a go? He will be 3 in May. He's not showing clear signs of potty training readiness like my Dd did. She was just over 2 and obviously ready. Ds doesn't consistently tell me when he needs to go, he'll flat out deny poos, because he doesn't want to have a change rather than he doesn't know, and will wet through a nappy with a single giant wee then have a melt down and pull his nappy off. He has days where he tells me if he's had a wee and is very pleased. Then days he denies all knowledge. This doesn't sound promising I know, but I think some of it is stubborness and not wanting to leave his game. I feel like in some ways he'll be happier to use a potty/ toilet instead. He's got good understanding, language and can do his own trousers etc. I'm twitching to get him potty trained because I've really had enough of nappies, but I don't want to make a rod for my own back if I go for it too early and create a resister! This is just such a great time to go for it while we're at home, and before he starts preschool in Sept. So I'm really on the fence...

Having typed this out, I THINK I should probably wait until he shows a bit more interest shouldn't I? Surely it can only be months... 🤦🏻‍♀️

No! He is ready, more than! You need to facilitate his learning this new skill. The thing that pushed me was fighting nappy changes so much. It was as thigh he was saying “come on, I’m not a baby, stop making me do this”. What can be more important than teaching the kid how to deal with his basic bodily functions? It’s dignity.

Every child can do this! They know how to pee and poo. You’re only teaching them where to put it. As per our culture.

By nearly 3 they are getting stubborn. Makes it harder.

It’s been much easier than expected, tbh! Just got to go for it.

Good luck!

@Indecisivelurcher my personal opinion is that (unless your little one has any developmental delays)- at 3 i’d really be wanting to get it done and that he sounds very ready to do it. Good luck.

(sorry for multiple posts - bit starved of adult conversation here and got carried away! )

@iris and @fascinated that's really interesting, what makes you think he sounds ready? Because this is nothing like my Dd. She used to hide in the corner when she was doing a wee or a poo and demand an instant nappy change. But ds is so much older and has more understanding. I'm not sure what I'm looking out for.