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Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

Are these enough 'ready' signs?

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BringMeThatHorizon · 26/10/2020 19:51

My recently turned two year old is showing some signs of being ready to potty train, but I'm a bit reluctant as I know he's so young still. He currently:

  • tells us when he needs a poo at least 50% of the time, the rest of the time if I notice the signs and ask him if he needs one he'll say yes. Then he'll generally go about 5 minutes later
  • tells us immediately when he's done one and insists that we change his nappy straight away
  • can pull down his own trousers (although he can't quite get them over his feet yet)
  • when he has his nappy off before bath time, if he starts weeing he'll say 'oh no, on the floor!' and points and says clean clean until we wipe it up
  • is regularly going for an hour or two with a dry nappy in the day time
  • knows what a toilet is for, and likes to help flush the chain and wave bye bye

He doesn't tell us when he needs a wee but I don't think he can feel it with a nappy on. He'll sit on the potty happily for a few seconds and sat wee wee but won't stay there long - although I suppose I could bribe him with Peppa Pig on a phone?

Does this sound like he's starting to be ready? What else should he be doing?

I saw a suggestion of putting kitchen roll on their nappy so they can feel wet when they wee - has anyone tried this and did it work? Wondering if it's worth a go at that first to see if he can work out when he's weeing.

If he's too young I'm happy to wait, I'm he's my first so not sure when to go for it.

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mummadaffodile · 26/10/2020 20:14

He sounds ready to me. He’s doing more than my nearly 2yo. I don’t think 2 is too young to start potty training. It’s usually anytime from the age of 2 I always thought. Also some people start just before they’re 2 and are successful sometimes. Every child is different. But yeah he does seem ready to me

DramaAlpaca · 26/10/2020 20:19

It sounds like he's very ready. I think between two and two-and-a half-is the ideal age to potty train, but I suppose I would as I'm older and that's when I did it with my children.

Cantchooseaname · 26/10/2020 20:19

Sounds fine.
Go for naked lower half for a couple days at weekend/ when you are home. My daughter was about 20 months, rarely had accident (and still doesn’t). I think the skill to have a way to communicate ‘ I need a wee’ is as important.
If after couple days you are having more mess than success, sack it and wait a month or two.

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