Do toddlers need to give you warning they need to wee to start potty training?

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Day 2 of potty training. She is 2 so I know quite young but I wanted to try it now whilst I have a clear week or two at home and she often told me she wanted a new nappy after a poo etc.

Anyway, in these 2 days, she hasn't told me she needs a wee before going, just starts going on the floor and I move her quickly to the potty where she finishes. (afterwards she says don't wee on the floor, wee in the potty - I've obviously said that a lot last two days!) Is this normal and something she will learn over the next few days or not?

I don’t know the answer but I’m interested to know! My daughter is 2.5 and we’ve just started. She also tells me as she’s doing it!!

She will learn and maybe not for a while.

Getting her used to going to the potty before going out and about etc will help with that. Certainly my daughter had shown no signs of readiness before I potty trained her. I just used to pop her on every hour or so and then extended the time.

I've just potty trained my dd she is 2.5. I told her the day before we started that she wouldn't be wearing a nappy anymore and then the next day I just sat her on the potty every half an hour and in a couple of days she got the hang of it and started saying "I need a wee" she doesn't have a nappy for bedtime either as I think it could be confusing to her to have no nappy all day and then a nappy at night.

Ok thanks. Mine has only recently turned 2. I'm trying not to talk about the potty too much.. She does have subtle signals I've noticed now before she needs to wee and I will say go sit on the potty to wee but she doesn't really, then starts weeing and finishes on the potty. We are only two days in so I'm hoping in a few days she will start to realise she needs a wee then go to the potty to do it.

@Kitkatchunkyplease ok that's helpful to know. We are only day 2 so haven't attempted to go out yet. I wasn't going to until she actually did a self initiated a wee and went to the potty herself...hopefully she will!!

Good luck! I hated potty training but it has to be done at some point.

Hmmmm….. despite some children taking to potty training at 2 and younger imho it’s waaaaaaaay too early for most children. They don’t have the language skills and comprehension required as yet.

Is this your first? Why do you want to potty train this early?

@Pinchmybun she is very good language wise can talk in sentences etc. I just thought I'd give it a go before I go back to work next month as am off at the moment and where she has been talking about wanting her nappy changed if she's done a poo etc. I'm willing to admit defeat though and won't push it if after a few days we are getting now where. I just wasn't sure if they should be able to tell you they need a wee before doing it to start potty training or if that's something they learn whilst doing it and to carry on a bit longer trying!

I just kept repeating 'tell mummy if you need a wee', transported them quickly to the toilet if they showed signs of needing a wee or just took them there every 2 hours or so and sat them there for a bit (sing songs to pass the time!) and bribe them shamelessly with sweeties for getting any amount of wee or poo in the toilet.

I probably prompted mine (boys) to go to the toilet every couple of hours until 3.5/4 years old. Reliably asking for a wee came waaaaay later than 2.

It's helpful to think of potty training as a long journey rather than a sprint 😂

Yes I think you're possibly being a bit hopeful that she will self initiate within days. Realistically it will be you sending her to the toilet for quite some time. We did a lot of 'are you clean and dry? Good, remember wee wee goes in the potty' etc etc

Ok progress (I think!) She started weeing on the floor then got up and went to the potty and said no wee wee on the floor, in the potty.

Yes. Normal. Took mine ages to learn

Be prepared to clean up a lot of poo and wee at first

Mine only ever had two accidents, but I waited until well over 3.

Mine only had about 3 accidents but I waited until she was really ready at 2.5 I don’t see the point in doing it before they are ready. She told me within a couple of days when she needed to go, and cracked it in about 4 days in total

Unlikely to start with it's more about potty training your senses, you see them wiggle, or start fidgeting and then get them to the potty. Don't be tempted to ask if they need a wee and it seems to open the food gates instantly 😳

Just started with my son, who will soon be 3. He understands what the potty is for and likes to use it occasionally (particularly at nursery, only for a wee) but I have a clear feeling he still doesn't know when he has to go. His body is probably not ready.
I tried going with no nappy and he did it on the floor, then came to get me to show it!
I hear all these suggestions about taking him to the potty every x amount of time and wonder how to do that. Every time I tried he just doesn't want to sit (he's a VERY active little one, never stays still even for a moment).

No accidents, if you train in pull ups and no pressure either. Worked amazingly with my kid. We started at 2 years and 6 months and then stopped and started twice. By two years and 9 months he was dry morning and night. He's 3.5 and has only wet his bed once.

I mean one person waiting to potty training is dealing with messy bums over a longer period & creating more landfill vs the extra work/focus initially to train them if they are younger, it will even out easily trust me! We trained at 19 months it took 3 weeks and we've had no regressions or accidents & he didn't show 'signs' either.

The videos on the website below were a lifesaver for me because the "long way" technique is so well explained on how to do it, but yes it might be 3 weeks until no accidents and then another couple months until self initiation (which isn't bad trust me they consolidate its just like having a nappy change schedule), but in any case you can really go about day to day life as normal without stressing out, just get some reusable training pants if you the parent(s) are ready for the process.

www.actcommunity.ca/education/videos/toilet-training-for-everyone-revised-and-expanded

Update - a week in and she is doing really well, so proud of her. It's been hard work (on my part not hers!) but well worth the effort of not having nappies anymore!

Excellent news, glad it's going well. I've heard girls get it earlier, or maybe boys are just a bit lazy! Well done her, and you