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Toddler scared about having nappy off

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Lights22 · 28/08/2021 21:45

Hi, so scared may be a strong word, but it's hard to summarise in the title otherwise.

According to all the "experts" my 2yr 7 month old appears to be ready to use the potty. She happily sits on it for play, both at home and nursery. She can't stand having a soiled nappy and asks us to change her. She tells us when her wee is coming or has finished. She watches us use the toilet and flushes for us. She talks about her best friend using the toilet at nursery. However, having previously been happy to run round naked she now insists on wearing a nappy all the time. She also hates bath time saying her wee is coming, holding herself and becoming distraught if she thinks she's weed in the bath (it was a bath dribble, not a wee dribble). She has once weed on the potty and was really upset by this. We absolutely don't force her (not our style of parenting) and have started talking to her about being worried or scared in case she wees in the bath, which she says she is.

It seems like she does have control over the bladder however doesn't want to risk an accident or not have the security. For us we're not fussed about getting her out of nappies (super convenient not having to think about toilets and long journeys lol) but she seems so distressed.

I've tried googling but not found any results. Have you come across this? What helped? We just don't want her to be so sad. If you know of any useful websites feel free to link them below too. Thanks I'm advance ❤️

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Pippa213 · 13/12/2023 11:58

Wow I could have wrote this post myself. I know it’s been a few years but wondering how you over came this X

Lights22 · 17/12/2023 00:06

Ultimately we carried on as we were. By the time she was 3 she was technically dry so we went for a period without but ultimately she wasn't ready emotionally so she went back in them.
Then was the phase of not wearing a nappy but putting it on to do her wee.
Then she'd wee on the toilet but put a nappy on to poo.
And then eventually at a friend's house one day she did a poo on their toilet and never looked back!

She's 5 now and just trialling no nappy at bedtime. We lift her x3 per night. We've had wet beds 3 out of 6 nights so far, but it's her choice because nappies were getting uncomfortable. She sleeps bottomless as she doesn't like the idea of wetting her pjs.

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