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Hwoods · 12/10/2022 18:34

Hi. I am desperate for some advice please. So my daughter turned 4 a week ago, I have been trying to get her to wee on the potty/toilet for soo long now. So she insists on wearing pants apart from when she goes nursery, which is fine but she will literally hold her wee in ALL day and I’m talking 8-6 some days I know this can’t be good for her and I do try encouraging her to use the potty which she sits on but nothing happens so in the end we have to put a nappy on her. I’ve tried everything from charts to bribing and today I cut a hole in her nappy after her holding her wee in all day and made her sit on the potty, nothing happened so then I put a nappy on her made her sit down again and she told me she was weeing so I tried to rip the nappy off and then she started crying and stopped weeing because I did this. So I then got another nappy and cut a hole in it without her knowing and again made her sit down on the potty, this worked and she weed. However now she is saying when she needs a wee can I cut a hole on her nappy. It’s like she has stage fright when she tries to wee without a nappy. I’m honestly at my wits end and don’t know what else I can do. Her nursery have told me to probably contact the health visitor but I don’t see how that will help.

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CatSeany · 12/10/2022 20:05

What worked with my son was taking a couple of days off work and ensuring we had four days where we could stay at home with him to focus solely on potty training. We had him naked from the waist downwards and in a room with a potty. We conquered wee quite quickly but he withheld poo to the point where he couldn't eat or drink he was so bloated. And what worked then was just playing it a bit cooler. We stopped going on about the potty, stopped offering it, didn't try to bribe him and just ensured he had access to a potty. Eventually he got the courage to go. We didn't put nappies back on accept for night time. And didn't put pants on until he'd done wees reliably.

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