Nursery potty training

[Taybz]

We are potty training our 2 1/2 ds. He goes to nursery part time and the staff have advised that we do the same thing which is take him to the toilet/potty every hour. He's made great progress in keeping dry in his 1st week and has only had the odd accident. However, he doesn't express he needs to wee or poo but holds it until he's taken. I feel like this method will prolong the training process. The staff don't seem keen to wait for him to self initiate. He has started to do this with wee at home so I'm keen for him to be encourage to do so at nursery as well. How does your nursery potty train and what have been your experiences? Will it take weeks or months? Any advice please would be appreciated!

My son potty trained at 20 months, well before he could ask to go to the potty (speech delay, understanding was fab). I'd say for the first three months after starting promoting at sensible times is the way to go - before leaving the house, changing activity, lunch etc.. So it would probably work out at every 1.5 hours anyway.

We initially had quite a dull potty that was just grey. Our child just didn't seem overly interested. But a friend of ours had said a colourful potty was more likely to encourage them to go to the toilet, so we bought a new one and it really worked.

We did have issues at times but with a bit of patience it started to work. If you're looking for a more "fun" potty then there's loads of good options at Online4Baby. Plus they're really cheap, especially if you use a discount for Online4Baby, so they're definitely worth taking a look at.

Hope your little one gets there with it all!

Don't worry, once your DS is used to using the toilet he will start to recognise the signs that he needs to go and start taking himself.

Children take a long time to self initiate at nursery because the child will be playing with something or someone, they know they need to go to the toilet but they don't want to put the toy down or lose their place in the group so they just carry on and wet/soil themselves. This is why nursery will continue to send until your son is fully trained.