Day 3 of potty training, when to try trousers and outings?

[Koalie]

I’m on day 3 of potty training my 29 month old son.
He’s doing great. A few accidents but most wees in the potty (usually prompted by me but a couple without prompt!)
He is still bare bummed at the minute and my husband has stayed out of the house with my 10 month old daughter for the whole time.
Hoping somebody can help with a couple of things:

1. When is best to try putting some trousers on him? (We are gunna go commando first for a while.) he’s going back to nursery on Thursday! 😱
2. We are both getting serious cabin fever. Would it be OK to take the potty to the in laws for a couple of hours tonight for dinner or would that be too much for him?

Thanks in advance :)

I found that by evening they are getting tired and accidents are more common, so we did trips out in the morning first. A carry potty is a great investment. Just include transition wees and take spare clothes and you should be fine. So a wee before going out, a wee before leaving the park etc..

I’d get trousers on him tomorrow if he has nursery on Thursday, they presumably won’t allow bare bum there for hygiene reasons and 2 days isn’t much to get him used to pulling them up and down. I probably wouldn’t do the in laws for dinner, he’ll be more likely to be tired and would you not be stressing about accidents on their carpet or sofa… but I would absolutely do quick outdoor outings to places where an accident isn’t the end of the world e.g. wait until he has a wee on the potty then go out to the park, pack a few changes plus a travel potty if there are no loos there, but don’t push it and only stay out for 1-1.5 hours. Then build up to longer outings and using public toilets. After a weekish I’d expect to pretty much return to business as usual.

Thank you to both of you, that’s super helpful. I don’t think he’s going to be able to get his trousers up and down by himself, as he wears a brace for his scoliosis. However, nursery will definitely want him in trousers, I’m hoping they will allow no underwear though for the time being 🤞🏼
Decided not to go to the in laws tonight, although their main family room has hard flooring. Might take him there for a while tomorrow, as they’re just around the corner. Then will maybe try a park trip on Wednesday! We have a travel potty which he’s already had a practice wee on :)
nervous about trousers but he had some really good self instigated wees tonight so I’m feeling hopeful.
God this is so draining. Never imagined it to be quite this exhausting! lol x

Make sure you tell him to push them down, not pull them down like we would commonly say as adults. The pull description is confusing for them! And go for elasticated joggers, not jeans or leggings.

I would have thought nursery should be ok with baggy joggers and no undies but (in light of the warmer weather we’ve been having) will not be ok with shorts given that it exposes bits if they sit crossed legged or are on climbing equipment and won’t contain an accident. Or at least that was our policy! Do ask them though. Even if can’t manage pants up/down by himself due to the braces he’ll have to allow extra time for getting to the loo, more so if he needs to alert an adult to help and can’t just take himself so I wouldn’t delay introducing them beyond tomorrow. Then yes in laws with their hard floor and the park are good short outings. Good luck!

I did pants straight away and didn’t stop going out.

Just take a change of clothes 🤷‍♀️ why has your dh left with the baby? Seems a bit OTT.

@Girliefriendlikespuppies
I think it’s pretty standard to stay home for the first few days and to start with bare bum… I’m following the “oh crap potty training” book 🙂
My husband has taken the baby out, as she’s in the “want to climb on everyone/snatch all my toddlers toys” phase so I didn’t want that added distraction whilst my son is learning this new skill.
Thanks for your input though, it was really helpful 🤥

I suppose my point was it doesn’t need to be a big deal and faff, you can just get on with it.

It sounds like your ds has picked up the concept pretty quickly anyway. One thing I would suggest is getting him used to using actual toilets asap as this makes like a lot easier when out and about.

The no clothes thing would not have worked for my dd as it was partly hating the feel of wet clothes that made her use the toilet/potty.