What the bugger do I do now?

[manchestermummy]

HELP.

DD (2.4 next week) has, until last week, shown no desire whatsover to think about when she's about to go, if she needs to go, and has been happy to go for hours until I remember to change her nappy between changes. Last week, she started telling me she needed her nappy changed just after she done her business (wee and poo and obviously fresh!). Despite my mother hsving spent the best part of 8 months telling me I needed to potty train, I've been reluctant on the grounds I didn't think she was ready.

So, today, she announced she'd done a poo ("I done a poo again mummy") and when I'd cleaned her up she stated "I don't want to wear nappies I want to wear knickers". So I obliged. She's had three accidents today and no successes, so I'm thinking I was right in that she's not ready.

Trouble is she due at nursery tomorrow - what do I do if decides she wants knickers again? I actually don't think I have enough spare clothes!

You should expect LOTS of accidents in the first few weeks- if she is ASKING to wear pants and telling you she has done a wee or poo then I would say she is ready. Send her to nursery with plenty of spare pants and trousers and explain to them she wants to potty train- or I guess you could wait to the w/e and try and get the penny to drop (so to speak!) then so she has more of an idea what to expect at Nursery- but don't expect her to get it in a week- it takes several weeks .

You could buy pull ups for nursery if you want to compromise but they can be confusing at the beginning of potty training.

Good luck!

For the first 3 or 4 days at least you are likely to have more accidents than success. Usually by about the 4th day the successes out number the accidents and it gets better from there. She sounds like she is ready... don't miss the window of her enthusiasm, you might find that a few months later she's lost interest and won't co-operate. Make the most of it, clear your schedule for a couple of days, warn nursery and go for it. If necessary as the pp said wait until the weekend and do two days at home with the potty then hopefully she might be having less accidents by the time she's back at nursery again.