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Potty training

Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

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Should I use pull ups

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Bensmum76 · 22/02/2010 10:19

Hi all
Just started toilet training my DS 2.4 years old. We started last Friday, managing two wees om the toilet Saturday and 1 this morning that I caught midway after he started doing it on the floor. My DH and I are in agreement to keep at it rather than go back to nappies as my DS is so proud to be wearing pants and is very pleased when he manages a wee in the toilet. I am planning on buying some pull ups today so that we can venture out of the house as we have been housebound since Friday. I plan on only using them when we are going out somewhere and will explain to DS that they are not a nappy but are special pants and will take him to the toilet as usual when we are out. Does anyone have any views on pull ups?? Please be honest with your replies!! :0

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currycrazy · 22/02/2010 10:26

My personal experience of pull ups is that they confuse the issue....i think if you want a quick result you´ve just got to go for it! Maybe just do short trips to start with and take lots of changes of clothes etc?

Seona1973 · 22/02/2010 11:03

when I first started training I did use pull ups - I found it a gentle way to introduce potty training especially as ds was not yet 2 when we started. Once he got to the stage of asking to do the toilet while wearing the pull ups I put him into pants.

pinchmeimustbedreaming · 23/02/2010 17:34

my ds didnt get confused with pull ups as he didnt noticed the difference i now wont touch the horrible things, other than tabs at the sides they dont feel any different to your child. you get the same 'big boy' result from normal pants imo. when we got to the stage of leaving the house we were just really prepared for lots of accidents with several changes of pants and trousers in the car. maybe line his car seat with something to save messes in the car.

onepieceoflollipop · 23/02/2010 17:37

My opinion was that pullups would be confusing. However my actual experience (I have 2 dds) was that they made the whole process less stressful and not confusing at all.

I know that for a lot of people wet/pooey pants while out and about are no big deal, but for various reasons I found it easier with pullups. A big advantage was that I was more relaxed and with dd1 especially I felt less need to continually harrass her i.e. "do you need a wee wee" every 10 minutes to try and avoid accidents.

Once the dc is ready (ime) then you can just go for it; with dd1 it was 2.1 years. dd2 wasn't ready then, she is now 2.6 and we have just trained her. (actually she did it pretty much herself)

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Bensmum76 · 23/02/2010 17:43

Hi all, thanks for your replies. We have today though, decided to leave toilet training for a few months and DS just didn't seem ready. I do have a pack of pull ups ready for it though!

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MmeBlueberry · 23/02/2010 17:51

With my last two DCs, I used Pampers Easy Ups. They were so much easier than nappies, as DDs could change their own (wet) pants.

It is a lot easier if you leave it until they are ready. The only one I pushed was DS1 around the age of two. He was just not ready and was constantly having accidents. He was also the only one who had issues later (bedwetting, dribbling). The ones that we left until they were ready weren't a problem at all.

onepieceoflollipop · 23/02/2010 21:28

Good luck with it when you do start Bensmum. I really think you are doing the right thing. dd2 wasn't ready at 2.4 although I was ready for her to be ready!

She got the hang of it almost overnight just a few weeks later. At this age a month or two makes all the difference developmentally.

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Bensmum76 · 24/02/2010 07:39

Thanx guys!! :O

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serenity · 24/02/2010 08:10

Good Luck when you do it. Just wanted to add a dissenting view about pull-ups - personally I think they're a waste of time and money for potty training. IME they get treated just like a nappy, and just prolong it all. I'm a firm believer in leaving it as late as possible, and then just going cold turkey. Neither of my DSs were potty trained until they were three, but were done within a week when we did it (DD on the other had had just turned two, and decided independently to use the potty, but that's DD all over )

FairyLightsForever · 24/02/2010 08:35

When you do try again, the Pampers changing/care mats are brilliant for lining the carseat or pushchair, in case of accidents.

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Bensmum76 · 24/02/2010 19:33

Thanx again!! :0

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Bensmum76 · 24/02/2010 19:33

Darn I just can't seem to get the grin right!!

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lam2 · 24/03/2010 23:18

i used pampers feel and learn I found them great keep everything in like a nappy but DS can feel it wet

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