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Mumsnet users share their best potty training tip or trick with Huggies Pull Ups

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EllieMumsnet · 09/08/2018 09:37

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Potty training can feel like a daunting task that consists of tantrums, tears and mess. With so many different products and advice out there it can be difficult to know where to start. Potty training is a great milestone to be celebrated as your child takes a big step towards become a big girl or boy. The potty training experts at Huggies® Pull-Ups® would love to know your best tips and tricks for an easy transition to the toilet.

Here’s what HUGGIES® have to say: “Trusted by millions of parents and carers around the world, HUGGIES® Pull Ups® Potty Training underwear supplies all the features you need to train in a safe and consistent way. Take a look at our steps to potty training success here”

“Perhaps the biggest achievement in potty success is recognising the need to go. To help little ones on this journey, when little accidents happen, the unique learning layer in Huggies® Pull-Ups® briefly mimics the feeling of real wet underwear, before quickly drawing the moisture away. It’s a feature of the product that many people don’t realise exists, but it’s one of the best tips for helping little ones learn wet from dry in a protected environment, so that they ultimately learn to stay dry on their own and can progress to pants quicker.”

Perhaps you’ve found training pants to be your potty training saviour? Maybe you have a potty both upstairs and downstairs so that you’re ready for anything? Or is your biggest tip to just let your little one take control?

Whatever your best tip and trick for potty training, share them on the thread below to be entered into a prize draw where one winner will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

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sm2012 · 13/08/2018 20:23

Start sitting them on the potty before bathtime to get them used to it quite early on. Wait until they are ready otherwise you'll end up cleaning up lots of accidents. Don't get cross if they do have an accident!

I used treats to get my daughter to do a poo in her potty as she always wanted to have a nappy on for this!

Babycarmen · 13/08/2018 20:49

Don't even bother getting a potty, just go straight to the toilet with a training seat. SO much easier in the long run and both my girls preferred it anyway.

rhinosuze · 13/08/2018 21:34

Patience, praise, encouragement and wait until they are ready rather than when you are - I learned that the stressful way

pugalugs90 · 13/08/2018 22:06

Wait till they're ready! Trying too early can push them backwards. Warm sunny days are the best. Week off work. Back garden time. Worked wonders for us! Potty trained in a couple of days. Be prepared to take a potty everywhere for next 6 weeks though

ThisMustBeMyDream · 13/08/2018 22:55

Don't train. They will train you to their needs. There's no need to rush it. Unless a child has additional needs, they will do it in their own time. If they don't it's a medical problem that training isn't going to help.

Don't put any pressure on the child. Just leave the things they need lying around.

Oh and don't be surprised if they gain control of their bladder or bowel at seperate times, it's quite normal to be 'wee' trained but not 'poo' trained. Or 'poo' trained but not 'wee' trained.

Helsbells68 · 14/08/2018 10:19

Let them play in the garden without any bottom clothes when the weather is nice and see if they are aware when they wee, my son loved to stand watering the plants. Then make sure they are dry during the day before leaving the nappies of during the night.

mollymoo818 · 14/08/2018 10:55

I don't have many tips as I think all children are different and learn at different rates but I do think parents just have to have a lot of patience. It will happen but it might just not happen as quick as you would like it.

mollysmammy · 14/08/2018 11:16

I really thought 'potty training' was going to be a nightmare. I bought loads of pull-ups, my partner spent £50 on a potty and step, and yet she went from nappies to the toilet. Every child is different. I did use the pull-ups during the night, but they were always dry. My biggest tip (although some may not agree!) is letting them see you on the toilet, children love to copy adults, be it trying on Mummy's lippy or Daddy's aftershave!

littlemonkeyz · 14/08/2018 12:57

Leave it fairly late, avoid pull-ups. Dive in head first so to speak and with plenty of praise and repetition you'll have pretty much nailed it within a few days.

TiggersAngel7774 · 14/08/2018 13:10

reward system ie 7 stars = ipad time or trip to park whatever you think your child will appreciate

Rocioo · 14/08/2018 13:58

Being very patient and encouraging and also leaving the potty in the same place every time so the child associates a certain place with the potty training.

ang65t · 14/08/2018 17:56

When they are ready you just know, so keep asking if they need a wee and I always ued a toilet adaptor and stool

Cailin7 · 14/08/2018 18:35

Potty train in the summer is easier. We did not bother with training pull up pants, just normal pants.

Sparklepants3 · 14/08/2018 19:31

If you can do it in the summer when you can spend time outside then it doesn’t matter if they accidentally wet them self.

Cotswoldmama · 14/08/2018 20:33

My tip is to wait until you little one is ready and not to worry about the few who are potty trained at 18 months! My son was 3.5 and it was easy. I didn’t have to ‘train’ him ( I hate that phrase!) he understood. We used pull ups for about 4 days and I asked him quite often if he need the toilet. After about 4 days maybe less he said ‘ can I see in my pull up?!’ So then I knew he knew when he wanted to go and could hold it. That’s when we went to pants and we had very few accidents. He wore pull ups a night for about a year after. I’m too lazy to change and wash sheets! So I just waited until he was dry at night for about a month and then we decided he didn’t need them any more.

Pattygonia · 14/08/2018 21:35

Definitely waiting until they are ready. Some people (and grandparents) get weirdly competitive about it, but there are no prizes for being the first in your group to be out of nappies- and (barring actual medical problems), in the long run it will mean absolutely nothing

Ranita · 14/08/2018 21:56

My mum always went with a Smartie for each each wee and two for a poo. Certainly not the healthiest tip but my Mum swears it took her no time to get us potty trained...not sure I shall be using her method lol.

TellMeItsNotTrue · 15/08/2018 01:10

Constantly be doing one of the three things -
Asking if they need to go to the toilet
Reminding them about the toilet and not having a nappy on anymore
Insisting they go on the toilet 'for a try'

Don't be fooled once you think you've cracked it, it's easy to still have accidents when they are engrossed in what they are doing, which is where the reminders come in handy

OrdinarySnowflake · 15/08/2018 08:12

I would say not bother with pull ups either for potty training, although they are a lot more useful for general nappy changes when you have wriggly baby - much quicker than putting a normal nappy on, and don't just come undone. I just didn't use them for potty training, they do need to learn what 'wet' feels like.

Potty train in the summer and let them have accidents. DC2 wouldn't use a potty, going straight onto a training seat on the normal loo, and wish I hadn't bothered with the potty for DC1, the transition to normal loo made an extra stage of faff.

Marialala · 15/08/2018 08:30

give the child enough fiber in diet so they will need to go... and will avoid them from getting constipated...

jazzitup · 15/08/2018 10:09

As above, wait until they are ready, make it fun and try to leave the pull-up's as it tends to confuse.
Wee in your potty or wee in your pants, you decide lol.

queenoftheschoolrun · 15/08/2018 11:02

If you have a hugely competitive child like mine wait until her older best friend has been potty trained and let her overhear you tell someone that her friend is but you don't know if she's ready yet. Job done!

Seriously though, wait until they're ready and they want to do it. My parenting advice is pick your battles!

custardcream1000 · 15/08/2018 12:46

I think the most important thing is to wait until your child shows signs they are ready.

With my eldest, nursery suggested starting potty training when he had just turned 2. He was no where near ready, so we spent 6 stressful months trying before he was potty trained.

With my second son I waited until he was almost 3 and showed all the signs of being ready. He even told me he wanted to wear big boy pants. It took 2 days for him to be fully potty trained and was stress free.

MummyBtothree · 15/08/2018 14:39

A foldaway travel potty that you can easily take with you out and about or in the car was an absolute Godsend because you can always guarantee that your DC will need to 'go' as soon as you leave the house!.

QueenOfPharts · 15/08/2018 16:22

The child must be ready this is the most important thing. I tried my Dd at about 2 and had no expectations of her being ready but wanted to introduce the idea and too see how far off she was. A few months later she seemed ready and she had cracked it a week. I did it in summer and without the layers it made it way easier. Will wait till my ds is more like 2.5 as he is 21 months and nowhere near ready.