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Potty Training
We've decided that LO is obviously showing signs he's ready so going to bite the bullet and commence potty training on Sunday. i've got a potty and lots of new pants, which he chose, and have ordered a couple of children's books about it, and 2 seats for the toilet, so he doesn't fall down!
fingers crossed we'll get on ok. Anyone else started?
C. x
fingers crossed we'll get on ok. Anyone else started?
C. x
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How old is you LO? I want to start with K soon but am not sure she (nor I) am quite ready. She is 20 months and I was thinking about starting in a month or so but now might wait until later in the year when she turns 2. She tells me when she has done a poo or is about to and goes towards her nappy changing place when it needs changing so I tihnk it won't be long. We are just giving her nappy free time and trying to 'catch' anything that might occur
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Good luck x
We are becoming a bit more confident with going out, but still only going to places with a toilet, or not far from home, but taking the potty with us.
Anyone else ventured out yet?
i don't want to rush but then worried we'll take too long and we'll pass the age when he's most ready!
Annette
I've also bought a couple of books for him which talk about potties. One is really good called Pirate Pete's Potty, and you get to help Pete choose his big boy pants, and his potty etc.
He was however a very good talker and had no problems with communication. Because he had always had a nappy on and id never really let him run around without one he didnt know what it felt like to have a wee and be wet. So day one i expained that he was now wearing big boy pants and we werent going to have anymore nappys. The first day we had about 4 accidents in the space of a couple of hours but i didnt expect anything less. By day 3 he just got it! infact we even went to soft play and had no accidents, i took the potty with me and took him every half hour or so. The one thing i did find was that my son hated to sit down on the potty so he learnt to do it the proper big boys way and do it standing up
I never put another nappy on him during the day and after a few nights he was asking to go to the toilet rather than wee in his nappy. At this point i switched to pull ups and he just thought these were pants and kept them dry and it was easier for me to just pull them up rather than having to re sticker a nappy.
We did have a few problem with poos however but because we were consistant it just clicked.
I would only give it a go if youve got the time to do it properly, i think it just confuses them if you keep switching back to nappies and i would also only attempt it if you lo can communicate and understand things in general -not just wether they know they are weeing but if they can follow instructions and you can explain whats going to happen and they can understand what you are saying.
Good luck!
He gets a bottle of milk at nursey so im not bothered about trying to get milk in to him - he started only drinking a few mouthfuls and never noticed when i put him to bed one night without it.
To be honest he always woke up when he needed a wee regardless wether he had a lot to drink. At first he used to wake up wriggling his legs and crying out - not quite awake enough to tell me he needed a wee but after a couple of nights i figured it out :roll:
Iv heard of a lot of people waking they Lo's up to take them to the toilet when they went to bed but i never did that as i wanted him to wake up and recognise the feeling of needing to go.
He has his tea about 5.30pmish and juice with that and his cup is left out (though he would ask if he wanted a drink and there wasnt one there) and we go up to get in the bath about 6.45pm and settled down in bed after a story by 7.30pm.
One thing i would say is when we had that hot weather last summer he wanted a drink by the bed and definately was up weeing a lot more!
Should i keep going?? or wait a few more weeks?? any insight appreciated!
So i took him along to Mothercare and let him choose a chair type one himself. You can buy all sorts of all singing all dancing ones! and when we first started he got a gold star to stick on the potty and a magic star to eat and after a few days we just weaned him off the stars but just gave him loads of praise.
If she knows when she needs to go and can hold it in i would say she is definatley ready. perhaps up her liquid intake so she is more desperate to go?? and dont get too upset if she wees on the floor etc as she may just need to get over the comfort of having a nappy there? I had to get down on the floor and cuddle in to my little boy just to reassure him for the first couple of poo's! :roll:
I know it doesnt really help but after a little while it just clicked for him... and he was obsessed with sprays and used to love helping me spray the dettol in the potty before i rinsed it out!