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Well don't want to speak too soon but...but after 8 days think we have TT cracked. Oakley wasn't showing all the signs but thought he's a bright boy who picks things up and wanted to give it a go as he was rapidly growing out of all nappies. It has been one step forward two steps back but think we have cracked it.
We even had to go on a long car trip on Sun so put a nappy on him and in the car he said weewee mummy, told him not to worry he had a nappy on, but bless him he waited and did it on the potty 30 mins later.
We did have one 'bad' day where I thought any wees on potty must just be luck and he's not there yet [you can't take a child out that's only got a 60% success rate] but when he had created a massive puddle for the 2nd time and said 'don't worry mummy' I lost the plot a bit and said 'mummy doesn't like puddles she not happy I want you to do weewees in the potty'
So all I can say is no pain no gain....go for it, give it a week and I'm sure they'll get the idea. I'm sure the whole wait til they're 3 thing has be started by ther nappy companies.
We even had to go on a long car trip on Sun so put a nappy on him and in the car he said weewee mummy, told him not to worry he had a nappy on, but bless him he waited and did it on the potty 30 mins later.
We did have one 'bad' day where I thought any wees on potty must just be luck and he's not there yet [you can't take a child out that's only got a 60% success rate] but when he had created a massive puddle for the 2nd time and said 'don't worry mummy' I lost the plot a bit and said 'mummy doesn't like puddles she not happy I want you to do weewees in the potty'
So all I can say is no pain no gain....go for it, give it a week and I'm sure they'll get the idea. I'm sure the whole wait til they're 3 thing has be started by ther nappy companies.
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I am obv a sucker for advertising then as I am not willing to force max through it when he is clearly NOT ready - he is in reusables anyway so maybe I am a sucker for hard work too
Hope it continues to go swimmingly!
Maximum - I totally agree about not pushing them into it when they aren't ready. I would say though that potty training is a lot more daunting when you have two los as I am paranoid Jacob is going to be crawling around through puddles of wee (or worse!) if I'm not quick enough to clean it up! So it is worth bearing in mind, and if Max shows the right signs I would go for it before your 2nd lo arrives. xx
Just wanted to make the point that Oakley had very few signs of being ready, but by just going for it and not giving up it just seemed to click when I was just thinking 'I've got this wrong, he's not ready'
Will bear crawling etc in mind Liz but I sincerely hope by the time this bump is crawlign cruising etc max will be toilet trained!!!