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potty training help
Now Charlotte has turned 2 I really want to make an effort with potty training. However she is showing no signs of wanting to. We have potties upstairs and downstairs and will sit on them when I go on the loo. She is fully clothed. Whenever I've tried to get her to sit on them naked she protests.
She hardly ever lets me know when she had done a wee or poo. Occassionally she'll say poo and she's done one. Other times we can smell it and when ask her she says no!
OH has now stated he's "sick of changing nappies". So helpful, especially at this moment in time. We aren't getting on very well cos of what's happened but don't want to go into details.:roll:
How can I push the potty training without looking like I'm pushing it? I want to take it at her pace but show her the way so to speak. Any advice greatly appreciated thanks xx
She hardly ever lets me know when she had done a wee or poo. Occassionally she'll say poo and she's done one. Other times we can smell it and when ask her she says no!
OH has now stated he's "sick of changing nappies". So helpful, especially at this moment in time. We aren't getting on very well cos of what's happened but don't want to go into details.:roll:
How can I push the potty training without looking like I'm pushing it? I want to take it at her pace but show her the way so to speak. Any advice greatly appreciated thanks xx
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On the potty training side there is NO point trying to push anything if Charlotte is showing no signs - she sounds exactly like Max is at the moment and I am going nowhere near potty trainign for a LONG time or at least till he shows he's ready - the right time will come and trying before will just lead to stress alround and may delay it even more. Max' nursery agree with me that he is nowhere near yet.
Good Luck whatever you decide!
I would just leave it for a litle while until she is showing more signs.They have to have more control of their bladder etc to be able to be dry.
I think that if you still show her when you are going to the toilet and she also sits on it at the same time this is a great start and go with the flow with her trying to push a toddler to do something they dont want to i find it impossible. As lara said you could also just let her run round with no nappies (if you havent got carpets lol) and encourage her to sit on it every 15 mins or so until you catch her doing it once you get a few wee's in the potty and praise her she will be more enclined to do it .
Hope you are ok xx
So waiting until they're ready makes things much easier for both of you, and with what you've just been through I don't think you want the stress of pushing her to do it if she's not ready.
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I've found if I try to push it he just becomes more defiant so i'm not now, and waiting till he's ready.
The potty is always available for him and everytime we change him (and nursery do it to) he's offered the chance to go on potty and do a wee and 7/10 times he does, so until he shows more of an interest and more co-operative i;m not pushing any further.
nappies are a pain, and expensive but i'd rather do that than have more stress on us because he's peeing all over the house!!! lol!!!
She'll be ready soon enough
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I don't think its impossible to 'force' the potty training. We started with Harrison last August, when he was about 2 years 4 months and he had used the potty and toilet a few times, and would occassionally tell us when he had wee'd, but not before.
We just decided one Saturday morning that he wasn't going to be wearing a nappy during the day anymore. We had plenty of changes of clothes everywhere we went though. We asked him every half hour or so and would sit him on his potty to see if he needed to go, and would take him to toilet with us as well to prompt him and to start with he spent most of his time at home naked, to make it easier. We always carry a potty everywhere with us and when he needs to go and cant hold it then he just goes on there. Whether we are in a shop, or in the car, if he has to go then he goes. If we are in the car we just pull over, if we're in a shop without toilets i take him in the changing rooms or hide behind his pram. Most people think I'm mad but toddlers don't have brilliant bladder control, especially not boys. We use potty liners which just fasten up when lo has been and can go in the bin.
My parents thought it was a stupid idea just taking him straight out of nappies without any 'weaning', but it worked, he was dry within a few weeks, and although he has the odd accident our technique continues to work.
We just found the key is to keep asking if he needed to go and plenty of praise, and have a little sticker chart up for him to put a smiley face on when he has been. He picks his underpants, has his own 'big boy' toilet wipes and his own handwash.
My hubby was the same with Harrison, was 'fed up of changing nappies', but I didn't let that influence the decision. You will know when it's right hun.
Sorry its so long. Hope it helps.
Sammi
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He's now had this vomiting bug Charlotte had last week so had 2 to look after today. The loo has never been so clean cos every time he's used it I've bleached it to within an inch of it's life!
Then he got lo so worked up and excited before bath & bed she was an absolute nightmare to put down. Sorry going O/T now!!
Gabe says 'Poo' usually before he does one but he isnt really aware of wees yet.
I think we all have an ideal of potty training starts aged 2 but in reality I think many lo's aren't 100% dry until they're 3 or 4 & I do think starting early can cause more problems than not. The best advice I have read is that the BEST time to start training is when your child actually wants to be dry, and that your child will not want to wear nappies to school anymore than you would want them to
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