Toilet training

Hi, my daughter just started potty training a week ago and it went brilliantly finally, I had tried her a couple of times prior in the summer but she just wasn’t interested and so I left it until now, I brought 2 packs of chocolate buttons and just whipped her nappy off one morning and said that we do wees and poos in the potty, I left her with just a top on and the heating on lol for the first 3 days, we didn’t leave the house, 4th day we introduced on bottoms that were easy for her to pull up and down although she did need some help at times if it was urgent lol, we did have an accident on the 1st day of this, then day 5 we started with pants and pjs, day 8 was real clothes, we’ve had 5 accidents in total so a complete change to when I tried her in summer as honestly it was constant accidents, we even managed a walk on the weekend and she held her wee until we could get to a toilet as she wasn’t happy with a bush wee, after day 3 she forgot all about the chocolate buttons (part 1)

You know your child if stickers are a better reward then use that, I know that my daughter would do anything for chocolate lol, and prior to potty training she too would sit in her dirty nappy telling me she hadn’t poo’d even if I could smell her a mile away, trying to change a nappy was like wrestling a rabid dog 😆 just don’t sweat it, keep trying it and if it gets too much leave it a week and try again, they’ll get it eventually, try not to put too much pressure on yourself or the toddler, with everything this time around I’ve told myself she won’t drink from a bottle at 16/she won’t always come in our bed etc I’m just going with the flow, good luck 🤞 xxx

Oh and now over a week later, every morning doesn’t want her nappy off and at bedtime doesn’t want her nappy on, toddlers are fun 😆

This is so helpful thank you… yeah I think I might try him with sweets and see how he gets on… I do think that will be a better motivator xx

I hope it goes well for you both 🥰

I bought the ‘Oh crap potty training’ book and followed it to a tee. It’s really good, my daughter was potty trained within 5 days x

@Natalie thank you so much 💕

@Georgie I’ll have a look at that thank you x

Does your little one go to nursery? My daughter had started telling me when she had filled her nappy but still wasn’t ready it was only when her best friend at nursery started that she started showing interest. I bought chocolate coins and stickers as a reward for everytime she’d done something on the potty and then little treats like a colouring set for every few days to keep her interested. We stayed in the house for 2 days while she started to grasp it and then afterwards just dealt with it as it came, the first 2 weeks were iffy but she’s been dry ever since. I also used puppy pads in the pram, car seat and sofa incase she had an accident xx

I followed the Oh Crap method and I just stuck it out. The initial days at home were great (we did 3 days, 2 without trousers and one with… then didn’t introduce pants for a week until nursery really wanted them because of the poop accidents) and then she went to nursery and sooooo many accidents that first week. Because they’re distracted and don’t want to leave what they’re playing with to go to the toilet. Took a month after that to get her good with poops. It’s been a month now where she’s only had a couple wee and a couple poop accidents total. Just remember accidents are normal and expected and the goal is just to keep moving forward, reducing the number of accidents, having them self initiate to go to the potty… even if they don’t make it but they told you and tried, that’s a step in the right direction. You’ve got this!

Oh we also did a rewards chart (which the oh crap method says not to but I thought it was good) and at nursery they would give her a sticker or draw a happy face on her hand. Then with the poops I had to buy specific books about pooping in the potty after we tried and tried and tried and those seemed to help it click.