Toilet help

If she’s not understanding then I’d say she’s not ready & you’re fighting a losing battle. Try again in a few weeks

Thank you, I’ve been in two minds whether to halt it for a bit. One of the reasons we started is because she would tell us when she needed to go when in a nappy. But it’s been a different story once she started wearing knickers.

It can be hard to know when they’ve got knickers/pants on. It’s so much easier when it’s warmer n can run round with nothing on. I’d say take a break for a bit n just keep using the potty before bed or something. X

Yeah still have it as an option I’d say and see how she gets on. My daughter isn’t ready but we have the potty out and she’s really interested but only uses it once a day. I’m not fighting her for no reason I’ll wait until she’s 100% ready

Great advice ladies, thank you x

Think of it as toilet learning. It's a lot of skills that children need to learn to become fully toilet trained. I don't think you are fighting a losing battle, I think you just need to support them in learning to recognise the pre wee and pre poo sensations. Remember it isn't all or nothing. Try putting baby on potty as specific times of day, after waking, pre sleep, pre bath, pre meals and/or after nappy changes. Talk to them about pooing and weeing. Encourage them to listen to their body. When something happens on the potty/toilet, point to it and tell them, tell them that they peed or poops and that it was good that they did it in there instead of nappy! They will soon start to recognise the sensations. Work on getting them to talk their clothes on and off if they can't do this already! After a while, they will basically ever do anything in the nappy any more and you can switch over to pants. Longer process but less stressful and also in line with the pace that they can learn... :-)