Potty Training

Following because I’m Exactly the same as you! I work full time and don’t want to have to rely on the childminder but I don’t think he’s going to grasp it in a weekend. We keep mentioning it but he refuses and if we take his pull up nappy off he has a meltdown and puts one back on because he knows where they are kept. No idea how to start and getting worried the longer I leave it

I potty trained by boy back in October when it was half term as I had a week off and I was due again early Jan, so I needed him potty trained, however he was more than ready for it. We had 2 potty training books - “no more nappies” which is a good one, and the duggee potty badge book. We also let him choose which potty he wanted, which worked quite well, as he was interested in using it then. We started with nothing on his lower half, as it was easier with accidents, and after a couple of days introduced his “big boy pants” underpants, and then pants on top after this. He smashed it within a week, but each child is different, if you need any further advice, I’m just a message away xx

I also forgot to mention that duggee potty badge book was more of an activity book and it had a sticker chart in it and my little boy absolutely love this because he loved sitting on the potty to get a sticker, and stick this on his chart himself. Any sort of really good praise is really really good for them and obviously they will have accidents and if they do have accidents, obviously don’t make a huge deal about it. We just sort of said it’s only an accident don’t worry.

I wouldn’t stress. He will tell you when he’s ready. I had given up hope then one day out of the blue my boy said to me he wanted to pee in the potty so I took him and he did a pee. It was really unexpected. It has been touch and go since though. Some days he wants to use it and others he refuses, he even did a poo in there a few weeks ago. The nursery have started taking him as we are in the same boat both working full time and can’t consistently promote the training in the house. He’s going through a phase now where he’s refusing and wants a nappy on and cries when I leave him without anything on his bottom half. I’ve just said to him that’s fine as he knows what it is and we will try again later. Just take him in with you as much as possible so he learns about it. X

We potty trained over Christmas (I am a teacher so had 2 weeks off work). He was ready and had started asking to wear pants to be like his 'big boy' friends at nursery. We let him choose his own potty and pants which he liked. The first few days we stayed indoors and as naked as possible on the bottom half and kept asking if he needed a wee. There were lots of accidents but we reassured him it wasn't a problem, cleaned up calmly and reminded him next time to try to get to the potty. The first two days were hard and I wondered if he was actually ready as he didn't seem to be understanding when he needed to go but on day 3 something clicked and I can count the wee accidents he's had since then on my hands! Poos were a little trickier: he didn't like pooing on the potty at first and he only pooed every 3 days or so and then he started having a few accidents in his pants but he cracked that too in around 2/3 weeks. Good luck!

We did potty training in November. Did 4 days of bare bottom training and didn't leave the house. She still had the odd accident but has been fully dry both day and night since January

We did 'cold turkey style' potty training last summer following the 27-month review where the health visitors recommended us giving it a try. We had our little boy joining our family in October, and our toddler fully reversed potty training, back in nappies 🫠 Potty training #2 happened over half term in February, which has been a success so far 😅🤞 eric.org.uk is a good source of info on how to get started 😊🤞

Waiting until they are ready and it will just click but what really helped us was sticker Chart book - make it fun, you get a reward for going potty. A fun potty seat, fun undies / good luck it's a process some kids pick it up straight away, my one has taken a few months, every child's different!

And also keep taking them to the potty so they get used to the let go sensation and understanding when to go

@Sara I’m the same as you hun, no idea when to start but also getting worried the longer I leave it. My son is definitely aware of the poo/wee concept, he normally tells us when he’s done a poo, and as of lately has started telling us when he’s wee’d also as if he’s uncomfortable so I’m thinking we’re nearly there…