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Potty training - oh crap potty training

I am currently potty training my little man, he is doing great and is going to wee on the potty, haven’t mastered the poo on potty yet, he did one on the floor today so we caught a bit of it and put it down the toilet. Anyway my question is, i am prompting my little one a lot, should I not and let them pee and me catch it? Prompting mainly as I’ve seen no signs that she speaks of for wee’s, poo’s he did squat but I was eating my lunch so missed the initial part 🙈 my little boy hasn’t long been speaking, he is now talking and can say wee wee and poo poo but isn’t telling me when he is going which is why I’m prompting. Going to move onto block 2 but didn’t know how others found the book and if they were prompting a lot too? Thanks

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I think it says don’t prompt more often than every 30 or 45mins (can’t remember which)? We did oh crap and we followed that guidance. Felt like constant cueing but we naturally stopped it over time as she self prompted more

I know already he goes at least an hour in between so not prompting until then. Did you prompt at first then? Hoping he shows natural signs soon but prompting does seem to be working at the moment

We followed that method too and prompted sooooo much. More than they recommended tbh but worked for us!

Yes keep prompting! They’re learning a new skill and just need lots of reminders at the beginning. It gets easier/less intense! Eg we potty trained in September and I’d say for the past 4 months or so she wees every 2-3 hours. Rarely prompt (rarely is successful at least, damn opinionated toddlers 🤣). Occasionally have an off day when she’s clearly having a developmental leap, otherwise can’t remember the last time we had an accident!

Thanks both, sounds like your little ones are doing amazing. My little boy went for a wee last night without being prompted and also gave us a poo in the potty before bed so we are taking that as successes :)

Yay big win! Well done 👏