Training pants/pull-ups or normal pants???

SarahNeedle1872

RLH33 wrote: »

Sounds just like my ds!! I persevered for about 4 days to be honest, got really fed up and quite cross before deciding it wasn't his fault as he obviously wasn't ready. I do think boys need to be a bit older than girls in my experience and I really couldn't cope with all that worrying that when we went out he would wet himself. If it really isn't working then I would give up and try again in a couple of weeks/month. There is no rush but I understand the feeling that you get that they should be 'clean' by now. Your friend's kids are dry, your family tells you all their kids were dry by now and yours isn't - it makes you feel like a failure even if the comments aren't meant like that.

I would rather wait until they are truly ready and have it go smoothly than rush into things, have loads of problems and make life harder for yourself and your child than is really necessary.

Thank you so much... You are totally right about feeling like he's the only one. He's just moved up with another 4 children into the next 'class' at nursery, and its easy to forget he's actually one of the youngest! We've only been doing it since Wednesday, so I think I'll give it this Wednesday and see what happens.

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I have a bit of experience in this. My boy will be 3 in November and we've been doing this on and off since he was 2yr 1m. He seemed to know when he was ready to wee but would be get distracted. I've had him intermittently in nappies/pullups and pants throughout this time. Now he knows when he wants to wee and sometimes makes it to the toilet or potty, sometimes he dribbles in his pants. But poo's are a different kettle of fish, he always starts them in the nappy or pants and then finishes off in the toilet, despite my bribery and corruption attempts. Part of me thinks we should quit till he's over 3 and try again but part of me doesn't want to lose the skills he's already learnt.

Doesn't help that my 19m daughter gets up and asks for the toilet eveyr morning and wee's/poo's on it, then comes downstairs for breakfast and has been doing this for the last 2ms. I haven't been training her, but she's obv been watching her brother and wants to copy him.

He however doesn't seem bother by his sister outdoing him, NOT that we've made it a competition by any means.

I've just come to the same conclusion as others, girls are easier to train than boys in the MAJORITY of cases. Having said that i still don't take my daughter out of the house without a nappy on, i consider her to be partially trained, she knows what to do and how to do it, but if distracted a mess will occur. But I am hoping by 2 she will be done.

Interestingly, i've found with both of mine beieng in pants resembles a nappy, its best to leave loose clothing like joggers on, so it doesn't feel like a pull up or nappy, until it CLICKS.

Others may have their own technique.

Good luck, i still need it!!

Pipling

When I started potty training my DD, we made a sticker chart and everytime she did a wee in the potty or loo, she got a sticker. When she got 10 stickers, she got a big sticker to wear (which she thought was THE best thing in the world..) I used to ask her literally every 5-10 mins if she needed a wee, it drove me mad but it made her think about it.

To start off with, i had her running round the house in just her pants and a top, but she didn't mind weeing in her pants then so I put her in trousers, and she hated being wet. That said, my friend's DD was the complete oposite and hated just being in her pants so that encouraged her to try and use the potty.

Hope its going OK for you.

SarahNeedle1872

Not too bad today... was in pull ups most of the day as we were out and about for most of the day.... DS didn't stay dry all day, but he did have a wee in the loo in the supermarket

Nursery tomorrow so I'll see how he gets on, he seems to 'get it' better there, I think because all the other kids in his class use the loo too.

Gonna shoot up to The Works tomorrow lunchtime to get some bits to make a sticker chart.... I think the 10 stickers then big sticker to wear will work well for him. Have put the pottys back in the cupboard though, DS much prefers the toilet, so we'll stick with that for now.

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sarmia

Thanks everyone for the previous comments, thought I'd let you know how we got on.....

Well we bought him some Bob the builder pants from town and started that afternoon. He wet himself twice but then I managed to catch him half flow and caught the wee in the potty. Once he had finished I let him flush it down the toilet. He thought that was fantasic and ever since then he has been weeing in the potty. He wont sit for a wee he has to stand nearly doing the splits. That was about three weeks ago and he has only had one further wet and one dry accident, he even poops in there. Nursery wasnt keen on having him in pants but after 2 days of dry they couldnt really complain. He is in pull ups at night but I have noticed he is getting drier and has a big wee in the morning. I have no idea how the hell it has happened so easily as for months I had been dreading it. I honestly think it was the fact that I caught him mid flow and he likes flushing it down the toilet. So that might be worth trying!
Thanks everyone for the comments and if it wasnt for the OP i dont think I would of started. Thank you!

sarmia

I will add that nursery gives him a sticker everytime he goes and he loves it! Stickers are a great idea!