Toddler Toilet Training help! (merged)

mum2one

Hi.
What I did with my daughter was leave the ptty around so she got use to it, and also after having a drink or food ask her did she want the potty, obviuosly it was not an overnight success, the main thing is dont worry, the more she sees you worried, the more it puts them off, we had 1 potty up and i down, she progressed naturally to the toilet after about a month, but still wanted the potty for no 2s, the first time she did a no2 on the loo was by accident, without being to graphic the splash rwally impressed, she was nearly 3 before she would use the toilet for no2s, just progressed, the other way we tried was to leave her t run around without her nappy but keep the potty by and look at her facial features.

Good luck

louidog

Another book to try is the "I want my potty" by Tony Ross.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Potty-Little-Princess-Board-Books/dp/086264965X/ref=pd_sim_b_4/026-9443199-7142826?ie=UTF8&qid=1186387296&sr=8-6

I never thought my son would get clean and I think he finally done it about 2 weeks before he started nursery! They seem to just get the idea overnight!

Lyndsay_21

what has also worked for my DS when he said i need a wee or it was obvious he did i just said "right we are going to the potty/toilet" the first few times i took him he screamed his head off in defiance (he's a big drama queen!) but it worked witht in 2 hrs he was using the potty, all in all it's taken me about 3 weeks and he's totally dry in the day now.

also i did leave him a lot longer than other friends had i got rid of the pants after his party on his 3rd birthday as he was a big boy then.

bunty109

I'm just potty training my son. He's just 3 and hasn't been interested before.

He cracks me up:I took him to the toilet the other day because he asked and then he couldn't go. He said "I haven't got enough wee in my willy mummy"!

kdean

When we potty trained DS we firstly tried rewards, if he did a wee on the potty he would get a chocolate button but he very quickly learned and then was trying to squeeze out a little drip every 5 mins so he could get a button. I stopped this and we just tried sitting him on there, it took him a little while to get the hang of it so I just made him sit there watching power rangers until he weed. After the first time, he realised it was much better to do it on the potty and grasped it fairly easily after that. We moved and he started having accidents again but once he was settled he was fine.

Milky_Mocha

I'm thinking of potty training my fifteen-month old. I've dug up as many potty trainng threads for pointers but none of them touch on the subject of whether or not its acceptable to make your childminder potty train your child. I realise it involves considerable patience and accidents and all and I don't know whether I'll get charged extra for this. I'm slightly embarrassed to ask her unless I have some idea of what others think.

If I could take a couple of weeks off work I could get started but I've already used up most of my holidays for the year.

Opinions would be much appreciated.

MiM

silvercar

Personally I think 15 months is too young!

If a toddler is ready to be trained then 3-4 days should be long enough to cover the basic training with only minor accidents occuring after that time.

If you can't find 3-4 continuous days at the moment then wait until you have more time. There is no rush, they all get there in the end.

Nicki

The childminders I know would all be fine about working with a parent on potty training and wouldn't charge extra for this. However, very few children would be ready at 15 months so unless you have a reason to believe your child is ready for this stage substantially earlier than the average child is, you may find that you meet resistance from the CM for this reason only.

ailuro2

IF your child is ready, then ask your childminder.

15 months is extremely early to be trying real potty training- you'll find it costs you more in kitchen roll and professional carpet cleaning than it would have to buy nappies.;)

mummy_Jay

Hello,

As a working mum, my childminder did do a lot of the work when it came to potty training my boy. Talk to your childminder, not only will they be able to help but they know your child, so they may be able to give you pointers.

As for potty training at 15 months, if you think your little one is ready try it. All of these things are just guidelines, your the one who knows if your little one is ready or not.

If it doesn't work try again in a month or so but if nothing else try and get them use to using the potty. I got my son a chair potty from mothercare, he use to sit on it and look at books, I also got him into pull ups rather than nappies and got him use to using the potty before I went the whole hog on the potty training (saves on those acidents, and they can be so proud of not wearing baby nappies), I think he was about 15-16 months when I did that.