How to stop 2 year old coming into mum and dad's room at night?

Claree__x

Chakani wrote: »

My two (four and two) share a room, the four year old can open the gate if he wants to use the toilet, but he generally doesn't, and there is a potty in the room in any case.

Is a 4 year old using a potty not a bit weird? I don't have all that much experience of 4 year olds but I have a cousin at this stage now and know that I started school at 4...

notanewuser

Claree__x wrote: »

Is a 4 year old using a potty not a bit weird? I don't have all that much experience of 4 year olds but I have a cousin at this stage now and know that I started school at 4...

When I was growing up, the people next door didn't want their children going downstairs to the loo (they had lots of stairs). They had potties in their rooms until they went to secondary school.

peachyprice

Claree__x wrote: »

Is a 4 year old using a potty not a bit weird? I don't have all that much experience of 4 year olds but I have a cousin at this stage now and know that I started school at 4...

I think the potty is for the 2yo who shares the room with the 4yo. The 4yo wouldn't need to use the potty because he can let himself out of the gate, presumably the 2yo can't yet.

Claree__x

peachyprice wrote: »

I think the potty is for the 2yo who shares the room with the 4yo. The 4yo wouldn't need to use the potty because he can let himself out of the gate, presumably the 2yo can't yet.

Ahh that's a point.

Nevermind me

Claree__x

notanewuser wrote: »

When I was growing up, the people next door didn't want their children going downstairs to the loo (they had lots of stairs). They had potties in their rooms until they went to secondary school.

Okay so that's a bit weird? Surely that's not just me!

notanewuser

Claree__x wrote: »

Okay so that's a bit weird? Surely that's not just me!

I don't know. We had an upstairs loo so it wasn't a problem for us.

peachyprice

I can remember my nan always had a 'po' under the bed in our rooms, just in case, I think it was just a hang over from outside toilet days. Were your neighbours older parents?

notanewuser

peachyprice wrote: »

I can remember my nan always had a 'po' under the bed in our rooms, just in case, I think it was just a hang over from outside toilet days. Were your neighbours older parents?

Mum wasn't, but dad was (he was about 50 when they had their first child).

thorsoak

peachyprice wrote: »

I can remember my nan always had a 'po' under the bed in our rooms, just in case, I think it was just a hang over from outside toilet days. Were your neighbours older parents?

Reminds me of a "nuaghty" rhyme from childhood
Eeny meeny miiney mo
Put the baby on the po
When he's done
Wipe his bum
Show old granny
What he's done

:rotfl:

zaksmum

My old Nanny always used a potty (she called it a po too!) because she lived in an old terraced house with only an outside toilet down the yard.

You had to take a stick with you if you ventured out there during the night...to scare the rats away before daring to sit down on the old wooden toilet seat!

No wonder the potty was the thing to use in the middle of the night.