Advice on Potty training

Newly_retired

My granddaughter had same sort of problems at her nursery and to be honest, we felt they weren't attentive enough and needed to react sooner when she said she needed a wee. She got distressed at being wet so often as she was almost dry at home. BTW she used the loo rather than a potty. In fact being wet was was not the only reason, but she got upset and said she didn't want to go to that nursery, so in the end her mum moved her ( long story) and she became dry and happy again.
Might be worth a word with the staff ?

shelene

Hi, i feel there are always differences between home and nursery when toilet training. Again nursery have alot going on and your little one may be preoccupied thus have an accident, i would refuse to put training pants on as your child may start to expect this, if they are normally use to no nappy and usually if they do wet in a training pant they dont know about it as it soaks all the urine up!

I would just explain to the nursery to continue focusing upon asking your little one if they need the toilet and put them on if necessary, making sure the toilet is accessable without needing to ask. Just take lots of changes of clothes incase they do have accidents.:)

jetcat

my DD is now 25 months old, and is showing signs of knows when she needs to go IYSWIM.

As we have a downstairs bathroom, i am thinking of trying her straight on the toilet instead of using a potty, so i am on the lookout for a toddler toilet seat - one that has steps and the actual seat. The only one i can find (though havent really had the time to look properly!) is in argos for £30! Cant really afford that much!!

Does anyone know of any special offers at the mo??

lynnexxxo

you can get little steps in ikea for a couple of pounds, which would also mean you could get two and save the hassle of taking the steps up and down stairs. I got my toilet seat in lidl or aldi, but it was one of there weekly specials.

My boys were nearer three when i toilet trained them, i just waited till they said the didn't want to wear nappies - and pretty much no accidents. Good luck but don't worry if your dd decides next week she would rather wear nappies!

Juliav_2

Hi there

I potty trained both my children using a downstairs toilet, they are now 3 and 5 and both were tried around 2 years.

At the beginning it is sometimes difficult to get them to hold it so I would suggest you get a potty to have near her so at the start she can just go. Within a day or two, you will find she will understand the sensation and be able to hold it to get to the toilet.

I used a sticker chart with mine. Keep back a packet of stickers you think will be her favourite, and explain she will get these stickers when she starts to use the big girl toilet. They love this sort of thing.

I also bought a toilet ring to fit inside the seat, but never really used it. Both mine preferred without. A little step is ideal, in fact we still have it so they can reach the toilet in comfort, but would save your money and just see how it goes.

Hope this helps!

jetcat

lynnexxxo wrote: »

you can get little steps in ikea for a couple of pounds, which would also mean you could get two and save the hassle of taking the steps up and down stairs. I got my toilet seat in lidl or aldi, but it was one of there weekly specials.

My boys were nearer three when i toilet trained them, i just waited till they said the didn't want to wear nappies - and pretty much no accidents. Good luck but don't worry if your dd decides next week she would rather wear nappies!

thanks for that - any excuse for a trip to ikea lol!!

we dont have an upstairs loo, just downstairs, so will only need one. I am not sure if she realises fully when she needs to go - think it is just the novelty at the moment, so am not expecting too much!!

Mummy_Jo

Hi all

I am potty training my Daughter. She was two in Dec. We are only a few days into it but I am concerned about her holding on. 9+ hours at the moment. The nappy came off today at 0830 and apart from a little dribble earlier there has been no movement. I think that she in uncomfortable as she keeps crying. I also expected her nappy from last night to be full to bursting but there was hardly anything there. She even stayed dry during her nap. She is walking round naked from the waist down (wearing little dresses). I have tried to increase her fluid intake via filling up an old fruit shoot bottle (her fav drink and usually reserved for special treats outside). She is now so fed up with me asking her if she wants to sit on the potty that she is screaming at me. However, I think that she is in pain too as she keeps crying.


I didn't have any of these issues with my son when he was potty trained at a similar age. Three days and we were sorted. I bribed him with Lightning Mcqueen toys but my daughter just isn't interested in bribery of any kind! Gutted as that was my strategy.

As luck would have it she has just had a wee all over the floor whilst I was writing this post:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oh well 10 mins of clearing up and back to tomorrow for another 9 hours of holding on!

Any ideas would be appreciated

Thanks

Jo

Krystaltips

No help from me I'm afraid, my daughter decided to train herself and was a dream... But then took to holding herself too long and wetting just tiny bits at a time... She's 5 now and suffering recurrent water infections, can go a whole day without peeing if I don't remind her to go...

cazbust01

dont worry, my son was nearly 3 when he eventually did a wee in his potty - i used to sit him on his potty in front of the telly just waiting, he would stand up after about 4 hours with a massive ring round his bum and then wee in a nappy!! it was frustrating but eventually he did it and i think that the times he held it for hours gave him a very strong bladder, he got out of nappies all at once, he has had a few accidents in the day and not one at night and its been over a year now - so keep perservering it will come, dont worry, pm me if you need any more info, i also have a daughter so not just experienced with the boy toilet training LOL :-)

cazbust01

i think boys may be just more less inclined to " let it go " perhaps, dont know but i am sure all will be fine :-)