Advice on Potty training

Counting_Pennies_2

I would highly recommend Gina Fords Potty training in a week.

It is incredibly quick to read. I read it on a short train ride.

It isn't really a week, you do a preparation stage, for as long as you want, then do the potty training for the week. It is really good.

My daughter still isn't at a stage of asking to go, that will take some time, probably a month or so. It is more a case of putting her on the potty on a regular basis, then move to asking if they want to go, then leaving them to ask. Then moving to the toilet when they have got into the habit of going.

My son managed it in a week, but contrary to what legend has it, girls in my experience do take longer!

SarahNeedle1872

I've been potty training DS, who was 3 in Feb, for the last couple of weeks... our second attempt.

Now he's very good at weeing on demand ie before dinner, before we go out etc, but if he's playing or distracted by something, he will not go and still has accidents. He will use either the toilet or the potty depending on where we are, but only when he's taken. I'm not really sure where to go next.... am I going wrong by taking him all the time (every 2hrs or so)? Or do I just continue like this until he understands the feeling? He's starting a different nursery at the beginning of May, so I'd like him to know when he needs to go before then....

Thanks

Sx

*Louise*

It's only been a couple of weeks, he is bound to still have the odd accident.

If you see he is really engrossed in playing, I would just gently interrupt now and then to ask if he needs to go. That should be enough to make him start thinking about it again.

My DD is potty training atm as well btw, it's the only stage of childhood I really don't enjoy lol. I think the repetition does make their brains 'click' and everything falls into place after a certain amount of time.

bertiebots

Ah...boys bless em. The day I started potty training my dd was the day she was potty trained.
My ds's on the other hand had this habbit of forgetting when anything slightly interesting was afoot! I wouldnt stress too much but understand that you want to get him "dry" before he starts nursery.
I suppose you have a potty in plain veiw at all times and remind him every 20 mins or so? This is what I did. I also used to leave them without pants in the first few weeks (at home of course) so they didnt have to contend with moving clothes out of the way ,as they often left it till bursting point before going!.
Is dad around? If so it might be a good idea for him to show ds how to wee like a big boy (you know what I mean lol!) and stand at the toilet. Feeling all grown up may spur him on to concentrate a bit more.
Just keep praising him when he does well, lots of prompting and "never mind"s when it goes wrong. My eldest wasnt dry on a night till nearly 4 and often came home from playgroup with a little carrier bag. Ds2 was dry by 2 and a half because he wanted to be like his big brother ...and dd, like I say, was gobsmackingly easy. All kids are different and he will grasp it soon I am sure.

Counting_Pennies_2

That is precisely the right stage a few weeks in.

Weeing on demand, but forgetting to take themself is very normal.

What I did is booked my little one in to the creche of the local gym, it did wonders for a bit of me time, and good for her to play with others, and they just told her to ask them when she needed to go. Within a week she got it.

It is sometimes the security of knowing you will do it all for them that makes them rely on you, where as strangers they are much more happy to conform.

I still have the odd accident three months in, but it worked a treat.

hth

SarahNeedle1872

Thanks, that makes me feel a bit better!

Yes, Dad is around and takes him to the toilet, although doesn't show him the standing up.... thats a good idea to start doing though! We do have a potty downstairs, in exactly the place where DS likes it to stay - next to 'Mummy's sofa' right in front on the stairs!
DS is at one nursery already, so does go to the loo with different people, none are strangers though, so something else to think about.

I don't mind if he's not 100% dry, and we haven't even started on night time yet - he is a very heavy sleeper. Thankfully it would seem that my expectations are a bit high for only a couple of weeks trying

Sx

mumslave

I have a secret to potty training. Its called Jelly Tots :rotfl:

Seriously with all of mine, I awarded them with a single jelly tot and lots of praise every time they went on the potty. Once they were sorted with their wee's I began to only give one for number twos. Once they were sorted with number twos, I replaced jelly tots for stickers.

At one point my girls would go sit on the potty and squeeze for dear life, until a tiny drop of wee came out, then ask for a jelly tot :rotfl:

Worked for me!

neneromanova

I've got to start potty training my DD soon, but i've just 2 questions. Where do I start and what do you do when you're out and about?

Indie_Kid

neneromanova wrote: »

I've got to start potty training my DD soon, but i've just 2 questions. Where do I start and what do you do when you're out and about?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tommee-Tippee-Portable-Potty-Blue/dp/B000HSZTRO

mumslave

signs a child is ready to potty train:

Able to pull own trousers down at least.
Able to know when they are weeing/pooing.
Showing an interest in you or siblings weeing/pooing

Signs a child is not ready to potty train:

You produce a potty and they stick it on their head, proud of their new hat. Put it away and try again in a month :rotfl:

When going out, I took a little potty with me. Also a change of trousers or three.