indiechick Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 My daughter 1s 2 years 5 months and in last 3 weeks just started doing wees on potty/toilet herself. Before then, despite potty being there she wasnt interested i decided not to push it before she was ready and seems to have worked fine. She has virtually no wee accidents at all and has done brilliantly Only problem now is number 2s! She started out using potty for number 2s just fine, but now refuses. Bit stuck really because she gets distressed when she needs to do one. I think she started trying to hold a bit and then when she passed one it hurt a bit so she is now holding again and its a bit of a vicious cycle. At moment I am putting nappy back on to do a number 2 as she point blank refuses to sit on potty for one now and I wont hold her down on to the potty! I am assuming in time if I keep encouraging this may improve! Is this quite common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbadee Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 hi everyone, i have 20 month old son, i was thinking of potty training him during the school holidays as i have more time with not doing the school run with my 6 year old and will be at home most of the time, im not sure if he will be ready though, i successfully toilet trained (wouldnt use a potty) my now 6 year old just b4 he was 2 during the day and then got him dry in the night about 3 mnths after his 2nd birthday, he was rellitively easy, didnt use pull ups etc just stuck him pants on and went from there, but my 20 month old is such a active little thing and is very very stubborn and im in two minds becuse he will stand up to the toilet on a step and pretend to wee wee and also tells me hen he has pooed his nappy so in some ways i think hes ready. x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbadee Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 ...............but when i tell him 'wee wee' when he at the toiloet hes says 'no' and hes got a potty that turns into a toilet seat and step but he just climbs all over it and jus says 'chair'!!! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbyn Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I also thought the summer hols would be a great time to train my daughter 21 months but she's not ready so I'll just have to wait. Give it a go but just don't push it if it's not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicceone Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 my son is nearly four and although he is out of nappies and has no problem going to the toilet for a wee, he will only do a poo in a nappy, he will not do it in the toilet or potty, i have tried everything....any advice please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiechick Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 My daughter was a bit younger when we went through this, but we let her use a pull-up but took her into the bathroom to use it to get the association between bathroom and poos. Seemed to help Good luck x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 We`re having big problems potty training our lad (2yrs 11 months), and that`s despite showing him to the potty (or toilet) every time we`ve changed him for the last year ! Secretly I thought he`d pick it up real quick when we stopped using nappies (he`s pretty advanced in most things) but no, it`s dragging on and on, 7 weeks now and it`s improving only slowly. Sometimes he can go the whole day fine, others it`s an absolute disaster area. My advice to any parent, particularly if you have a boy, is, unless you need to have him potty trained for a particular age, I`d leave it until you`re pretty sure he`ll pick it up. Ignore anyone telling you "he should be potty trained by his third birthday, my boy was potty trained at 18 months" (or some equally unlikely age). Patience is the name of the game, or you`ll just make your life harder...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2print Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 We`re having big problems potty training our lad (2yrs 11 months), and that`s despite showing him to the potty (or toilet) every time we`ve changed him for the last year ! Secretly I thought he`d pick it up real quick when we stopped using nappies (he`s pretty advanced in most things) but no, it`s dragging on and on, 7 weeks now and it`s improving only slowly. Sometimes he can go the whole day fine, others it`s an absolute disaster area. My advice to any parent, particularly if you have a boy, is, unless you need to have him potty trained for a particular age, I`d leave it until you`re pretty sure he`ll pick it up. Ignore anyone telling you "he should be potty trained by his third birthday, my boy was potty trained at 18 months" (or some equally unlikely age). Patience is the name of the game, or you`ll just make your life harder...... I think is best to not worry, we started potty training our eldest when it was about 2yrs 4 months ish. It took him time and a plenty of accidents on the way but he managed it. I found having more than 1 potty a good idea, so 1 upstairs, 1 down and possibly another somewhere if you feel the need. He also didn't wear bottoms in the house for months - that was the bigger hurdle getting him to pull his trousers/pants down in time. It is easier if they are naked to start with. Another thing I would recommend is forget pull ups, there too much like nappies (well lets be honest there are nappies and I don't think most kids are fooled to think there pants!). When we went out I would put washable training pants on him, these are good because they hold little dribbles but also feel wet so it reminds them to go. One of my nephews is 3 and I took him to nursery once. He would be fine on the toilet sometimes and then other times totally forget. I read him a story at nursery while he was sat on my knee only to get a warm feeling on my leg shortly after. He was just too absorbed in me reading to him to notice that he was doing a wee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I think is best to not worry, we started potty training our eldest when it was about 2yrs 4 months ish. It took him time and a plenty of accidents on the way but he managed it. I found having more than 1 potty a good idea, so 1 upstairs, 1 down and possibly another somewhere if you feel the need. He also didn't wear bottoms in the house for months - that was the bigger hurdle getting him to pull his trousers/pants down in time. It is easier if they are naked to start with. Another thing I would recommend is forget pull ups, there too much like nappies (well lets be honest there are nappies and I don't think most kids are fooled to think there pants!). When we went out I would put washable training pants on him, these are good because they hold little dribbles but also feel wet so it reminds them to go. One of my nephews is 3 and I took him to nursery once. He would be fine on the toilet sometimes and then other times totally forget. I read him a story at nursery while he was sat on my knee only to get a warm feeling on my leg shortly after. He was just too absorbed in me reading to him to notice that he was doing a wee. There are two views on this. It does make it easier for the little one to go on the potty, but on the other hand, if he/she does a poo and you don`t realise instantly, it could end up all over your three piece suite ! It`s easier to wash a pair of trousers than remove poo from a suite or carpet or wherever. Worst case scenario, there could be poo stains where you can`t even see them, just smell them....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) I don`t know whether anyone else has discovered this method of removing the effects of a "missed potty visit" from one`s carpet, but we`ve found it brilliant. We only wish we`d known about it earlier...... We`ve now got old ice cream tub (or similar), an old spoon and an old dustpan set aside. Once the little terror has deposited said poo and/or wee on the carpet speed is of the essence. You put some warm water and detergent (or washing liquid) in the tub. You pour it onto the affected area. You scrape the spoon up and down the affected area of carpet, mixing the deposit with the water. Now here comes the clever part, you use the spoon to scrape the mixture into the dustpan. If you make the movements quick enough it flicks almost all of it into the dustpan which you them pour into the aforementioned tub. If you`re really good at it the carpet is actually cleaner than it was before ! The area is still damp but only damp, it would usually dry out in 24 hours or sooner. If you want it drier even quicker use kitchen roll to blot the area. Edited April 10, 2016 by Justin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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