Potty training - day 2

[damzel]

She's actually at a nursery near my work next week and I'm sure they would ordinarily, but if she's still weeing everywhere but the potty by Monday, I doubt they will. It's a very good nursery and she has been there before so it's familiar to her. I'll have to give them a ring tomorrow and find out what the score is.

Good point actually - does anyone know how nurseries go about it? I can't imagine they can allow toddlers weeing and pooing all over the place but I think that they do get very involved with PT?

[Fuschia]

take them to the potty very regularly i think.... and peer pressure

[damzel]

I called them and got told to bring your own potty if she won't sit on a kiddy size toilet as they don't have potties. I have no idea if she'll sit on a small toilet or not. They don't seem to have any guidelines for me - they just said they would do what I wanted. Oh. Much dilema. I hope the decision is abundantly clear by Sunday. Actually, she hasn't had ANY stars on her Star Chart for 2 days however so I think that might answer the question :-S

[Pickle]

Damzel, that's not a particularly accommodating response you got from them - I would have thought a nursery would be able to provide a really good base of knowledge when it comes to potty training.

My daughter (2 years 2 months) announced this morning "no nappy Mummy, I big girl now", completely randomly. So off we went to Primark to stock up on pants, and to buy a horrible pink Peppa Pig potty (the suggestion that she use her brother's blue Thomas one wasn't met with a great response). I was completely dreading it - we've just had our house remodelled complete with new carpets!

However, we've survived the whole day with one very small accident, so I guess although it's early days, she's a good example of being ready to potty train. The early days with my son involved sitting him on the potty every 15 mins or so, whereas M today has been playing outside and come in to tell me she needs the toilet. Seems too easy so I'm worried that tomorrow will go completely pear shaped.

[damzel]

Wow, lucky you! (apart from the carpets - what a nightmare!) That just reinforces my belief that we started too early. You use real nappies don't you Pickle - I'm convinced they give you a head start as they've always been able to feel the wet. We used them last year but as my CM didn't want to and they too so long to dry, we soon lapsed back to Pampers (oh the shame), but I am using them again now when we need to go out.

I was a bit disappointed and surprised with the response from the nursery, I thought they would be geared up for it too and actually thought it would be ideal for her to be going there next week. Which it probably would have been, had she been a bit more ready...

[cuppa tea]

i think it's about you both being ready. You have to be ready for lots of mess, accidents when out and weeing in odd places....and then not reacting to any of that! Very difficult! 2.5yrs is still pretty young to be potty training I would say. My son was over 3 and although we have fewer accidents now, we still have days when not much gets in the potty and most goes on the sofa. (Fortunately almost all poo has been a hit, so mainly just wee to clean up!). Because he does plenty of attention seeking stunts, potty training was like giving him a new weapon! We didn't even mention that we were doing it, other than telling him that he was going to be wearing big boy pants. Just left potties around the place and left him to it. It kind of worked. The first week was amazing. The second week I lost count of how many times he weed on the floor! But he did seem to appreciate the autonomy of being able to pull his own (elasticated) trousers down and do it all by himself. He was very ready, just enjoyed, still enjoys trying to get a rise out of us by peeing alternative places....

[Pickle]

Yes, I do use cloth nappies - did so for both kids, and I do think it contributes to them being more aware of feeling wet. My daughter has been really good at telling me she needs a fresh nappy for the last few weeks so I guess she's been leading up to it. My son was under 2.5 when he potty trained which these days is relatively young for a boy (although he still wears a pullup at night and is nowhere near being ready to go to bed without a nappy).

We'll see what day 2 brings, I'm suspicious that day 1 has been just a bit too easy!

[millsa]

good luck Pickle, looks like M is definitely ready for a change if she told you 'no nappy' :) My son did the same at 22 months and I was shocked as didn't expect anything like this for a few more months, but took the risk (or a chance?) and everything went very smoothly (on the wee front).

fingers crossed for tomorrow - big day 2 ;-)