Yet another potty training thread

[Tigerlilyb]

So I always thought it'd be obvious when LO was ready but it's not as clear cut as I thought it would be! She just turned 22 months and the other day she pointed in the bath while I was getting it ready saying "Baby peepee there" (she refers to herself as baby) so saying yeah, better in the bath than on the floor, I put her in the bath and she promptly looked down and went pee.

I took that as a sign and let her go un-bummed the next day and we had only one pee in the potty in the morning, the rest were accidents. I nearly gave up but she stubbornly refused a nappy after her nap so I carried on but prompted her every 30 mins or so if she needed to go. We ended up with 4 pees in the potty (and an extremely near-hit poop)

We've continued all day today and so far we've only had 2 accidents. For the first time ever she's gone dry during nap and all through lunch afterwards, and then did a massive pee in the potty afterwards.

I'd say we're being pretty successful so far buuut...

She still only told me that she needs to "go" twice in the past 3 days. Isn't that a sign that she's not actually ready? Most of the time it's me prompting her and I feel like I'm bugging her all the time. Also she can't pull her pants down by herself yet. This whole business is pretty confusing.

 

[InHisHands]

I'm totally going to be stalking this thread. My son seems so borderline ready too.

 

[SarahBear]

I don't think it's a sign she's not ready. It all takes practice. So if you keep it up, she'll get the practice she needs, and in time, she will start telling you she has to go, when she's ready for that step in the potty training process. As for the pants thing, that's an advanced skill that some kids don't get until 3. Why hold back progress and make her use a diaper, just because she needs help with her pants? It's up to you as the parent, but I'd keep things going.

As you may know from my posts, we are doing early potty training. Violet doesn't consistently tell me she has to go, but because she knows that the potty is where poop and pee go and that I will help her when I can, she does make an effort at times to communicate this to me. Her communication about it isn't because she's advanced. It's because of the early pottying. I think that if you continue what you're doing, your daughter will show you the lacking signs sooner than she would if you dropped the pottying.

 

[Tigerlilyb]

As for the pants thing, that's an advanced skill that some kids don't get until 3. Why hold back progress and make her use a diaper, just because she needs help with her pants? It's up to you as the parent, but I'd keep things going.

Yeah this is very true, I don't know how I got it into my head that it's some sort of sign. She does have a good go at it at least, that's a start. She did manage to get her pullup off once but that was a battle and a half that lasted about 3 mins straight.

Another thing is is that she pees really frequently. This evening in a 2 hour space she peed 3 times in the potty and still had a tiny accident in the corner afterwards. I'm not sure if she went so frequently because I was prompting her and she had a squeeze because she knew she'd get praise for it (her face lights up when she starts peeing! cutest thing) or if she actually had to go all those times. They're pretty tiny pees. I know she has a tiny bladder to go with it but it was quite honestly just a tablespoon or less.

 

[SarahBear]

I think you got it in your head because whenever you see stuff about potty training, it lists that as a necessary skill. As for the pee frequency, you can always try longer intervals. I generally only ask Violet every 2 hours. She does go more frequently in the morning, but her communication about it is generally better in the morning anyway. Perhaps try every 45 minutes and then every hour.

 

[chulie]

When my dd started using the potty she would go constantly. I think it takes some time to understand the sensation of having to pee. It's like the second they feel anything they think they have to go. We were taking her pee it seemed every 10 minutes at one point hahaha. But it's settled down now and she doesn't just dribble...she has normal pees now.

If you can figure out the poop thing let me know. My dd is almost 3 and still poops in her sleep.....we tried waking her mid sleep but she's too sleepy and won't go....I caught her once immediately after and she really was out cold sleeping while she pooped so I know it's not her knowingly doing it. No clue how to break that!!!

 

[SarahBear]

That's weird, how do you poop in your sleep???

 

[chulie]

I have NO clue but man I wished I could figure it out because it's so annoying!!!!!

 

[princess2406]

We started potty training my ds last week. I do believe he's ready as he'll tell us when he's going to poo or wee, he's also been wearing big boy pants over his pull up pants a couple of months now and just about has the hang of pulling them up and down himself. When we are in the house I try to let him just wear his big boy pants so he can feel the difference to his pull ups. We've had more success than accidents but I feel we have a very long way to go yet! I did think to myself earlier what if he's not ready and am I forcing him but we've been practising every day now for the past week so it seems a waste to stop. I ask him every 30 mins if he wants a wee or a poo, he sometimes just sits on his potty an we read pirates Pete potty story together! We also made a chart together using crayons and he gets a star every time he uses the potty. We're just trying to make it as exciting and fun as we can. Good luck and I'm sure we will get there lol! x

 

[jenny82]

My LO has been nappy free this past week and she has been great, although still getting the hang of poos :/

She has been talking about it for months, watching me & her brother, and we did have the odd practise night but I didn't pressure her too much. I didn't even want to think about it myself until the summer! But the weekend before last, it all just clicked and she has been amazing! She is nearly 2.5. I did get a good travel toilet seat for my bag so going out isn't so scary!

I would say that if she insists on no nappy, go with it, but put towels down on sofas etc. Not much damage can be done in the house!