Ok, when do you admit that it's not working?

[showtunesgirl]

DD is 2.8 and we started in earnest on Sunday, no nappies apart from at bedtime. We do chocolate for successes as well as stickers on a chart.

So far, she has done all poo in the potty but haven't got a whole pee in a potty yet. She is usually holding until she HAS to go and then boom, all over the carpet and if we're lucky she'll then hold a little bit whilst we rush to get the potty.

We tried this week as our CM is off on holiday but I don't think we can just send her back to the CM on Monday sans nappies can we?

I'm not too sure where to go now as putting her back in nappies when she has "achieved" poo in potty seems a bit of a backwards step but I feel that no wees in potty means that she's not ready.

DH is also adamant that she not go back in nappies as he thinks it will hurt her feelings and he's a much softer touch than I am when it comes to DD. In fact, he took the first three day watch.

She totally understands the concept but maybe she's just not physically ready? Or do I stick with it until Monday and then reassess?

[flowerfairy]

Stick with it for at least a week.
My ds mastered poo before wee, which believe me is much better! Is it possible to have the potty in the room where you are? That way she can see it and it takes the pressure off trying to rush and find it, to start with.

[showtunesgirl]

We have multiple potties so there is always one in reach.

I see her gripping her front and ask her if she needs to pee and if she wants to go on the potty and she just goes: No, thanks!

[showtunesgirl]

So in the end, two pees went in the potty yesterday. Huzzah!

Today, NONE have gone in and she keeps crying that she wants a nappy.

She also hasn't pooed since Wednesday. Do I give in and put on a nappy?

[drspouse]

Not there yet (have finally persuaded DS to actually sit on the potty, but after he has realised he needs a nappy change), but can you physically put her on the potty when she looks like she needs to go?

[showtunesgirl]

Yes, I've been trying and she is mega, mega resistant. I managed it yesterday as I bribed her into sitting on the potty by doing some craft stuff with her. But I obviously can't do that all the time! But lo and behold, she sat down and pee was produced!

[confusedofengland]

At the start, we used Cbeebies a lot to get DS to stay on the potty Eg if you sit on the potty we will put Mr Tumble on (then turn it off/pause it if he got up). Or singing a favourite, fairly long song eg Old MacDonald or The Wheels on the Bus, which can have many verses

[showtunesgirl]

Just to say that Saturday was truly horrific. She was still withholding and looked like she was in pain.

I had a talk with her and asked if she wanted to be in her big girl knickers and she said yes. I said that that meant that she needed to go on the potty then.

Cue lots of tantrums and in the end, I had to put her in nappy because she looked like she was in so much pain.

I put her to bed at the end of the day and was totally wiped and thought that it was time to call it a day for now.

Sunday morning, she got up and used the potty. Just like that. We even went out and she used the travel potty too several times. Now she's going to the potty every single time. I have no idea what happened apart from the fact that it just seems as though she made up her mind to do it. Feels like magic!

[Charl1eLamb]

Oh i await that feeling... Good for you.