Not sure whether to go for it or not?

[DizzyKipper]

DD is 26 months and though I haven't really made a big effort to start potty training her we have had some small success. I must have first introduced her to the potty when she was around 22months or so, she was happy to sit on it though didn't do anything and we then practised putting her various teddies on and making farty sounds, which she found very fun. She didn't seem ready though so I took the potty away and bought it back out maybe a month ago? She sat on it, produced nothing, so I left the room quickly to get something and then had a very excited DD come running after me telling me I needed to see what she'd done - a nice big wee inside her potty and on the carpet beside it. She's had a few other times with this success so I started trying to remember to ask her more if she needed the potty and to keep it available for her, but generally she goes in her nappy still and sometimes seems outright resistant to using it.

The issue is now the reusable nappies she's in seem to be at the end of their lifespan. They leak more and more often - either because she produces too much wee at a time for them to handle or they're just no longer as absorbent/water tight. I've put additional liners inside to try to absorb more which worked for a time but now they're back to leaking most days again and I can't really put anything more inside without DD getting quite uncomfortable. So considering the nappies are becoming unusable, do you think I should go for it and really make an effort to get DD potty trained? And if so, should I be getting training pants? Or should I find alternatives - either buy more reusable nappies or resort to disposables for the remainder of her nappy wearing time? And is the best way to go about it to just keep the potty available and regularly asking DD if she needs to use it, or do you think there's a better approach I could take? Another factor is that I'm 37 weeks pregnant so DC2 will soon be here.

Many thank yous wise ones of MN, this is quite uncertain territory for me.

[waithorse]

I'd find something else to be honest. She still is very young and if doesn't get it straight away, things could get tricky with you being full term with dc2 now. Even if she does train well , she could still regress when her sibling arrives. Brand new baby and potty training don't mix well in my opinion. Find a solution for the nappies leaking, that can't be nice for her and try in a few month's is what I'd do.

[DizzyKipper]

Thankyou waithorse, glad for the advice, you're probably right - I don't want to push her and make it unpleasant.

[drspouse]

Your nappies could just need a strip wash - there are various ways to do this - just Google it.