Talk me through how to do this... Potty training 2.3 DS1

[angel1976]

Can anyone just talk me through this please? Can't put it off any longer as DS1 is really keen on potty training now. He has asked to go to toilet and actually done wees on demand. So we have the following already:

• Numerous potty training books and he understands the concept of it
• A potty in the living room for moments when I am dealing with 6-month-old DS2 and can't get him to the toilete
• Big boys' pants
• A child seat on the big toilet for when he goes to the toilet

Right, so planning to do it this weekend? Can someone talk me through it? Is it nappy off the moment he wakes up? How many times do you remind him to go to the toilet? Can we not go out and all? If we do go out, can we use pull-ups? How do we deal with accidents?

I am so clueless! Many thanks!

Ax

[grapesandmoregrapes]

I started potty training DD1 about 6 weeks ago, she is now 2, and it went a bit like this:

Day 1 - no nappy or pants, told her she needs to do her wees in the potty, reminded her every half hour or so, had a couple of accidents but she got a wee in the potty, lots of cheering, clapping etc. stayed in, (i started in the afternoon so just a half day)

Day 2 - much of the same, nappy off as soon as she got up, one or two accidents but she seemed to have the hang of it, still stayed in.

Since then she has been fairly consistant, doesn't need reminding to use the potty, and wears pull-ups in bed and when we go out. she understands that if she doesn't have a nappy then she has to use the potty, and has recently started being able to take her "big girls pants" off by herself to have a wee. its easier in the early days to leave them naked from the waist down.

I find pull-ups easier when out because you don't have to stress about being near a toilet or taking a potty with you, once DD is a bit older and can hold it in longer then i will stop using pull-ups.

i found it best to be very blase about accidents "oh well, next time try and do it in the potty" sort of thing, the more relaxed you are then the more relaxed you DS will be.

[angel1976]

Thanks grapes, that's what I needed to know. DS1 decided tonight after he has gone to bed that he needs to poo poo in the toilet. After a lot a giggling and straining, he got a poo out! Think we might have overdone the cheering as he insisted he needed to poo more... So more sitting but we finally had to take him off.

Fingers crossed he remains this keen when we start!