Help potty training advice needed

[Willo43]

Hi all, my little one is 2.5yrs. We've been introducing the potty for a few weeks now. We've not left the house today so I decided to go for it and have left his nappy/trousers off.

He's passed urine twice on the potty without prompting and had one accident so far so am I right in thinking that he is ready? I put a nappy on him for his nap and will do for bed.

Do I just go for it now with pants through the day? Nappies for sleep time won't confuse him will it?? What did folk use in the car and whilst out and about? Any advice would be great

[Rbh2]

With my kids it seemed to happen differently. My daughter was a gradual learner, fine in the house when she was naked from the waist down but really struggled with underwear. It took about a month before I felt ok going out without a pull up nappy on her.

My son seemed to take to it much quicker and was fine with having pants and trousers on right from the beginning, even when we were out.

It might have been that I had more confidence second time around!

I used to put absorbent mats on the car seat, buggy and sofas incase of accidents. Also put them on the bed during nap times. Pampers do them but you can get much cheaper ones from home bargains type shops.

My biggest fear with my first was her having an accident whilst we were out but to be honest once it happened and I realised its not that big of a deal I was so much more relaxed.

Just make sure you bring plenty of spare clothes(including socks) and a travel potty is a great buy.

Good luck!

[Georgielouise]

My little girl still wears her pull up pants for bed at night but always wakes up dry in the morning. It doesn't confuse her and she does wake up for a wee on the potty in the night if she needs to go. She has just turned 3. I started potty training her at around 2 - just sitting her on it after a bath etc, with lots of trial and error she finally clicked a couple of months ago and now is in knickers and can pull them down herself to go to potty. When we go out in the car we put a bed pad on her car seat just incase and take the potty with us. She does hold herself very well. When we go shopping I take the potty with us then we visit the toilet and she can go on her potty. I started off just leaving her with no pants/ pull ups on at home - for ages and now she goes all the time , on her own and I don't have to keep on reminding her either. You are doing the right thing. Only thing was I didn't rush into taking her out without her pull up pants on and after a while she was coming home dry and using the potty when she got home. Doing this she has never had an accident .

[Willo43 in reply to Georgielouise]

Thank you both for replying. Today has been a battle! The nappy he wore overnight was soaked so he's not ready for pants at bed time. He refused to let me take it off when I eventually did he didn't want one back on! So I have left him naked from the waist down but he's refused to sit on the potty every time I've asked. Problem is he's holding onto his urine, after 2 hours of not doing a wee he was starting to jig and panic a bit but refused to sit on the potty he didn't want his pull up back on either 🙄

He did sit eventually himself managed a dribble got up then whilst distracted with his toys did a massive wee on my sofa! Do you think I'd be better off waiting a few more weeks or is this what it's like and I should just persevere?

[Georgielouise in reply to Willo43]

This happened with my little girl, she suddenly didn't want to sit on the potty - this was after she had been doing quite well. She got very upset and I asked my Health Visitor and she advised to completely forget about potty training for about a week and don't mention sitting on the potty then reintroduce it after a week. I did this and Charlotte still wasn't keen after a week so I left it for another week then slowly introduced it again. Don't push it or make a fuss as this can put pressure on them and they revert. You will get there, he probably isn't quite ready yet.

[Lizzielizzielizzie]

Use one of those puppy training pads in the car seat maybe.