Followers of my blog will know I was potty training Sebastian over the summer holidays.
Although I say he is potty trained now, since starting school he has had a few wobbly moments where we have a couple of days of accidents and then he goes back to being ok again.
Potty training is probably my least favourite parenting task and it takes bucket loads of patience, a vat of disinfectant and the eyes of an owl to catch them when they go and hide behind a curtain to have a poo (and wine for Mummy and Daddy of course).
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both my boys didn’t stay dry until they were 5 at night and people told me i should be ‘doing something’ sooner but to be honest i’m not going to stress everyone out about it & they did it themselves overnight. listen to your instincts not other people!
Easier than you think, but some patience needed!
I tried to make my son sit on the potty till he wee’d for the first time so he knew how it felt….after about half an hour he fell asleep on it and I felt terrible.
My son loves his potty just never quite manages to make it there when he actually needs to use it
Little boy potty trained quite quickly but I waited until summer. My little girl is showing signs already at only 18mths but I’m dreading doing it wintertime! I’ll have to have heating up to sub tropical if she’s going to be running around without nappy on!
My son was potty trained during day at 2 and a half but wasn’t dry through the night until age 6. Just was not ready. All kids are different
Although children can be dry during the day it can take several more years before they are dry at night.
Although children can be dry during the day it can take several more years before they are dry at night.
You can’t tell them they’re ready! You have to wait until they’re actually ready. Keep trying, and they will naturally get the hang of it eventually. Everyone learns at different rates, this includes toddlers! 🙂
Took me ages to work out why everything in my bottom cupboard was wet – turns out my eldest was opening the top and peeing in it when he was potty training”
We’ve yet to start the process – I’m sure there’ll be some tales to tell once it all begins!
Positive reinforcement works best instead of scolding for accidents
I just cannot get my daughter dry at night 🙁
Have a relaxed approach is my tip as I found that when I adopted that my child was relaxed too and picked it up much quicker 🙂
i use to put glitter in the potty so when she wee’d it was glittery 🙂
I always encourage my son to tell Daddy (not Mummy) when he needs a poo!
Ahh we haven’t started potty training yet… but I’m dreading it ha!
Suttle reminders and treats make the job so much easier
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity, to go to Romania.
When I thought my daughter was ready (around 26 months), we went to the toilet every 10 minutes – even if we were out. We slowly worked up to 15 minutes, 20 minutes, etc., and after a day or two, she could pee on her own. Poop was a different story – I had to goad her with M&M’s…
My son is currently refusing to where pants or use his potty. I’m just hoping that one morning he’ll wake up and change his mind!
We had a musical potty , pee and it played music , my granddaughter would just go and sit on it hoping it would play the music she soon worked out what to do
You will get stressed but keep at it. Its tough but rewarding once they get it
Actually it went a lot smoother than we thought it would
I’ve never had to do potty training (we adopted). But this prize would be ideal when I help potty train my first grandchild
We made it as relaxing and fun as possible. A few accidents along the way but no biggie!
It’s so difficult not to get stressed and think it’s never going to happen, but it does, eventually!
Starting Potty Training next week… so hope to have some good stories to tell soon!
We are not quite at the potty training stage yet but am interested in hearing everyone’s top tips x
It tokk a week of staying home to potty train my first, hope the rest go along the same lines!
With my son the old advice that there’s no point trying until they’re 100% ready was true, I’m hoping, with my daughter, that the old advice that girls are easier to potty train, holds true!
it shouldn’t be rushed
I used read to my kids for a good 30mins a day whilst on the potty x
Not at the stage yet but the tips are useful
It took my eldest daughter years to be potty trained but we got there in the end- luckily my second child was a lot easier – fingers crossed for the third one!
nothing yet but not looking forward to it!
Good to read so many comments about how ‘late’ some children seem to be and to wait until they are ready. My little boy has just past 3 and doesn’t seem keen to say the least – infact he’s quite against the thought of using the potty at the moment no matter how we try to encourage him.
My youngest son just wont have any of it! I found my eldest really easy to train but i’m about to embark on my third try with my little one :-/
I thought my eldest was doing ok then he peed in his buggy and a trail followed us round Boots. Never mind they get there in the end
my daughter did a number 2 on a beach in zante,dad buried it
With my eldest he just pooed anywhere – the landing, the garden, ugh! Got to do one more child then done.
FYI I don’t think you’re asking people to follow the correct twitter account for huggies x
I have never seen so much poo come out of such a small person (my friend’s little boy) … and why do they always need a poo when aunty Amber is babysitting solo?!!!
My youngest daughter is very stubborn and doesn’t wanna go yet. So we’re waiting
You need so much patience, it is really easy to crack especially when you child seems to get it for a few days then suddenly relapses!
We are just about to start, but am not rushing it. If he shows an interest in the potty then will go
When potty training my daughter wet on the floor in the post office, so embarassing.
We are getting ready to start so nothing yet just lots of patience I’ve been told.
be prepared for your sofa to be peed on a lot. my middle daughter would get so distracted playing she would just sit there and wee.
It’s a cliche, but true – all children are different and this definitely applies to potty training. My son was very easy to potty train, he was very keen and the whole process was very short with a minimum of accidents. With my daughter it was an uphill slog. None of the tricks and reinforcement I had tried with my son worked with her. It took ages to get her trained during the day, and even longer for her to stop wetting the bed at night.
My Daughter has just turned two and we’ve done a bit of potty training. Thank goodness for laminate flooring.
My daughter is nearly two, we’ve just started having a potty around the house so it’s not alien to her. Her dollys and teddy’s do wee wees on it. Hoping to start in new year!
My grandson who is being potty trained pee’d on the floor placed his potty on top of it and thought he’d done a good job
our little boy isnt quite ready yet but we found our girls were harder to potty train than our other lads so im hoping our youngest is as easy
Always be prepared for little boys to piddle everywhere around the loo and rarely actually hit the target! Lots of disinfectant and cloths to clean up!
definitely need patience!!
Even when you think you’ve cracked it they can have a relapse and start having accidents again
my daughter put her dolls in her potty after using it. saying her dolls were in a pool
Biggest tip is don’t push them if they aren’t ready. So much easier and quicker if they are ready 🙂
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My nephew likes to wee himself, than he tells me he needs the toilet.
I haven’t started potty training yet .. This joys all to come
Totally agree let them go on there own good time ..when there ready they will go
Listen to your children. If they tell you they need to go now, either put them on the potty or find a loo right away.
my fully pottery trained 3 year old daughter popped right in the middle of our living room just seconds before my new neighbour came over for tea. I did not notice until my neighbour stepped in it, in her flipflops! TRUE STORY! I still have flash back!
Started it way too earlier. It takes a lot of patience!
Patience needed – and lots of it.
I’m re-learning all this for the sake of my grandaughter
don’t put pressure on your children as they can sense your tension and this will stress them. They will potty train in there own time,
My first two experiences of potty training were awful. Finally after trying everything under the sun, it was a combination of bribery, a sticker chart, a fancy potty, lots of books about potty training and incredible patience were what finally worked.
I’m hoping my attempts with my third child will be more successful but we shall see!
We have just let my now 4 year old do it in his own time and he decided that was 3 1/2. No fuss, no worry and minimal accidents.
I found with my son it was better to try it in the summer so that he could run around naked for a few days
Our little one is only 18 months old but I will start putting a potty out soon so he gets used to sitting on it with his nappy on first. I learned from my older 2 that patience makes the whole thing much easier. Let them use it when they’re ready.
Potty training ahhhhh! just got through it with the first and soon it will be time to start all over again with the second! Thus time I’m not going to push until he is ready and not stress about what other people say!
don’t put pressure on your children as they can sense your tension and this will stress them. They will potty train in there own time,
I have started to put my little one on the loo before a bath so she gets used to it before its time to potty train
I found it a nightmare!!
be patient they will do it in there own time
I have just started…. The potty already has a giant crack in it and my wee boy thinks that shaking it means sprinkling over every bathroom surface!
My son is still not dry he’s 13 I have a 2 year old I hope I don’t have the same issues
I’m waiting for the summer!
Do not rush 🙂
I have all that coming very soon, but my approach to potty training will definitely be to use positive reinforcement wherever possible, be patient and keep at it! It’s not going to happen over night, and there will ve accidents, but I know we will get there in the end 🙂
You have to have a LOT of patience. Don’t try and rush or force things, it will happen naturally.
We tried, but think it was a tad too early, so new year it is!
My truth is you can never have enough nappy bags for carrying around soiled pants and clean underwear and clothes it’s a messy job
You will get peed on. Fact.
We haven’t started yet
Its a bit hit and miss in our house.
Don’t try too early…there’s no rush
havent started yet but im going to listen to all advice going
we have not started yet but are dreading it as our wee boy is a handful to say the least
watch for the signs your child is ready
not started yet – soon, so enjoying reading everyone’s truths. Patience seems the key.
patience
I don’t have any yet – enjoying reading everyone else’s as very nervous about it
My eldest two girls took very different times to potty train. Whilst my first was very quick to learn, my second daughter took a lot longer. The moral of this is to be patient and stick with it. Kids are all different and will do things at different speeds.