DD is nearly 27 months and still not particularly aware of her pees or poos. If you leave her without a nappy she makes it to the bathroom to poo but does so on the bathroom floor. She just pees wherever she is. I'm not pushing it, it's not worth it to me. I'd rather wait until she's good and ready and do it in a week than have any amount of stress over it, kwim?
I waited till E was well and truelly ready and I was ready and it wasnt until 2 .5 that we began to start, she didnt have the vocab or the co-ordination to start any earlier. Somehow we did poos relatively easy it was the wee that took longer for us.
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I thought DD was going to toilet train around 18months but the signs of her readiness came and went......it wasn't until she had just turned 3 that she seemed to suddenly click and it only took a week or so until she was clean and dry during the days. She is now 3&1/2 and we are only 3 sleeps away from celebrating her being clean and dry overnight for a whole 3 weeks now!! For me it really was a case of her toilet training when she was ready......it was also so much easier and stress free for DH & I, and more fun too
I've heard that there is actually a trigger in there brain that will just switch on. Until then they can't feel that they need to go til they are going.
It's different for each kid. I have a friend who's son was out of nappies 24/7 at 12 months old. Very rare. Another friend's DD was out of them full time at 16 months.
But my 3 year old is still in night nappies.
I started DD1 at around 16 months, but she was 2 - 2 1/2 before she started to go. 3 1/2 when she came out of night nappies, but still did wet the bed once or twice every week or two. She has only really stopped wetting the bed the last 8 months or so.
DD2 started around 2. Got the hang of it around 2 1/2. Went back into nappies at 2 & 9 months when DS came home from the hospital. Is out of day nappies again now at 3. It was starting daycare that got her going again 3 weeks ago. Still in night nappies though.
Pooing is supposed to be easier than weeing. I'm not sure why, but they usually get number 2's sorted first.
My DD1 is 2yrs and 3months and has been dry for 2weeks though still in a nappy at night time. I tried her about a month ago and we had lots of accidents so i left it and then she pretty much did it herself when she was ready. She refused to wear a nappy one day and so far so good. Our only issue now is she doesnt like to do No2's on the toilet or potty but she wont do it in a nappy either. She just needs encouragment she does tell me when she needs to go she just gets a little frightened i guess but so far only one accident.
I know i am a bit away from it yet, but i was TT fully by 12 months and my sister was about 12 mths day time, but a bit hit and miss at night...
Mums methods may raise a few eyebrows due to the age, but i think that i am going to try it with MJ...
what she did was, this started when we were able to sit up alone, she would feed us (BF and soilds) then for maybe 5 mins after, the nappy would be off and we would sit on a potty... usually she would play a game with us or sing... if we did nothing, no big deal and nothing was ever said negatively, however if we did a wee or poo, there was heaps of praise. at that age we didnt really know, but mum was able to watch for the signs that we needed to go (like EC) and go from there. i think that it helped us become more aware earlier.
So yeah, im going to try it (i am sure there are loads that will think tat this is wrong) as its not putting any pressure on, just helping raise awareness of wees and poos iykwim...
SammieJane i was TT by that method at 11 months, but my dad tells me my mum went on sitting me on the potty/loo every hour all day until i was 2.5, so that, to me, isn't TT iykwim. I was feeling really worried when DD got to 15 months and was showing no signs (knowing i was so much younger) and then my dad enlightened me. LOL.
SammieJane - I think there are a few women on here that have TT from birth.
When DH and I lived in China we realised that most families over there do from birth as well basically using estimations on when the bub might need to go then using an association like a whistle sound.
Now that is environmentally friendly! LOL.
I think more and more families there use nappies now though. Its funny how culture changes.
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For me it really was a case of her toilet training when she was ready......it was also so much easier and stress free for DH & I, and more fun too
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