DD is also 35 months. Since about 30 months she's been able to go in he potty or toilet on and off. I've been trying everything i could think of (also under a LOT of pressure from others, especially because she's a girl) to help her get the idea. 2 weeks ago i decided to bite the bullet again nd put her in pants. For the first 6 day she wet herself on average 3 times a day. I took spare clothes everywhere i went and it was a MASSIVE hassle. On the 4th and 5th day my dad was visiting and he said to me "becca if she was ready you wouldn't be getting all this" - the trouble was that she could physically hold it,. but she was stubborn and WOULDN'T go in the potty when we asked if she needed to. Then she would pee immediately after in her pants. So frustrating as she was great with the potty before we moved house but she just refused. I said "but dad she CAN do it" and he said "but she won't and you can't make her" and so i decided i would stop caring.
That was Sunday. Monday i kept her in pants because we were at home anyway, Tuesday i stuck a nappy on her because we had guests staying and she'd peed on the hall carpet and i was trying to make them breakfast while i cleaned up. That morning the health visitor came to introduce herself as we'd just joined the new local practice. She asked about TT (actually i didn't much like her; she brought a student midwife with her who told me "most babies die" at more then EDD+10 and was shocked i'd been "allowed" to HB at EDD+11, and the HV told m i couldn't possibly give DD what she needed in terms of mental stimulation and she should be in nursery 5 days a week by now (not 3 yet!)) and while she was there Esme took the nappy off and did an wee in the toilet and she has been dry DAY AND NIGHT since then! She just decided to do it, and that was that. She has been a bit patchy with poos, but she just shouted me to "see the cack!" in her potty in her room and she'd done a poo and wiped no problem.
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