Ordinary potty or Padded Toilet Training Seat? Which is best?

[feeb]

We have both and DS1 only will play with potty and occasionally sit on it or toilet!
He is 3 and not interested

[Ozziehoffy]

lol and that is the thing isn't it Feeb!!! Until they're ready... mostly they don't care lol. I did find people I know pushing their kids into it cos they were 2... and it was a LONG and VERY painful journey for them... both the mum and kiddies. I waited and just let him decide and Oskar was about 2 1/2 but it was a year later for poos... lol. Elijah is 26 months and watches Oskar (outside) lol and mimics him at times but he doesn't care for the idea and screams out no no no if I ask him if he wants to go to the toilet lol.

[feeb]

lol and that is the thing isn't it Feeb!!! Until they're ready... mostly they don't care lol. I did find people I know pushing their kids into it cos they were 2... and it was a LONG and VERY painful journey for them... both the mum and kiddies. I waited and just let him decide and Oskar was about 2 1/2 but it was a year later for poos... lol. Elijah is 26 months and watches Oskar (outside) lol and mimics him at times but he doesn't care for the idea and screams out no no no if I ask him if he wants to go to the toilet lol.

Yep thats it we will ask him if he wants to sit on toilet and get yelled NO, I do hope he starts soon as otherwise his friends in CC will move up a room and he wont!!!

[goddessofdawn]

Interesting, I have heard that boys normally take longer and toilet train later. Not sure how true that is.

I just figured that my DD will be 2, and it will be summer, so may as well give it a go. She is very talkative, understands a lot and can express herself well too, so it seems like it might be the right time for us.

[Ozziehoffy]

goddess... what I did was got those terry training pants from Big W.. and he just wore those when he was around 2... and if he wee'd on the floor, he did and I cleaned it up... but that was a good start cos they get to really associate the whole feeling of needing to wee with the wee actually happening. Elijah knows when he wee's cos I holds himself and if you ask him if he did a wee, he laughs lol. Just not ready to let go of his nappy yet... once it is warmer though, I'll pop him in the terry undies and let him run around out the back. I do think that in general, boys do take longer ... or should I say, that they are later. Having said that though, my first was completely TT day and night by the time he was 2.