Toilet training general chatter

[leckert]

Having trouble getting ds to sit on the potty or toilet as they are "too cold". Will we in the shower though and on the garden outside.

I got toilet seat covers/warmers off eBay last year to get over this one (about 2 for $5 I think). Managed to not use them over summer (had one die on me) but DS1 is starting to complain about the cold seat again might have to get some more again

[kitten2b]

Off to google them

[~TT40~]

Ok. Going to really pull my finger out. I feel like Spock should be TT...I don't know why, but I feel bad when I put nappies on her...
I'm going to read back and see what tips I can find to get going for real

[wysiwyg]

I need to do something too, DS is three next month and won't poo anywhere but nappy or underpants etc, he will do wees on potty occasionally at home and uses toilet at daycare for wees, and I think that if was in undies would get the wee thing quick, but can't cope with poo in pants everyday and couldn't do that at daycare anyway. I have tried bribery etc but to no avail, he knows the talk, "I am a big boy and big boys wear undies" but just won't poo on potty or toilet. I am sure he knows when is going to as he takes himself off somewhere usually. He used to always tell you straight away when he had done a poo in his nappy, but since starting trying to TT he doesn't, and lets it squelch out all over unless you smell it quick, which is harder for them at daycare and I feel bad they have to clean him up. His friends at daycare are toilet trained, I thought that would help but hasn't. He is nearly always dry overnight and will wee in morning.

[phebee]

I feel the same about DD TT40.

[~TT40~]

Maybe its a 'there will be a new baby soon' thing

[OceanPrincess]

Wysiwyg we found DS1 just "got it" one day right before 3. We didn't even try until he said he wanted to wear undies. Boys seem to need to be a bit older. He sounds like he's pretty normal??

TT how old is Spock now?

[~TT40~]

She is 2 yr and 3ish weeks

[sahbear]

Wysiwig, same as OP my DS one day just decided to wear undies, and he's been dry and clean day and night since then - obviously a couple of accidents in between.
Frustratingly we had been trying for 4 months and getting no where, lots of tears, anger, frustration of him just not getting it - so we stopped talking about it, went into nappies full time again (had been doing, pull ups, training pants, undies and nappies in that 4months) and after 2 weeks he came and asked for undies and we haven't looked back!

He got an m&m for a wee on the toilet, and gummi bear for a poo and a chuggington train for staying dry and clean all day.

[Mum2SweetCs]

Im with OP here.

When dd1 was around 2 i thought she was ready to be toilet trained as she told us when she needed a change but when we started she was scared of the toilet even though we bought every mini toilet seat thing there was.

I didnt pressure her until a few months shy of 3 yrs old she decided nappies were for babies and never wore nappies day and night.

Dd2 tells us when she poos and wees but im in no rush to get her out of nappies until she feels shes lazy (and secretly i find nappies heaps easier than rushing them to the toilet and cleaning puddles :O)

[HotI]

Tt40 she is still little. Don't stress yourself too much

[peanutter]

I should get involved here ...

DS1 (4yo) is finally able to wipe his own bum properly (most of the time) and only very occasionally has an accident (usually because we're out somewhere and he's too busy playing to stop and go to the toilet ... he knows he's done it, he just doesn't care -- what's with that??)

DS2 (2yo) has started toilet training and is doing pretty well when awake - naps and overnight is still 100% nappyzone though, but he has started telling us when he's done wee as well as poo, which suggests to me he's making progress ... he doesn't like being dirty, so he should start letting us know when he needs to go soon ... right?

[jellybean88]

Hi joining in here ds is 2.5 in undies all day at daycare and mostly stays dry and poo free but home is another issue h and I have been so busy we haven't been doing it at home also have the added inconvenience of no toilet downstairs and dd (1) always tries to pull ds off the potty and stick her hands in it still a few teething problems figuring out toilet training in the new house ds has also only just started talking so another reason we haven't pushed toilet training were in the mindset we won't push but we've changed him to cloth nappies so we no longer have to buy nappies for him which also takes some pressure off getting him trained quicker and then well just use them for dd anyway after he's toilet trained

[Ladylove]

DD is almost 2 and a half years and not inclined to TT at all. She very happily wees on the toilet but only if we initiate it and will never say she needs to go or is wet/has done it (still in nappies). She won't poo on the toilet and hates her dirty nappy being changed so will hide the fact she has done one. We haven't done any nappy free time.

[Frangipani Lou]

DD (20.5 months) is sitting on the loo reading at the mo. She started showing an interest about 4 weeks ago and was getting upset when I sat on the loo because she wanted a turn. We had great success with the first 2 weeks then took a break for 2 weeks because she decided she didn't want to use the loo but we are back to it this week. We are thinking of it as toilet learning, just like any other area of her learning. I feel like it takes the pressure off. We are in no hurry for her to get into undies so we are just following her lead and interest at the mo. Its about offering the loo at certain times for us at the mo. She's quite comfortable to do wee and poo on the loo but in the morning she takes her time and we only have one loo so I've resorted to using the potty to wee in a few times!

[Frangipani Lou]

So we are having some success with DD using the toilet. when I put her on it, she always does a wee and sometimes a poo. She's not telling me when she needs to go so I'm not sure about undies yet, especially as we are looking for a new FDC educator and that will be enough change for now. Have any of you transitioned your LO to undies before they are asking to use the loo? DD has the ability to hold on, even in the morning if I use the loo right before her she can hold and wait to go.
Ideas?
TIA.

[nyigi]

Yay for your DD. Yep we transitioned DS to undies before he was asking to use the toilet, and it actually took him a long time to initiate using the toilet even though he stayed dry in undies. He can just hold on for an amazing time. Like your DS he'd often wait while I went to the toilet in the morning and it wasn't unheard of for him to stay dry for the whole time at childcare (we started to worry he wasn't drinking enough so he wouldn't need to pee there). Every now and again we'd ask if he wanted to use the toilet or if he actually looked like he needed to go we'd suggest it or just guide him there rather than asking. Worked fine for us. Only problem was actually at childcare. I think it started out because he wouldn't ask to use the toilet and they wouldn't prompt him, but he developed a thing about using the toilet there and so he was in nappies at childcare and dry in undies at home for a good 6 months or more...
Good luck with the toilet learning and the new FDC!

[TeniBear]

I... I think DD1 might be fully TTed, or close enough. I don't want to jinx things, but she hasn't had an accident in weeks, spends days at home with no nappy, tells us when she needs to go when she IS wearing one... I might have to test if she's alright with a nappy-less outing!