I used a little insentive to train DS. He wanted a fire engine in the shop. It stayed there for about a year (he spotted it when he was around 2) and finally one day he said i want that fire engine inthe shop. "well" I said, "you have to do all your poos in the toilet". By the end of the week he decided for himself that he wanted the fire engine enough to do his poos on the toilet.
For wees I let him run around in the nude....boys think it is great watching themselves do wees, and they get to have a play too
I've started TTing my 2yo recently, for the second time. I tried a few months back, cos she seemed ready i.e taking lots of interest in when other people go to the toilet, recognising wee's and poos etc...but we didn't have much luck back then, so i figured she wasn't ready. Now with a new baby in the house, i'm finding having 2 kids in nappies is a lot of work, so i decided to try again. Plus she has a hideous nappy rash that is driving her (and us) bonkers at the moment, so i thought great opportunity for her to run around without anything on, or in her undies.
She seems to be really anxious about letting go though. She'll happily sit and "play" with the potty, but when it comes to actually letting a wee out....it's close to a traumatic event!!! She screams and dances around, hopping from one foot to the other, saying "i don't want to" and holding on to herself. We've tried many things, but it doesn't seem to be working. She did finally do a wee yesterday, and i praised her lots and when we told daddy last night he was very proud etc etc. I thought today we might go better, seeing as though she go such a good, positive response yesterday, but no....we're back to the screaming and carry-on.
My eldest daughter basically TTed herself at 18mths....one day she just decided to come sit next to me and do wee's....by 2yo she was TTed during the night as well and 100% nappy-free. So now i think "what's going on" with Broni...and was thinking is she lazy or just not ready...so i'm glad i cam upon this thread. I will perservere and will take on board some of the suggestions/advice/comments written. I know it's early days....but thank heavens we have a tiled house! lol
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