TT - How long do you leave them.....

with a poo in their nappy?

I have always changed DD withing a couple of minutes of doing a poo (unless we are in the car or in a shop) as it smells! She also gets a rash.

Now that she is headng towards 2 (she's 19 months) I was wondering if I should start leaving her a little longer just so she gets used to the yucky sensation. If I leave her will she start choosing to have her nappy changed? At the moment she couldn't care less that she has done poo!

I have no intention of toilet training her until she is ready whether that is this summer or when she is closer to 3 but I would like to help her start recognising when she has done something.

What do/did you do to help this process?

yeah, i personally think at this age they are too young - i found mine didnt mind walking around with a pooey nappy.....LOL...so i couldnt really use that idea. I have found when they start chatting more as they get older, they usually tell you when they have done something in their nappy, or they rip it off like me DD#2 used to do and just leave a wet nappy on the floor whilst she prances around the house half naked.

TBH i dont really know at this age how you install weeing/pooing into their little minds. My girlfriend has started TT her little girl (born same day as my Sam - 17 Sept) and she is having sooooo many accidents. I think its more of a case of her being interested in what the loo does and what her mum and dad doo in there.... etc, rather than her perfoming the actions herself - KWIM ???

You could always buy a potty, get her to sit on that whilst you read her a book, or she watches her fav. program....but TBH i just find it a PITA at this age...or i just havent got the patience...I would rather wait till 2.5-3yrs.....but thats just me....

Good luck.....

My DD (2 this week) couldn't stand her nappy on even with a wee in it let along a poo. She would take them straight off for about a month before I put her in undies. If she couldn't get it off as she had overalls on she would scarem at me "poo" or "wee" quiet embarrassing at the shops. She now is only in nappies of a night and I don't remember her last accident its being over a month ot two now. I would say your DD will let you know when she is ready weather thats soon or in 12months time. I am not sure if leaving poo on for longer would make a difference.

Nah, I wouldn't leave her in it.. especially if she's prone to rashes. You'll know when she's more aware of it, coz she'll start going somewhere to do it.. my DS would hide behind the lounge. And yeah, they start to tell you.

I totally agree with mbear, it's much much easier to train them when they are completely ready. I did try training DS once at about 2 1/2 ... disaster.. only lasted 3 half days. Tried again a few months later, and he was soooo ready, it was EASY. Had a few accidents still of course, but he just got it so much better.

i agree with what the others have said, wait til she is ready. Charlie was 2 a week ago & just a few weeks befor that he started telling me he was going to wee before he did it...he is also very aware of when we are now using the toilet etc so we will go from there. but I think it only makes it harder & more frustrating for parents if the child is not yet aware. I tried with the potty a few month back & he didn't even know what the word wee or poo meant...so i figured no point.

hmm.. I might point out that DS was 'aware' for quite a long time before he trained (probably going on 12 months). Mum was always saying "he's so ready to train" but when we tried, he obviously wasn't at that time.