is this normal?

[MumtoA]

I have been TT my DD for 2 days now and have had minimal luck which is fine but i am a bit concerned about the amount she goes to the toilet. She only seems to wee about 4 times a day (max so between she wake up times of 7am to 7pm)...i know that is normal for an adult obviously but i read all this stuff about people having 25 accidents in a day and it got me thinking. I have increased her fluid intake but it doesnt seem to have made a difference...example, this morning she didnt wee from wake up time till 1030am...then wee'd on the floor!! ahh! i think its making it harder that she doesnt wee as often given that it gives me minimal chances to get her to the toilet...suggestions or comments...

[ss_storm]

DD only ever goes a handful of times a day, probably no more than about 6, buy that doesnt include overnight. I might go 2 or 3, depending how much I've had to drink that day (I'm terrible at not drinking enough water!). I think I would actually be worried (if it's not an exaggeration) if she was going even 15 times a day :/

[Gigi]

regardless of how many times per day, you DD requests to go to the loo, you could experiment with "timed toileting". This can be as minimal, as asking your dd to go sit on potty/loo BEFORE and AFTER her bath. BEFORE and AFTER leaving the house. (giving her potty-tunities).

or i have heard of people taking it further, e.g asking their child to go sit on potty/loo every two hours.

Going to the loo, recognising when your bladder is full, is a skill that a child has to learn. To know the signs of their body, what it means, how long they have before it's "oops, should have gone earlier". This takes time and practice. Stuff we adults take for granted.

My dd, when first tt-ing, had trouble with the timing of it all. So wherever we went, i carried a Potette in my bag (light, foldable potty) for the times when she was BUSTING and we coudln't get to the nearest public toilet, in time. And in the car, i had a BOON potty in the boot - they are a very wide and low potty, won't tip over - so even though she got a potty-tunity BEFORE we left home, sometimes, 5 mins into a car journey, she would need to go, and because she learnt that i would stop the car immed, get out the potty and put her on it, we didn't have accidents in the car. She knew i dropped everything, to get her onto a potty, as soon as she said she needed it. So we developed trust about it. It was an intensive month, but at the end, she was both day and night trained.

We also used a storybook, about a girl toddler teaching her teddy how to "go potty".
Used lots of songs, to celebrate ANY wins - i felt like a cheerleader, ha ha.

got heaps of tips from teh tribal baby website - even though the tips were for EC-ing babies, i used many of their strategies to toilet train a 2.5yr old child. At the time i had no clue what i was doing, so was looking for helpful tips. We lived in a rental with WHITE CARPET so i was very anxious to avoid accidents.

Bought cloth training pants too (after the only accidents happening were wee ones), which "caught" accidents well (as long as you change them quick smart, as soon as accidnet occurs). The cloth pants were good, because the child FEELS they are wet, and don't like that, so it makes them aware of when they are wet.

A brollysheet for the bed, was excellent too. Much less fuss when you have to clean up a night time accident.

[Butterfly Dawn]

with both my sons i started with potty every hour then every 2hours. they peed most of the time- also made a Sssss noise when starting the training.
telling your child "mummy needs to pee" helped my friends daughter to think if she needed to go too.
I have a sipper cup my kids can get to if they need but give extra at meals and snacks.



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[Three Graces]

Both my boys took ages to get tt. Maybe your one can already hold on for longer, that's why she's only going a few times/day. Both my boys would just widdle anywhere, anytime, small wees, until they got the whole potty concept. I waited until summer and had them bare bottomed (we don't have carpet) and had a potty out for them to use and towels out etc. Still haven't got them dry at night and the younger boy still doesn't like the idea of poos on the toilet and will wait til he's in pull ups for his day or night sleep to go. So I guess most kids are different, but i would recommend (as has already been suggested) doing the timed toilet visits - before/after meals and before/after bathtime and definately before any car trips.

[MumtoA]

Thanks all, I to thought maybe it was a bit of an exaggeration but you never know. We had a very successful day on thurs but seems to have all been ruined by day care Friday she wet all day there and accidents at home all day today. O well will keep trying. She is doing really well in recognizing that she is needing to go so will keep plodding. Thanks again