DD (15 months) has started showing me she's aware of when she poos. She'll often toddle up to me and pull at my leg or raise her arms up to be lifted after she's done a poo. When I say to her "Isla, have you done a poo in your nappy?" she puts her hands on her bum. So I think she's starting to recognise the feeling of poo in her nappy. Nothing with wee, I think that would be harder to feel? How can I help her ease into TT readiness? I'm in now way eager to push her, but the fact that she's trying to tell me that she's pooed makes me wonder what else I can do. Just keep talking about it with her for now, pointing out when she has a clean nappy and how that feels, asking if she's done a poo etc? We have a potty and a toilet seat that has a toddler seat built in, is it worth sitting her on either for a few minutes a day and reading a book or something? Or just leave it for now? I've no idea how to start or even acknowledge this transition!
Does she have a routine, like can you pinpoint what time of day she does her poos?
My DD is always in the morning and she always hides from us and comes out stinking!
Argh, silly thing posted when i wasn't done.. I ask because if she has a routine then you can put her on the potty/toilet around that time and see if that helps easing into TT.
Eh, kind of but not predictable enough to be able to pop her on the loo. Sometimes she'll go once or not at all, sometimes 3 times a day. She's more predictable when not teething though. I might start writing down her poop times and see if there's a pattern?
What DS's kindy did was pop him on the toilet after every nappy change while they cleaned up. So only for a few minutes each time. We tried to do the same at home but he wasn't always keen. It took a while but he eventually started doing wees on the toilet. He was a little bit older when they started that though maybe 20 months ish. He clicked not long after DD was born (approx 30 months). All of a sudden he was doing all his wees on the toilet & his nappies were dry. It took him a couple of months longer to figure out the poos. We tried to catch his poo face and rush him there. Again he was about 2.5yo.
DD is similar, she'll start trying to take her clothes off when she's pooped So far I've had no success knowing before if she's going to do it though, it's always after. So I just keep talking to her about it - "Have you done a poo? Doesn't it feel nice in the nappy?" etc.
She also follows me to the toilet every single time - bit gross but I talk to her about that too, so she knows I'm doing what she does in the nappy.
As for the potty, you could give it a go, you never know how keen she might be! We bought a potty when we realised every morning about 15 minutes after waking DD does the biggest wee ever. We thought instead of wasting a nappy for that time we could sit her on the potty. She won't have a bar of it! But you may have more luck than us :-)
DD1 is very aware of having done a poo, she will come to me and say "Pooey! Poo!' and holds her nose haha. She even comes and points out to me if her twin sister has done one I'll be following this thread with interest because DS never did it, and was totally uninterested in TT until he was almost 3.
DS2 has a definite poo face. It took me a while to recognise it but we both got there and I was able to pre-empt poos (he used to hide from me). Now he asks for the toilet before the poo.
She sometimes has a poo face. Lately with teething, they've been looser and I guess not as much effort to produce, so the poo face is hit and miss. When it comes back ill keep an eye out and try getting her to her potty and see how that pans out. I assume it will be messy
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Poo awareness?
So far I've had no success knowing before if she's going to do it though, it's always after. So I just keep talking to her about it - "Have you done a poo? Doesn't it feel nice in the nappy?" etc.
I'll be following this thread with interest because DS never did it, and was totally uninterested in TT until he was almost 3.
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