sounds like she is nearly there Lisa. Thats good that she can tell you nappy is wet and then actually sit on potty, clever girl x

hmmmmmmm well I think she is thinking too much about it now...don't know why cos I never suggest it.

She keeps thinking there is a poo, any way I had literally just put a clean nappy on and she said she wanted the potty so I said go and sit on it then so she did for about 20 seconds and got up - but nappy still clean.
Is now down for a nap but keeps pulling at her nappy saying poo...there is NOOOO POOOOOOO

One good thing though - she is better for nappy changes, until this week she was THE DEVIL...now I cheat cos I had enough of getting kicked and struggling I put the mat in front of her tv while its on and she stays still ...today I let her run round nappiless for 15 minutes then she got the bum cream and laid down ready

ha ha ha I always change Cerys in front of the tv for that reason Maybe she's so excited or inquisitve about doing a poo she just cant wait to do one awwwww x

I know she thinks trumps are poos cos I did one in the kichen today and she frowned at me and said pooooooooo So I sat there trying to explain the difference between trumps and poos...and pretty much all she learnt from that was that trumps go pppwwwfffffff

Lisa wrote:

I know she thinks trumps are poos cos I did one in the kichen today and she frowned at me and said pooooooooo So I sat there trying to explain the difference between trumps and poos...and pretty much all she learnt from that was that trumps go pppwwwfffffff

you're a quiet farter then?!!

hahaha sometimes

<<< those are the best though, aren't they??!! right no more fart talk because this will end up as a smirched sticky

Izzy did a wee in her potty tonight!!!

She did the same as always asked for potty...sat there once, came back and did a wee....came back again and did some more...put her fingers in it...but I suppose they are just curious!

Now I just have to get it in Dans head that he must have patience with her cos he kept trying to put her nappy on I was getting mad at him , just let her be!

Im so pleased, she is so clever lol

ah brilliant !! well done Izzy, yeh you will have to drum it into Dan's head Awww bet you're really proud x

I am ...stupidly excited lol, cant wait for tomorrow to see what she does!

Jeez Im weird since I had a child!

Thats brilliant Lisa

Toilet training for me was my worst fear lol, I was convinced I'd get it wrong and he'd be scared for life

As soon as Ollie started sitting to pee it took off fairly quickly from there, so am sure it won't be long for you and izzy - Good luck

Thanks Zee!

I was shitting it, cos I didn't want to rush or panic her, just wanted her to do it in her own time, thats why Dan annoyed me, cos he was making her feel like she couldn't take her time or look what was in there

I Mean surely its normal for them to want to see, and poke, what they just did - they've never seen it like that before

Do you still use your cloth nappies or have you moved to pulls ups? Im wondering cos today I'd just put a nappy on and she asked to go potty and I thought arrghh awkward cant just pull them down and see if she goes (as I have 2 part snap ins, although even my pockets wont pull up and down)

Haha, Oliver goes and empties his own potty and yesterday he did it and then stuck his face inside the potty and was nearly drinking the dregs in the bottom

At first I was using the pockets and when I realised that he 'was' actually peeing in the potty and not his nappy I moved down to one insert. I just popped one side off and pulled them down.
I then moved onto pull-ups (disposable ones) for out and about as my friend said the training pants hold next to nothing for about 30 sec's So didn't want to spend a fortune for nothing. Anyhoo..he's not even pee'd in them for days now (I bought 2pks but haven't even used one pack) He's in grundies full time now.
He still has his terry's for naps etc..but even they are dry after nap times

ahhh right, he is doing well aint he!!!

I don't think I will get training pants, like you say lot of money when really what you do with pockets is not to hard

Might see how that goes as she does seem to be asking to go an awful lot

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hmmmmmmm well I think she is thinking too much about it now...don't know why cos I never suggest it.

She keeps thinking there is a poo, any way I had literally just put a clean nappy on and she said she wanted the potty so I said go and sit on it then so she did for about 20 seconds and got up - but nappy still clean.
Is now down for a nap but keeps pulling at her nappy saying poo...there is NOOOO POOOOOOO

One good thing though - she is better for nappy changes, until this week she was THE DEVIL...now I cheat cos I had enough of getting kicked and struggling I put the mat in front of her tv while its on and she stays still ...today I let her run round nappiless for 15 minutes then she got the bum cream and laid down ready

OK now I feel awful She was saying pooo and I told her to sit on the potty with her nappy on but she didn't do anything so I said no poo go to sleep - anyway not long after, maybe 30 minutes she was out of bed when I went up she said poo and she had done one...but at the time I forgot she had been saying poo before she got into bed.

So it would seem she now knows that she needs to do a poo too?!

Yikes - this is happening fast!

Aww, bless - you wern't to know though, sometimes they have you on too

It is actually amazing how quick it happens once you start.


For anyone who is thinking about potty training - I really recommend the 'relaxed' approach. Weather they are 2 or 3yrs..when they decide its time, it is litrally done in a week..I am actually shocked how quick

Well today was errrrrrr not very successful on the potty front, however she is VERY good at holding her wees in!

She didn't do a wee til 10.30am...and for an hour before then had been saying potty so I'd had her naked bum with legwarmers on...anyway just before half ten I went to get her some juice but her butt was cold so I thought I'll pop her trousers (no nappy) back on and warm her bum up...big mistake cos I got back with her juice and she had done a gigantic piddle on the floor!

I have heard that sometimes they don't like to wee unless they feel something on their bum.....me thinks Izzy is like this!

So the next 2 nappies she did poops in and hardly wore them for half an hour

Then this afternoon again had been about 1.5hours with no nappy and there is a potty there she can use but she hadn't used it....I pop to the loo and she widdled on the mat!


Maybe she is a shy wee'r and likes to wait til Ive gone away!

Oh well lessons are learnt! Don't leave the toddler til its done it wee...otherwise put the nappy back on!

She actually only weed 3 times in the day (as one nappy was wet) - just unfortunate none of them went in the potty

Only just noticed this.

Rowan has a step and a seat for the toilet. he uses the toilet all day for his wee's but would not poo on the toilet. he'd ask for a nappy on then poo.

he can get up and off the toilet (he's rather independent and tells you to go away if you try to help).

anyway he was rather quite yesterday i called him and he replied choo choo so thought he was playing with his trains. he then come running in and said poo. i got up to grab a nappy he went no mummy poo and grabbed my hand. i followed him and he pointed to the toilet. and low and behold he'd poo'd in the toilet.

Are your LO's wearing bottoms when they ask for the loo? As rowan is not wearing bottoms and uses the loo.

He has taken off his nappy to use the loo do you think i should get him training pants so he gets the idea of having to pull down his pants to use the loo?

i would go straight with the pants rather then training pants
i dont put trousers on braden just yet but he's new to it
x

Thomas is just at the bare bum stage at the moment, he's doing really well and uses his potty without prompting - we've only had one little accident in days and even that was finished on the potty because he got a bit over excited playing and forgot then panicked bless him. I pop a pull up on him for nap time and he wears a nappy for bed. He is still using the pull up to wee though without telling me so we aren't ready for pants yet.

My problem is that Thomas doesn't like doing poos on his potty - he has always been a private pooer and he went all day yesterday without pooing which is very unusual so I think he is holding it in. Today he was dancing around saying poopoo but he didnt want to go on the potty. I popped him on and he did do a poo but he was really weird and wouldn't look and flush it away which he likes doing with wees - he just told me to do it. I made a HUGE fuss of him etc so hopefully it wont become an issue but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Everybody sounds like they are doing really well and I'm so proud of all of our LOs bless them. This is the one part of paenting I was absolutely dreading but I'm actually quite excited at how its going now.

xx

Kelly - thats brilliant I agree with niccsy, I would go straight to undies rather than trainers. They are much easier to pull up and down.
Oliver wears his undies and trousers now, he's cottoned on to the pulling them up and down now although when he pulls them up he forgets about pulling them up at the back and walks round with his bum hanging out half the time

Debs - thats great too. As for the poo's I suppose i've been quite lucky with Oliver as he's never had that fear of doing poo's on the toilet or potty..he's always been quite intrigued
I used to take Oliver with me to the loo and we used to say bye bye to my poo's and he'd flush the loo and say 'bye bye poo poo!' so he like to do that with his own too. I'd just carry on with the praise and make a huge song and dance about poo's.
My friends little girl used to ask for a nappy on to poo in and she used bribery(sp) with a treat of some sort It did work though, but I would just carry on what your doing for now as he's still in the early stages. He's doing fab though


I'm having a few unforeseen problems at the moment. Oliver is 100% trained now through out the day...but now cos he is 'trained' we're having trouble at nap/bed times, as he still wears a nappy but if he wee's in his nappy he's taking it off . It started the other night when i'd gone in before I went to bed and I heard him moving about - goes in and he's taken his pj's and nappy off and has got his undies out of the drawer just put him down for a nap this aft and he's done the same again. I was talking to my friends and they sugested putting his potty in his room, but I don't think thats wise as he likes to empty it straight after using it so would probably throw it over the safety gate Ahh well its all a learning curve, i'm sure we'll work something out.

Well I had kinda decided to wait a bit longer but today typically while I was on the loo she asked for potty so I took her trousers and nappy off and she proceeded to do a poo on the floor next to the loo

I think I need to buy an extra potty and put it by the loo!

Lol, Lisa..we have one in the bathroom, living room and kitchen And i've just bought one for nana's house. They are only £1 at asda

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp;jsessionid=JFlVekiCF9xtEPfi8zBahA**.oses4011-atg04?trailSize=1&searchString=potty&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=257454

a pound!?

Well we went shopping today and bought some knickers

Shes been in them for about 2 hours and has one accident (wee wee), has sat on the potty but not done anything. Going to wait and see what happens but not push it, maybe give it a couple of days. Its so difficult because I've been reading up about it and she is showing all the signs of being ready to start but I dont want it to be a huge issue.

I have been and still am dreading it all, wish us luck!!! xx