Hey all,
I'm not sure whether DD is ready to be Loo trained!She seems to give me a few ready signs such as:
tells me when she's "pooing"
takes her pants ans nappy off all the time
can sort of dress herself
loves to follow me to the loo

She'll be 2 in Jan, is she too young start now?

Tips and advice would be a great help!!

Luv, Amanda
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No harm in trying! If you try and she doesn't seem to get it, just stop and try again later. With DS, we started by sitting him on the toilet between nappy changes and seeing if he did a wee. Nine times out of ten, he did. Once we had practised that for a bit, we put him in pants and encouraged him to tell us if he wanted to go. If it had been awhile, we asked, although you need to avoid asking every 15 minutes since, IMO, they just get annoyed with it. On the first day in big boy pants we had at least 6 accidents. The next day, only three and from them on only one or two every couple of days. Just be warned, poos are harder to "catch", but if she is telling you about them it might be easier. My DS would hide, and then refuse to do anything if you actually put him on the loo!!
HTH

Kylie Purdie<BR>

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Well DJ has TT in the last two weeks. Seriously when they are truely ready it happens overnight (or so it seems). A few months ago I was starting to think it would never happen!!!!

We started off like Kylie very casually putting her on the potty before her bath and after her daytime nap. She was consistently waking up dry after her nap so thought she was showing signs of readiness. This was around 2 1/4yrs.

She worked out how to wee really quickly but #2s were our big challenge. She had no idea. She could tell you that she should poo in the potty but continued to hide and go in her nappy or undies

The biggest thing that helped us was reading her a book called: [i]Everybody Poos[i] by Taro Gomi. It is available through the ACT Library Service. It just clicked for her and within two days she had actually gone on the potty

At that point we put her in undies fulltime during the day and she has only had one accident that was due to the revolting public toliets at Yerrabi Pond. Yesterday she said "I'm going potty" and did so. So really when they are truly ready it is so easy it isn't funny.

Anyway I really second what Kylie said. Try it and see. If she is having too many accidents she isn't ready and just go back to nappies for awhile.

Hi Amanda,
I have worked in childcare for 6 years and found that there were signs of being ready to toilet train. Being dry for long periods of time and esp after sleep shows bladder control, interest in toilet and being aware of bodily functions. some children were ready at 18mths others not until 2 1/2. With summer coming up it is a good time to start as she could run around without a nappy outside and get used to the sensations. My son is 18mths and I will be getting him a potty and seeing how he goes as he is showing signs also. Good luck.

Cheers
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Thanks so much for your advice.

I'm going out this weekend to get some "supplies" and we'll start her next week!!

I will try the "after nap" technique for sure. Some times now she wakes from nap with dry nappy so that's another sign she's displaying..

Do you think it would confuse her if she had a potty to sit on as well as the toilet, or should I stick with just the one? (I have heard to leave a potty in the lounge or play area and let her sit on it during the day)


Luv, Amanda
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My 18mo has been showing those signs for months, I was just waiting to be on mat leave and warmer weather to make it easier to start potty using.

First day on the potty she did two poos and a wee, only the first one was "catching" it, the other two she asked for the potty. So I know she's ready.

However.... I also have a 7wo, and Sophia has perfected the art of waiting til I've just started a feed to say "wee wee quick quick"! Other problems include not being able to find size 0 training pants except by expensive custom order on the internet, and toddler attention span meaning she's quickly distracted in the bathroom and often doesn't finish the job.

The library has heaps of good books on toilet use and wearing pants. Try the parenting section at Woden library, they're not on the kids shelves.

Just saw your reply... my girl uses a potty at home and tiny toilet at childcare. She has yet to deposit anything at childcare, but they have a "change schedule" that means she's unlikely to get to the loo before it arrives in her nappy. She understands quite clearly that the potty is just a special kind of toilet - if she sees me use the loo, she wants to sit on the potty too.

We have 1 book already on Toilet Training for Liv to read which she enjoys but i'll try the Library for more info.
Thanks

Luv, Amanda
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