you can do it (Potty Training Tips)

Member Name: kelebhutu

Product:	Potty Training Tips
Date:	20/10/08 (126 review reads)
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Advantages: no excema or rash,no smelly wet nappies or stinky bins and bulging changing bags

Disadvantages: potty on head days, you cannot rush it, need loads of patience

My daughter was in reusable nappies for most of her 1.5years before toilet training .
I started buying pull-ups just prior to starting to train her.

I started wee-training her when she was 1.5 year old just because she was showing a bit of interest in what mamma does in the loo and luckily it had clicked except I left the nappy on at night.
when I say luckily it has an exception like all lucks come with, she would only wee in the bath-tub(yuck).. I was sure weeing in the nappy was better than cleaning and disinfecting the bathtub everytime to be honest but I perserved just because it was saving a bit on the nappies as by this time my little one would pull off the nappy as soon as she weed in it once.

My little one was too small to understand about stickers or merits then and at around 2 years she had gastroeneritis on vacation and just lost it all and just would'nt want to change her nappy even if she had pooed.

Come summer and when she was 2 years 3 months old I started again from step one and we both went to buy 'smarty good girls knickers' and she had fun time buying a few sets of charachter knickers .
The first day she wore only knickers and no nappy she weed 7 times on our newly laminated floor and I put her back in her nappy when she pooed on the floor as well .

At the suggestion of my neighbour(who wisely said when they wear knickers/boxers/briefs they feel as if they still have their nappy on) the next morning I left her air-bummed and hey ho she started using her potty and we had no accidents at all since then.

I still kept her nappy on at night but they were always dry when she woke up so I stopped putting them on after week 1.

I remember one day we were at tesco and she quickly pulled her potty out of the pram and did a wee right ther and I had to carry the potty to the loo amidst dubiously eyeing shoppers.

She loves going to toddlers group and it was a challange for me to shift her from using the potty to the commode but a bit of threat about ' they know you are a big girl at the toddlers group and can use the commode they won't like you to use the potty' did the trick.

I was lucky in not having too many accidents just because my little one drinks very little though out the day(I know it is a seperate issue in itself) but others may not be as lucky.
The only advice I would give is to start training when both of you are ready..you will need a lot of patience and perseverance ,you just cannot rush it .

Also always carry a spare set of clothes and knickers/briefs around .Believe me they weigh a lot less than nappies, wipes and nappy sacks.

Summary: another developmental process accomplished