the *right* time for toilet training
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Topic: the *right* time for toilet training
Posted By: T_Rex
Subject: the *right* time for toilet training
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 6:48pm
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/5123589/The-nappy-wars-when-to-toilet-train - Story here
The gist of it is that the average age of toilet training has got later and later, and that the main proponent of "let the child decide" is actually the spokesperson for a major nappy company who obviously has major incentives to encourage babies to be in nappies for longer. It suggests most babies should be TT between 2-2.5 for girls and 2.5-3 for boys. What do you think? Are you going to actively encourage your kid to TT? And how the heck do you go about getting across to them that they can go poos and wees in the potty/toilet?! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 7:07pm
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My grandma tried to bribe her son who was about 25 months with a ride on toy, so his younger sister of 15 months TT'd within a week... she ended up having to buy two toys!
DD will be a nudey bum girl once its warmer, at the moment when she does a poo I put her on the potty, she knows its easier to poo in a potty than sitting on a nappy. ------------- 
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 7:27pm
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Yeah, I told my mum I didn't want to wear nappies anymore one day around 20 months and she said ok, as long as I used the toilet instead. And that was that. Don't think DD will be quite so easy, but I think she's ready (knows what poos and wees are, and when she's going to do them) but I don't know how to translate that to she can do them on the potty. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: millemama
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 7:37pm
Try bribery with stickers, it's cheaper and worked for DD ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 9:56pm
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They do need to comprehend it and also be in control/aware of their bodily functions.
I have 2 two & a bit year olds, both at completely different stages of TT. I have talked about poohs & wee's when changing their nappies since forever. I've had a potty hanging around for a long time, it's only recently that I'm instilling set times to go, ie after naps, works for one but not the other. A lot of TT is actually parent training, ie the way of EC but not that "extreme" I try to remember to put them on the toilet every two hours but in reality we're out half the time so I forget. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 11 June 2011 at 10:18pm
I've found with number 2 it's much easier as he's pretty much done it himself with wanting to be like his brother. Shame he already wants to do stand up wees though cos his aim is not so great 
With number one I just decided to put him in pants one week and we would set the cooker timer and pop him on the potty once every 30 mins, he would get a sticker just for sitting on it, then the first time that he coincidentally went we made a huge parade about it and gave him a treat, did not take long for him to cotton on. He was just over 2.5 when we started. I would then get him to do wees before going out or if it was going to be a long journey or he said he didn't need to go but I thought he might I would pop a nappy over his pants, that way he still got to feel wet but it would save the car seat and his clothes from puddles. We still use to get lots and lots and lots of accidents for months, mostly him just forgetting cos he was playing and me forgetting to remind him about going. Poos took a while longer, boys are gross, or at least mine are they just don't seem to care about doing it in their pants and walking around like it till you release they've done it ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 12:33pm
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We started putting DD on a potty when she was 6m, figured TTing later down the track would be easier if she wasnt scared of sitting on the potty!
Now if we put her on the toilet (I quickly upgraded to the toilet, then I just need ot flush! LAZY mum!) she will pee and goes poos on it first thing in the morning. Weve done sign but she hasnt cottoned onto it, but she will often go to the bathroom and call mum mum mum so I will put her on (and 9/10 she goes). If we are home all day we might have one wet nappy (when I forget to put her on the toilet!) but thats about it. When we are out (Like Kelly) Im not as good, I dont really want to take the mini toilet seat out with me!
I (and my sister) TTed at 18m, of our own free will I think disposables makes it harder for kids to TT as they dont know when they have gone etc (or so Ive heard)... ------------- 
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Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 1:21pm
| DD TT the week of her 2nd birthday- we had been sitting her on the potty sporadically for a while but were not diligent. She started telling us when she wanted to go (thats a big step) and it took off from there. We went and bought undies together and she has been great. I think having her in cloth helped as did her language. If she hadn't been able to express what she wanted, I think things would have taken a lot longer. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 2:26pm
That's one of the ideas behind the nappy pants they have a wetness indicator so that kids can feel that they've gone without the leaks. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Emmi_ wrote:Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 4:57pm
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My boy is in cloth nappies, but at 2 yrs 4months, he's still miles away from being ready for full-on TT. So its not just a disposable nappy thing.
He's peed on the toilet a handful of times, but he's still not really recognising when he's about to pee or poo, only after the fact (and even then, will often not tell me he has a pooey nappy!). |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 5:56pm
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Our's is a bit of a funny situation. At around 13 months DD started indicating to us by pointing to her tummy if she needed to poo or her bits if she needed to wee and we didn't have a lot of wet or dirty nappies. But we moved and that completely stopped. Now days if I put a towel on the floor she'll happily run around and come over to the towel and squat to pee on the towel(won't poo though). She will sit on the potty and pee but again no poos and only on her own free will. We also got a special seat for the toilet but haven't tried it yet. She knows all about how mummy and daddy use the toilet, toilet paper etc as she's my new limb and comes with me, gets my toilet paper etc. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 6:35pm
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I'm way to lazy to be bothered trying when they're not ready... with both my girls we ditched the naps just before two and they were fully trained day and night within a week ... We have had the very occasional accident since, and not usually at night. In fact my oldest only wet the bed about 2-3 times. I had tried a bit earlier but there were too many accidents so I waited... I'd rather just do it when they're ready and save all the accidents ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 20 June 2011 at 7:02pm
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I should add that I wasn't TT until I was about 4 or 5. It was before I started school but I refused to TT and so wore nappies until I was about 4. I recall the teachers trying to get me to use the toilet and putting undies on me and telling me I was 'naughty' and 'too big' for nappies and that they were for 'babies'. Not sure what my issue was though! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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