Back in November we started on the potty training journey but after nearly a month of heartache, anxiety and stress we gave in and put Joshua back into pull ups and chalked this up to experience.
I stroked my Mummy ego for a while and decided that deep down I knew he was not getting the gist and learnt a very valuable lesson that potty training a toddler will only work when they are ready not when they might be ready!
So with certain signs of being ready back in January we set about the journey again.
I am not going to lie, It was hard
For the first 3 1/2 weeks I was pretty much tied to the house… I made that choice in fairness to stop any extra pressure for either of us.
Within 2 weeks we had almost cracked the peeing in a potty but we were having major, major nightmares with using a potty or the toilet for a poo! It probably took till late February, early March for it to become second nature to ask to use the potty.
I kid you not …. I was at my wit’s end with it. Having chatted with him he knew what he should be doing but he had decided he didn’t like it?!
Knowing he knew in his head what he should be doing was the only thing that kept me persevering.
Through the last 3 months we have only had just a couple of accidents both of which while we have been out of the house, one at nursery a couple of weeks ago …. he won’t aim himself or sit and push his tail into the pot so it leaves the waterworks spraying everywhere if he is not concentrating.
The second accident was at a children’s soft play! … yep I was the Mother who’s peed all over the slide because he was too busy playing to remember to go and I was too busy talking to check if he wanted to go *Mum of the year award goes too …. Me!*
Last weekend marked a momentous occasion …..
The potty’s have gone into the loft …..
Joshua is no longer a baby but a fully fledged little man who is now a super dude at using the grown up toilet .. sometimes with a little assistance but still he is asking to go when he needs it, using it without hassle or angst and is getting better each time at knowing the drill!
We have said good-bye to nappies, pull ups and now the potty … where does the time go?
When is the right time to start is the big question we’re asking ourselves at the minute. Definitely not when it’s going to stress everyone one out so like you I might just put it on the back burner for a while till we all get used to the new baby in the house
i think thats a better idea, too many changes might be more upsetting and it needs to be when everything is on an even keel i found!
Buba was the same at potty training it was hard and took forever then it just clicked. We are now trying to get rid of little potty and make him go on big potty but it isn’t working as we had hoped! He goes in public big boy toilets but won’t at home. Might have to have a potty fairy come steal his potties over night any advice? lol
we left a wee in Joshua’s we discovered if he thought it was full he wouldnt use it a second time so we left it on a towel with the smallest bit of wee and then ushered him to the toilet instead .. good luck!
Amazing milestone! We started potty training LP in October and like you we were confined to the house for the first few weeks. I think they say it’s easier with girls as after that she pretty much told us when she needed the toilet but we had poo strike until about February. She had nappies for nap time and bedtime and would wait until naptime to do a poo. Infuriating!!! Now she doesn’t nap and poos in the toilet thankfully! x
that is so so how joshua was for his poo’s!! they are little buggers arent they these toddlers!
Well done Joshua and you!! It’s a huge milestone!
thanks so much Kim its so nice to come out the otherside x
I keep putting this off with little man. And yes time goes too quick
good luck for when you do! xx
Well done that little man! It seems like it will never end at the time doesn’t it and then suddenly you realise you haven’t needed to go down the nappy aisle in so long. We are trying to convince monkey to do stand up wee’s but not getting very far!
awww thanks Mary we are still not standing up to wee! im not sure how long that trick will take us!
Yay! We’ve had success with potty training too, but still using it for now 🙂
as long as its in the potty with no trauma thats good!!
well done Joshua
aww thanks honey x