I have managed to avoid getting seriously involved with potty training! Cameron had a nanny who did most of it with him, Kiara literally took 2 days and with Jack we had the help of his school and just got the timing right. Emma, obviously, is proving to be somewhat of a challenge.
Late last year she started taking her nappy off and asking to go to the toilet. I almost donated all the nappies we had left I got so excited UNTIL we actually tried to get her onto the potty/toilet – she was having none of it. So we did what any self respecting parent would do and we ignored it. She started taking the nappy off more and more which meant we had more and more pee puddles all over. We did keep trying to get her onto the toilet but she just wouldn’t. She can tell you she must wee in the toilet, can show you where to go but will tell us she needs to go, refuse the toilet and pee in the kitchen.
Obviously this is not ideal!
This year she has cranked it up a notch and is now refusing the nappy. Bedtime is all kinds of fun – we go through up to 3 nappies before we can find an outfit she can’t take off to take the nappy off. We have had some piles of poop too which really does my head in. I know you aren’t supposed to get mad with them but come on now – am I supposed to just wipe up piles of poop everywhere with a smile on my face?
Yesterday she had to come on the school run with me. When I get to Jacks school I realise she doesn’t have a nappy on. Not much I could really do but hope she doesn’t wee on the car chair because we all know what joy taking a car seat cover off brings! She was actually fine, no accidents so I decided right then and there we are officially going to start the process. I told Jane who took it very seriously and when I saw her put Emma down for her nap with no nappy, I suggested she put one on, she declined and what do you know – dry nap!
This is honestly the worst stage for me. I hate it. I know the end result is no more nappies but honestly I can not deal with the pee and poo everywhere. Last night she managed to smear it all over her tummy, while I was trying to eat my dinner!
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Oh man 🙁
Aaron took aaaaaages to get rid of the nappies. His nanny did all the training but he refused to poo without a nappy. He was almost 4.5 years old before he gave them up entirely.
Faith potty trained at 18 months in a day. One day she decided no nappies and that was that. I asked the nanny if she had been training her and she said no. School said no too. It was like magic.
Now whenever I feel broody I just think about nappies and the feeling goes away 🙂
Good luck!!!
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Oh heavens I have to agree – the worst phase ever. I hope you get it done very soon
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Shame Laura, I feel for you. I went through five months of poop in pants and I nearly went mad. In the end I wash washing them in the toilet because I blocked the drain in the basin! But maybe that is better than poop on the floor.
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Oh gosh. I have never successfully potty trained any kid. I sent both of mine to MIL for a week so she could do it. Wish I could be more helpful. Would some kind of toilet routine help? Like I don’t know, maybe put her on the loo every 30 minutes or whatever? I don’t know. Sorry. This just sucks. BUT. It WILL pass. She’ll be able to use the toilet by the time she goes to grade R! I have faith!
We do put her on the toilet, she just shrieks to get off! It will pass I know – I will use the R200 I spent on nappies on therapy :-p
I read somewhere before the twins were 2 that if you potty train when they’re 2, you do it for a whole year but close to 3, it’s literally days. And that was enough to sell me.
However, Kendra potty trained around 2.5 and I bribed Connor “only kids who are potty trained can go to Kids Care” (at ex-company during June holidays) so between him and V, they did it in a week (a few weeks before their 3 rd birthday). I also incentivise the nanny and say if you potty train them, you get a bonus of R500 (this was 3 – 4 years ago) – it worked and V got R1000 for the two kids 🙂
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Marcia – I have tried to wait, I know she is too young but Emma doesn’t skip to the beat of a normal drum! I may just do the money thing with Jane.