So what do I have for this weeks mommy blog? Well if you haven't read the title, It is of course potty training your toddler!
My little boy is now 2 and a half years old, and it has taken us 6 months - or their about. To potty train Tyler.
Apparently potty training girls is meant to be easier and can happen sooner and from what a lot of health visitors have told us Tyler has done extremely well starting so young as most boys don't start until they are closer to 3. So we have happily given ourselves a well earned pat on the back!
I have done a video which I will put at the bottom of this blog, but here is a bit more information about how we tackled the nappy to pants dilemma.
We had started by keeping Tyler in his nappy but every 2 hours or so we would take it off and sit him on the potty asking if he needed a "do do" or "wee wee" once he had done a wee a couple of times we decided to try the, Huggies pull ups. Which are meant to "tell your child" when it's time to go to the potty with an indicator that tells them they are wet. However we found these completely useless. Tyler just wee'd in them, then pulled them off. Because the nappies don't allow your toddler to feel that horrible wet/damp feeling they learn to associate with "an accident" they can't understand the nappy is full or its time to go.
So we got rid of those completely ... and instead took a leap and decided it was time... yes you know whats coming.. it's time for your toddler to run around as naked as the day they were born, in their birthday suit to be as free as they always want! -- lets face it, toddlers hate wearing clothes! Tyler won't even keep socks on in the house these days! On the plus side it means all that washing - that is never yours gets put on hold.
Getting naked, those first few days or even week will be a lot of oops and accidents along with wet patches all over the carpet... so warning get some slippers and have plenty of towels ready to soak up the wet patches with some anti bacterial cleaner! The main part about no nappies is to watch your child, sit with them, watch for signs. Tyler normally squats, holds himself, fiddles or hides behind something so I don't see him. It's time to be like a hawk with eagle eyes and watch watch watch!
With plenty of praise and rushing your toddler to the potty .. which I suggest be kept close by at all times.. your little one will slowly but surely start to realize, where they should be going to the toilet.
Once they have started to go regularly, it's maybe time to go out and buy them some pants make sure they come with you and pick what they like make it fun, and like a treat. The get them home and get started. Show them how to pull them off and back up and remind your toddler they are pants not a nappy and if they need to go wee wee they use they potty.
Once you've got them going is just a case of not giving up and carrying on, no matter how long it takes!
I hope this has helped in some way, let me know your potty training tips and tricks in the comments and don't forget to look out for my night time potty training soon!
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