Is anyone else trying to potty train a toddler and look after little one born in June too?
I feel like we missed the boat with the potty training. When I was heavily pregnant she was doing wees on the potty when I took her. Now she sits on the potty or toilet seat that we got her but she always asks to go when she has already been or by the time I get her to the toilet it’s too late. Sometimes I just sit her on there and have introduced a toilet book to try and encourage her to stay on there longer but she never actually goes.
I feel increasingly aware that children lots younger than her (she’s 2 and a half) are already potty trained.
I really don’t want to go for the take her pull up off and hope for the best approach because we have carpet throughout the house, with little one, I can’t just down tools to clear up countless puddles or worse 🙈 either.
Anyone got any tips or in the same boat?
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Have very similar ages to you! Baby born 1st June and a 2 and a half year old. I started training in June with her in the garden whilst weather was nice and it didn’t matter if she had accidents. For ages she wouldn’t use the potty and would just stand and wee herself. Then one day she went and I made such a big fuss and she’s just used the potty ever since! (We’re not dry at night yet though). I’d say just go for it. Although accidents aren’t ideal in carpet it can be cleaned up! Just keep putting her or asking if she wants to go to the potty! You’ve got this 😊

I’m too scared to start! My son has been very resistant to trying and it all feels too much but I’m aware I can’t put it off much longer. He’s 2yrs 9 months. BUT a lot of my friends with older kids said they did it close to age 3 and then it’s easier and they get it quickly

We tried for a year before I found my little boy ready. Started trying at 2 and a half, he didn’t grasp the potty so just went straight to the toilet standing up as sitting confused him, but was hit and miss until we started to put him in pants rather than pull ups, he’s going to be 4 in January and has now been fully toilet trained since July - something just suddenly clicked! We made a big deal about pants and brought him some the same as daddy which he loved…I think letting him watch my husband pee worked too 😂