Potty training?

Hey guys, any advice?

Day 1: one poo in the potty, no wees
Day 2: two poos on the potty, 1 half wee on the potty

Now on Day 3, she did half a wee in the potty this morning.

The rest of the wees have been on the floor. I feel like I’m not sure whether to keep going or not? Is it too early to tell?

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Depends on the age under 18months maybe too soon. Over 18months? Keep going. It's new she's experimenting on how often she needs to go/hold it and what happens if she doesn't go to potty. Be calm consistent and confident.

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Agree with comment above - depends how old. She may not be ready. I’d say if 2 onwards keep trying… we did the whole naked in the house for 3 days and I got rid of as much soft furnishings (rugs etc) and had puppy pads on the sofa 😂 we definitely still had plenty of accidents weeks after but for the most part she was going on the potty.

All the obvious things too, put her on the potty every 20 mins, ask constantly, sticker charts etc - your life will be pee obsessed for the next month or so!

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I would say to try to time dedicated trips to the potty. First thing in the morning, an hour later (20 mins after breakfast), before and after nap, after lunch and so on.

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Keep going. Watch her cues and take her when you notice as well. Praise her soooo much if she pees. Give an update at the 1 week mark

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Thanks everyone! She’s 22 months- I did leave the age out to avoid people saying to stop based on age rather than what I wrote- and we’ve had 3/4 poos on the potty or toilet and 3 half wees where she’s come over and stood next to the potty to wee and I’ve put her on it. Tomorrow is day four so I think we’ll keep going. We have nursery on Monday and I’m nervous about how to do that :/ just not sure how it’s supposed to progress and can’t find much info online from real mums

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Sounds like she's doing great! I had to put my little one on the potty for the first few days with lots of praise. I would offer prompts and she would say no and then started taking herself over when she did need to go.

Have you done any trips out? Just to a (clean) shop/cafe/library get one thing and try out the toilet in a different place and then go home. Small achievable steps with lots of praise.

At nursery can you show her where the toilets are and see if she wants to go with you there to build her confidence and talk to a staff member with her about how great she's been doing and remind her to tell that person that she needs to go. We did no nappies or pants for the first month but can appreciate nursery might not like that!

After a month of being potty trained we had a little regression where she had regular accidents down to her "testing" the capacity of her bladder and how long she can hold it for. Totally normal and within a couple of weeks completely stopped.

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