Tomorrow’s the day...

well, me and Paris have both decided that tomorrow she will wear undies instead of nappies - i have about a dozen pairs of which i really hope that i don't use all of them in the first day!... any tips etc for cold turkey toilet training? am planning to ask her often and remind her but other than that i feel like i am driving blind - i toilet trained my nanny charges but that was a long time ago.... how i forgot i don't know.... wish me luck.

good luck!!

Yep, Maya has to use public toilets wherever she sees them too .

I TTed Maya cold turkey, I told her when she got up that she was a big girl and was going to wear knickers. In the beginning it was more about luck and timing I think - asking her every 1/2 hour or so if she needed to go, and if she said no, putting her on the toilet about once an hour.

I also let her pick the color knickers she wanted to wear (still do - she loves her new Dora the Explorer ones and goes around asking everyone what THEY have on THEIR knickers ), which I think helped.

Good luck! I'm sure Paris will get it really quickly, she seems like a very onto it little girl.

Yep, Maya has a lovely habit of saying "Are you doing poos or wees Mama" really loud in public toilets. Funny how she never seems to do it at home!

Hmmm, Janine, daycare probably hated me! I dumped her there the first day of TT and said "She's not wearing nappies anymore" and left... Poor women, it's not really their job to TT, but then again, maybe it is.

Anyways, she was still in the Under 2s then, and it was great coz there were only 6 kids and 3 teachers, so they were good about reminding her etc.

After she turned two and moved up she did regress a bit, partly I think because there is like 25 kids and only 4 teachers so they reminded her less often, partly because some of the teachers kept putting nappies on her by mistake, and partly because of all the disruption.

So then I bribed her. I told her she could have a lollipop each day that she came hoe with completely dry knickers. It worked perfectly - she would run up to me when I came to pick her up and either say "I get a lollipop Mama" or "I had a accident Mama". So she really got to understand about keeping herself dry.

You shouldn't have any probs with Paris tho as she is much older, Maya was out of nappies at 22 mths and we had probably 3-4 mths of occasional accidenst before she was completely dry, and now she hasn't had an accident for weeks.

Summer seems to be the most common time to start TT, and I certainly found it easier to get the inevitable wet clothes dry, and warm enough for Maya to run around in just knickers which meant less washing.

And you may find that because Paris is older, she won't regress when you start placement. The earlier you start them the longer the process takes often. I definitely won't be in such a hurry to get baby #2 out of nappies!

AT what age did you guys start TT'ing?  I have a 19 month old girl who is showing all the signs that she is ready, but to be honest, I can't get focussed and am struggling to decide when to start.  She goes to her nana's on Mondays/Tuesdays and she pops her on the potty and she goes well, but I haven't done anything at home with her yet.  She goes to daycare the other 3 days and I don't think they are doing anything structured with her.  I'm a bit of a control freak and like to have a plan in place for things and am struggling to get my head around this.  I've read a few books on TT'ing, but am still at a loss as how to get started!

Paris is 2 years 4 months old, i do know of people starting earlier - one of our friends has alittle girl 2 months older than paris, and she was fully trained during the day at 14 months, made me very envious.

Update on paris - she seems to be doing well - will have a few dry days then a day where she gets a bit sidetracked and has a few accidents. still have to remind her heaps, and she is constantly holding on cos she wants to finish what she's doing or just watch this or whatever, how long does the coaxing have to continue? am still worried about her going back to daycare tomorrow cos am pretty sure they aren't gonna be reminding her all the time, and if you ask her, she goes "no thanks" and 2 seconds later wets... argh

Well the teachers at daycare told us that when Xander was almost getting a nappy chage the lady went to the bathroom and he sat on the toilet and actually DONE something!!!!!! he got 2 stamps for it too.I am guessing hes pretty much sad to us hes ready for it!!

oh and we do the undy thing which they think is cool too and get very upset when they wet them - this is a sign of them beconing aware isnt it?