Today I have decided to get the big boy pants out. I am going to skip the training pants altogther. We have had 2 wee’s on the carpet and 3 in the potty – so we are winning so far.  I think as Harry is so young I’ll stick to nappies if we go out anywhere but I’ll still bring the potty out with us and sit him on it every now and then. I’m aiming to have him dry during the day by the time he is 2 years old. Harry still doesn’t ask for the potty but he does know when he is about to do a wee because he holds his bits. Granted he might hold his bits 1/16th of a second before he piddles but he still knows its coming. 

We are definatly doing it at the right age for Harry, I fully expect there to be lots of accidents so its just as well we are getting rid of the carpet this summer and replacing it with some wood flooring. When the next littel sprog is here it won’t be so bad , we hope, and he will already be dry during the day so he won’t have that to contend with as well as a new baby in the house.

The best laid plans! Anyway, my dear partner has to get me up the duff first

Jen

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Although it might seem early (especially to my dear mum who thinks Harry is way too young to start using a potty) every child is different and it is so obvious when Harry is doing a stinky – contorted face, bright red cheeks, bulging eyes and not to mention the sound effects! It seems a shame not to start putting him on a potty. I must admit I started trying him on the potty when he was 12 months old. He seemed to take to it and really liked putting his foot in it – had to nip that one in the bud rather quickly. So anyway, considering we are now trying for a second baby, it seems like as good a time as any to go cold turkey on nappies during the day. Harry is sitting in front of me at the moment with his chubby little bum on show and seems to be enjoying the freedom down below. We have already had one accident – he wee’d in his shape sorter   “No problem” I said, “but you must do wee,wee’s in your potty next time”. This coupled with racing to the potty every 5 minutes so he can sit on it just in case is what I shall be doing for the next few days. With any luck we will get a wee in the actual potty and then he can get a sticker on his chart. That should set some cogs in motion.