TTing question
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Topic: TTing question
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: TTing question
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:00pm
We've just started toilet training again (this is it this time, no going back!) and she's been doing so well, we're really proud of her.
BUT... the first couple of wees in the morning, she seems to have forgetten where to do them, but after morning tea time she's 100% dry. Do you think she just forgets?!?! Does anyone elses kid do this?
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:03pm
good luck. i have no advice - i cant succesfully TT my boy whose been in undies nearly a whole year and cant seem to find the toilet still.
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:04pm
Wow! Go Caitlin! TT hasn't even crossed my mind yet!
Edited 'cause I always put a y instead of an i!!
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:05pm
Does she pull her own pants up and down etc?
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:06pm
Go Caitlin! Maybe it just takes her a while to warm up in the morning? Does she go on the potty as soon as her night nap comes off?
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:17pm
She might just be too busy and doesn't notice the urge? It could be that the cold is making her go more regularly with less notice?
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:40pm
FionaS wrote:
Does she pull her own pants up and down etc? |
she sure does has been stipping off for a while now LOL
We're starting because I'm sick of the tantrums and fighting her to put the nappy on! And because we are picking up from where we left off at Christmas (she was almost dry GRRR!!!)
Maya wrote:
Go Caitlin! Maybe it just takes her a while to warm up in the morning? Does she go on the potty as soon as her night nap comes off?
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Yep, we sit her on the toilet first thing in the morning and she has been going, but it's the 2nd or third pee of the day that end up elsewhere
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:54pm
How soon is it after she gets up? Is she drinking a lot in the morning?
I found with Ella that we had to put her sipper cup up on the bench and just give her drinks at breakfast and morning tea etc (unless she was really thirsty and asking for it) so that we had a better idea of when she would be needing the potty and reminding her half hourly after she'd had a drink.
Would that work for you guys?
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 9:58pm
about 20-30 mins after her breakfast (cereal and 150mls milk), she always carries her cup around and drinks heaps because of her constipation issues (not an issue this weekend - she's been almost every time she pees! )
We ask her every 10-15 minutes and I can see we're already getting on her nerves
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 10:01pm
Yay for a constipation free weekend!
LOL Maya used to get bugged with me harassing her to go to the toilet too, she still does
My Sienna is the stripper in this house, she can get her pants and nappy off no probs at all, it's driving me mad! She can't get them back on tho...
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 12:14pm
maybe instead of asking her to go every 10-15mins, put her on the toilet and wait to see if she goes......good luck! i'm sure she'll get right back to where she was in no time. it took jack 12mths to get himself sorted
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 2:30pm
We simply left the potty in the lounge and let her go to it when she was ready. I also asked her about every 30 mins if she needed to go potty. It took a good 3 weeks to get her into the habit and she now refuses to go in a nappy if she has one on - even at night (its freezing if we have to get up for a potty stop at 2am!)
We had a few accidents and like you, it happened usually at the same time each day (ours was early afternoon). But after that 3 week period, we were home and hosed!
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 3:04pm
Goodness! We're not even considering TT Joshua yet - man, girls are so much more advanced that boys at this age!
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 3:07pm
LOL Clare my thoughts exaclty
Our kids are the same age and my boy is no where near it!
I am so proud of Miss C she is doing so well
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 7:03pm
CuriousG wrote:
We simply left the potty in the lounge and let her go to it when she was ready. I also asked her about every 30 mins if she needed to go potty |
This is exactly how we do it at home and because she doesn't tell us she needs to go she just goes to her potty, sorts herself out, does a wee or poo then claps and goes "YAY" That's the only reason we know she's gone if we're not watching her.
Now Daycare is a whole new issue - and I'm a bit p'd off over it actually
We all agreed (me, DH and the staff at daycare) that yes she was ready and that they would make every effort with her just like we were.
I called this afternoon and spoke to the supervisor who said she had 1 accident at morning tea but admited she forgot to ask C is she needed to go before she sat down to eat. That's fair enough, they are full on on wet days with the other kids.
BUT - when I pick her up tonight, she's been through all 6 pairs of trousers!
One of the other staff members said "but she doesn't ask to go toilet" I KNOW THAT! I TOLD YOU GUYS!!!!
We were told a couple of weeks ago that C was ready to go from the nursery to the big kids area, this would mean she would have access to the toilet anytime (not like the nursery), now apparently she's not rady to go up a level and this means she is reliant on someone seeing her standing at the gate to go downstairs to the toilets!
I'm so angry because I know Caitlin can do this because she wants to and she is definitely ready (we're certainly not pushing her into something she doesn't want to do). But it looks as if daycare are going to be the ones holding her back
What do I do?!?!?! Continue TTing at home and let her wet all the time at daycare or let them put her in nappies?
I have no idea! If we let them put her in nappies and us TT her at home she'll get so confused but I also don't think it will help her if she keeps wetting herself, my poor little girl gets so upset like she's embarrased
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 7:50pm
you do neither..you talk to daycare again and tell them to please stick to what was arranged with her TT.
good luck!!!
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:10pm
Very impressive. We don't even own a potty!
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:12pm
Go back to the daycare and tell them that this is what we are doing please can you follow it. When I TT Andrew I told DC what we were doing and they followed us, worked really well.
Has she got a focus teacher?? Tell them what you are doing as they are responsible for her and they can tell the rest of the staff what you are doing.
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:24pm
Fiona - we had 3 pottys! Just gave one to Tyrell
Becks - the teacher to child ratio is really good at her centre, but on rainy days it's insane in there and so I totally appreciate that they can't watch her every second. She does have a focus teacher (if I understand you right) who she has a special friendship with, they're really close - but again, she's not the only kid.
I guess our biggest problem is that DC have now decided that she isn't ready to go in with the 2-3yr olds (and have access to the toilets herself). At the end of the day it is most important that she is settled and happy where she is.
I guess I just assumed they would keep her downstairs near the toilet.
I can't see this TTing happening if she's locked away from the toilets
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 7:29am
I agree with Bizzy, you need to reiterate to day care how its happening at home and that she is going to be getting mixed messages.
On saying that tho, we went through a LOT of clothes at day care at first. How long have you been TT for? It really took a few weeks before it was sorted. Now we are unlucky to have an accident once a week.
Seriously tho, talk to daycare. They are there to help and if they had already agreed, they need to be giving it a good go. Is there a particular carer that could be "in charge" of Caitlins TT? We had Bonnie who looked after that side of things first and foremost. The other carers were aware but if Bonnie was there, she was the person Charlotte went to (or Bonnie would ask if she needed to go).
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 7:56pm
I spoke to daycare today.
All morning she was asked if she wanted to go toilet (every half hour) and they would go down to the toilets together (with the other 2 that are TTing). Only one accident this morning (again at morning tea), then she was put in nappies and kept in nappies until I picked her up.
They said it's hard for them because she doesn't ask to go toilet - which is something she will learn. But I don't understand why they can't continue with the half hourly toilet trips in the afternoon?
I must say - I'm still really unimpressed with this
Also, I questioned one of the ladies about Caitlin not going down to the big kids area when we were told she would, aparently she's not even on the transition list yet!
I just feel this is such a waste of time! She's a smart kid (mummy brag I know - but I think she is ) and if they were taking her every 30 mins for the whole day I'm sure she would have it sussed really quickly. This is just going to drag it out unnecessarily
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:30pm
thats silly...they have 2 others in the same section who are TTing at the mo how hard can it be to take her as well. i would be getting grrr at them...
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 7:24am
And it is giving her mixed messages by putting her back in nappies! I also would be going grrrrr at them and asking them to perservere!
It takes committment on all sides and if they have agreed that they will help you then they gotta help! There are going to be accidents, its a give in. Charlotte didn't know to ask at first either and as I said, we had heaps of accidents at first. But she learnt really quick and Caitlin obviously is a bright spark too. Make them continue with it, put heaps of spare clothes in. I reckon after about 3 weeks it will happen. Until then, there will be accidents but they will get less and less as the weeks go on.
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 11:23am
thye've agreed to help the other 2 tt'ing so why can't they help caitlin? the poor thing must get so confused when they put her back in nappies
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 12:19pm
I'm off work today getting sorted for our holiday tomorrow so we're having a girly day
We popped into Daycare so I could have a proper chat with the nursery supervisor.
It really does depend on who you talk to! She was fantastic! All day yesterday on the half hour she would take all 3 of them down to the toilets and Caitlin only had 1 accident
She's evening starting to tell them when she needs to go, that was the accident tho lol It was more of I need to go right now - uh ohhh I've been But hey - it's a huge step in the right direction.
We went to the mall this morning and went to the toilets three times whilst we were there in an hour and no accidents at all. Yay my big girl
We're taking nappies with us to Chch, but will still take her to the toilet every half an hour if we can
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 1:11pm
Yayayayay! That is such fantastic news! And yeah, they go through the 'oh I need to go....oops, Ive been' but it wont last long - go Caitlin!
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