Toilet training!

Mine with same age doesn't recognise when she's dirty.. and don't tell us .. so I been told by nursery and plus tricks I read when they are ready ... or aware of it. Isn't case .. if they don't hide or say something when it's done. We are all in same boat Mama. 😇

When they show signs of readiness. Mines same age as yours and definitely not ready, he doesn't have the bladder control yet. (As in he pees too often) its just not realistic. He also can't tell when he's about to wee. He's only just got to the point of bringing me a nappy when his is full if I haven't already changed him or whens he's does a poo (its probs 50% of the time he does this) he's speech delayed and can't verbalise it yet. He's definitely moving forwards but is still a way off yet. I'm not putting it down to an age point or pressure, I'll just try to gage my best when he is ready

I’m a first time mum (son same age as yours) I also work as a nursery practitioner. I believe in following their lead with toilet training. My son has shown interest in using the toilet so we got him a toilet trainer seat, and over the last couple months he’s done maybe 4/5 wee’s on the toilet after asking to use it, and we ask if he wants to use it at bath time. However he’s not quite ready yet as I don’t think he’s got the full understanding of not wetting himself/ using the toilet properly! Just going with the flow really, yes some children are toilet trained now and others are later and don’t master it until 3, maybe 4 years old! In my experience parents who rush it cause more trauma to the child and make the whole toilet training saga a nightmare for everyone involved xx

Honestly don’t rush into it because others are doing it. You’ll just give yourself more pressure trying to get him trained than waiting for when he’s showing signs. My little girl has started hiding when she does a poo, also will tell us when she has done one for us to change her nappy. But she’s not quite got use to telling us when she needs or has done a wee. So to us she’s not quite ready yet.

Have a look on the Eric website! https://eric.org.uk/potty-training/ Interestingly guidance was updated and waiting until a child is ready is quite outdated now. It’s seen as more of a process, like learning to crawl before you walk etcetera. There’s lots of things that you can do before you take the nappy off 😀

Just this week my son has started telling me when he is dirty when he's had a poo but he doesn't tell me yet when he's wet and he still leaks from nappies when he drinks a lot of fluids and doesn't tell us he's wet. So we're halfway there, trying not to push him at all as when I attempted potty training about a month ago he was screaming every time I sat him on it and there was so many accidents happening around the house, he was peeing in the potty but then a few moments later he would be peeing around a corner or jumping all over the place excited peeing. Don't feel pressured by anyone, your little one will learn eventually.