Welcome to another parenting tales from the sofa where today we are talking about potty training failure. Becky from Be Confident Coach takes us through her experiences and offers some guidance on how you can deal with failures when potty training does not seem to be working. Potty training can be a very stressful time and we hope that some of the tactics we put forward here can help allay some of those fears.
Some of the topics we have covered include:
- What do you do if you have tried and it doesn’t seem to be working.
- Avoiding peer pressure
- How to deal with ‘accidents’
- Swapping between pants and nappies – should you do it?
What experiences do you have with potty training training? Was your child ready when you tried the first time or did it take a few attempts for potty training to succeed. Please do tell us about your experiences below in the comments.
Helen Neale
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!
Matea
Monday 5th of January 2015
Oh potty training... We succeded but only after months of accidents. But I never put my son diaper over night after we decided to start potty train. It was the best decision as he only wet his bed a few times. So I washed his sheets few times and it stopped. :). I think it is important not to put diaper overnight once you start to train your toddler.
Matea@countryside_mom
The Reading Residence
Monday 5th of January 2015
I have this on the horizon with my 2yo son. It wasn't too bad with my daughter, but every child's different, so we will see!