potty training when abroad?

Question

Hi

My daughter is 2, she is a competent talker and has now just started taking off her pants, shoes etc when asked.

However when she has a wee she wont tell me, (she's still in nappies) she say's she has has done a pooh when she has finished doing one, and sometimes lies and says she has poohed etc when she hasent, I feel she isnt ready to start potty training quite yet, however, we have just booked to go away on holiday in July, so I dont want to leave it too late incase I end up having a potty training toddler on a 4hr flight!

and we're going to tunisia where toilet conditions arent great in most areas!

What would you recommend? Try her now? Or wait?
Sam

Answer 1

Personally i would start now..not full on, but just take her nappy off during the day at home..she will get the idea. As for the flight, just explain to her that she will be in pull-ups, and that they are the same as pants, and can still go to the toilet if she needs to...this way, she wont feel like she is being pressured!
If you are on the beach while on holiday, you can keep her in swimming nappies, then when u get back to the hotel, get her pull ups out, or her pants.

Answer 2

I'd wait for the slightly warmer weather, use the pull up nappy pants so that if she has an accident she won't get upset. That way, using the same pants on the plane won't be a backwards step for her. If you're staying in a hotel you'll have reasonable toilet facilities, and whilst on the beach she can run around in towelling pants, they're easy to take of if she tells you she wants to go, but will catch any accidental poohs!

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Answer 4

Start now, straight away. If she is fairly regular when she needs to poo sit her on the potty then and give lots of praise when she performs . Sit her on the potty before bedtime and when getting up. No need to make a fuss of this, just be as matter as fact as possible and she should be OK. Take a travel potty with you and also try and get her used to being held on a toilet too for wee's . Good Luck.

Answer 5

My son was like this for 6 months before we started potty training. We bought a travel potty for holiday with disposable liners and kept cheap disposable nappies to soak up the wee in the potty when we couldn't empty it straight away. I know you probably won't want to hear this but in the end it will be down to her not you as to whether she will be trained before or after your holiday. If possible, delay the potty training until you get back as you need to be in familiar surroundings to train her properly. My son was half and half for a while too. He had pull ups and sometimes he asked for a wee, and other times he did it in his pull ups. Either way, he would have been easy to deal with on a plane.

Answer 6

Hard to say, but if your daughter can talk you should engourage her to use the toilet, for say a week and see how you go, if not well i would leave it another couple of weeks and try again.

Both my daughters where dry by 21 months just because they where ready, it took less than a week and they never went back the way.

It sometimes takes a while for it to twig, but give it a go and see how she does. She seems quite clever so i dont think you will have much worries.

Answer 7

Remember she may not be "lying". Two year olds generally don't understand the concept of lying until they have learned a little more from older people. She may not realise the difference between passing wind and actually poohing yet.

Apart from that little rant, I totally agree with claire g.

Answer 8

I'd leave it - its easier, especially if the loos aren't great. As long as shes dry in good time for when she begins nursery.