When I was thinking about potty training Burton I have to admit the thought terrified me. I had heard so many tales of the accidents that occur inside and outside little pants, that I was dreading going nappy-less with him. Luckily for me, having waited until he was ready and showing signs of understanding what his bodily functions were and pre-emtping them, when we started toilet training last October
he was brilliant! He was such a clever boy and we ended up only having a few accidents within the first two weeks.
While I had been contemplating when was the right time to begin Burton’s potty training, I held a Going Potty carnival where I invited other blogging Mums to share their experiences on this toddler rites de passage and several potty training aids were trialled and tested for the carnival. Including the Dry Like Me Potty Training Pads.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with these ingenious potty training pads, the Dry Like Me concept is simple, the pads add an absorbent layer to your child’s pants and therefore providing them with extra confidence which in turn assists in minimising the mishaps that can be associated with toilet training. By wearing the pads in their pants, children are able to recognise their own body’s clues for needing the toilet, and if they do suffer a little accident it helps them to start to comprehend and react to whats happening. Afterall, it is the increased awareness that is significant in making toilet training progress. Also because the Dry Like Me pads are designed to give you a little extra time to react when your child needs to use a toilet, it helps keeps you relaxed which in turn relaxes your child which helps the toilet training process.
The pads can be worn in three different ways
at the front for capturing wee
at the back for capturing poo
both ways together
The top layer has small holes in it to help trap the poo which prevents contact with the body once the pants are removed.
The Dry Like Me training pads were designed by Mums to help other Mums (and Dads), which I always think is a great endorsement!
As I mentioned at the start of this post, I was lucky with Burton as he took to potty training really well and I didn’t need to use potty training aids like Dry Like Me pads or any incentives to ensure the potty was used successfully each time. However, every child is different and some will require things like a reward chart, for example, to encourage and motivate them to use the potty/toilet. Dry Like Me are giving away ‘Smarter Way To Potty Train’ packs to help with potty training.
Each pack contains:
Priced at £15 these potty training helping hand packs will be useful for a lot of parents I would think, and hopefully achieve toilet training success 🙂
PRIZE DRAW
I have 3 of the Dry Like Me Smarter Way To Potty Train packs to give away to 3 lucky Mummy Mishaps readers.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a pack is to fill in the rafflecopter form below.
Prize draw ends at 12:01am Friday 17th August
I was asked to host this prize draw on the back of the Going Potty carnival I hosted where the Dry Like Me Pads were featured. All comments and opinions expressed are based on my experiences of potty training my child, and from what I have read about these products.
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Thank you xx
Thank you xx
Don’t be in too much of a hurry @MummyFever
i agree with @Mummy Fever , let it happen in their own time. my eldest did it in his own time 🙂 hoping it will be the same with my youngest!
I’m just about to start potty training so I’d be really interested to read all the tips and advice.
When we were potty-training our older son, he didn’t take to the potty at all, but used the family toilet seat, where a smaller seat is lowered on the bigger one. We also put the stickers on the wall. With the little man, I am thinking of starting potty-training any time soon. Thank you!
When we were potty-training our older son, he didn’t take to the potty at all, but used the family toilet seat, where a smaller seat is lowered on the bigger one. We also put the stickers on the wall. With the little man, I am thinking of starting potty-training any time soon. Thank you!
Just got 3yo potty trained. Found it was far easier to wait till she was ready, and then she just got on with it (compared to a few terrible attempts whilst on mat leave). Had the HV round for the boys 18mth check this week… and was encouraged to think about potty training them- arrrggghhh!
watch for the signs and dont be afraid of a few false starts. and pirate pete is good, too.
Try to wait until you are sure they are ready, don’t push them too early
@littleboo_21
I’m just about to start potty training so I’d be really interested to read all the tips
We are thinking of starting soon. Amy is forever sitting on her potty and tries pulling off her nappy every time she has a wee. I know it seems early, but in Germany we are potty trained much earlier x
Paige hasn’t started yet, but we’ve already started her sitting on her potty just to get her used to it.