05/08/2026
Twenty years as ITV’s potty training expert and we’ll tell you what actually works.
It isn’t luck and it isn’t a lucky child.
Get the nappy off in the daytime. Move into training pants so they can feel the accident rather than being wicked dry through it.
Give them the words for what’s happening in their body, “tummy full”, “warm feeling when you go”. Offer the potty at set moments instead of asking every ten minutes. Loose clothes they can pull down themselves.
And stay completely calm when it goes wrong, because it will.
That’s it. No gimmicks, no three-day miracle. Just the signal switched back on and consistency doing the rest.
Save this one for when you start 💛
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