How many of your little ones are potty trained yet?

Kylene - posted on 08/11/2012

With my kids

1st a boy was potty trained at 2 years and 10 months
2nd boy was potty trained at 2 and 11 months
3rd a girl was potty trained at 1 years and 9 months
4th is still a baby

Diane - posted on 04/22/2010

Chels has been fully daytime PT since about a month before she turned 3. She refuses to come out of her room before her father & I open her door so night time is still pull ups for us. She's doing a way better job at holding it until she can get to a potty so hopefully we will only need another package of pull ups before we are free forever!

Angele - posted on 04/21/2010

My three year old is being very stubborn! She was doing great for two weeks with no accidents, then stopped using the potty altogether! Can be very frustrating. I guess she'll do it when she's ready!

Michele - posted on 04/19/2010

Hi all iam glad to say tj has been fully potty trained since Nov 2009 . I have had luck with both my boys .they where both fully trained before 3 years of age. that include nights, no more nappy yippee

Justine - posted on 04/18/2010

My son will be 3 this week and he has been going to the toilet (he prefers it to the potty) for about a month now with only 2 accidents. I still have pull ups on him at night time but Im not really worried about that yet as long as he is trained during the day I will tackle night time when we are both ready. I thought that it was going ton take him forever because he never seemed interested and then one day he said to me that he wanted to wear undies so I let him. I thought its either undies or nappies I wasnt going to flip back and forth and he hasnt looked back thankfully.

Eva - posted on 04/15/2010

Noah is day time potty trained. Has been since he was 23 months ( I had NOTHING to do with it lol he just starting going on his on in the potty) but we are going to start night tmie potty learning this summer.

Niki - posted on 04/12/2010

my son seems to know what to do and has had great progress but he's still wearing diapers. :( I hope soon or at least by summer he will be out of them and into underwear full time. I can't wait until the weather is nice I think it will be easier.

Lisa - posted on 04/10/2010

my nearly 3 year old daughter has to be naked to use the potty, she runs around the house all day and doesnt have an accident (however she'll insist on a nappy for number 2's). as soon as i put any sort of pants(pullups,knickers,shorts etc) on her she'll pee them almost straight away!! i'm getting a little worried as she starts school next year and i dont want her wetting herself there!! any advice would be greatly appreciated

Amanda - posted on 04/09/2010

my lil man has been potty trained since he was prolly 21/2 he still has accidents every once n a while but stays dry at night so thats good.

Leanne - posted on 04/08/2010

My little boy is nearly three and has been potty trained since he was two, and he is nearly dry at night. I just went for it when Braylee became interested in the toilet and within two days he was dry! i have just been really lucky, a child will only do it when they are ready too, so i wouldnt stress to much over it every child is different!

Marina - posted on 04/07/2010

My son has used the potty on and off and knows what to do, he even did it for an entire week last fall but then he asked me to go when his brother was nursing 2 days in a row and I didn't want to push the baby off so he had to wait and since then he has flat refused to use the toilet or potty chair. I've tried bribing him with big boy underwear but he just peed in them within 10 minutes and then took them off quietly and went on the floor as well. I don't know what to do. I mostly just leave him alone about it now but still ask a few times a week in he would try the potty and the answer is always- NO!
Anyone who's had a kid like this??? I'd love some advice =)

Lesley - posted on 04/06/2010

mnies eldest boy is nearly 3 an his been potty trained 4 bout 6 months he used the potty he didnt like using the toilet but my niece who is 8 showed him how 2 use the toilet not he uses it all the time he will go bout 4 hours befor needing the toilet now so i can go out shopping with him knowing he wont need the toilet his realy good my advise 2 u is if u got an elder child or an elder child that she realy loves then get them 2 show her how 2 use the loo even if they go 2 the toilet them selves i know it sounds a bit hmm but it realy works but only if the child is willing 2 show them of course

Stephanie - posted on 04/05/2010

My daughter been potty trained since one. I started her right when she can walk. Once she took her first steps it was on to the potty.

Suzanne - posted on 04/04/2010

Amelia has been fully trained since Christmas / New Year. She took a couple of weeks to get the hang of things but she is doing well. She is almost out of night nappies too now. Yay

Audrey - posted on 04/03/2010

They are ready when they are ready. My little girl was completely trained this last January. I think I could have worked on her earlier but I was taking a class and wanted to get a research paper taken care of so I could give my full attention to her. We would do good, because she only had to go potty a couple times a day (sounds strange and I swear we are not starving or dehydrating her!)....On days when she refuses because she wants to go watch TV or play (too busy to go potty) I find ways of bribing her, like she can't have her vitamin until she uses the potty in the morning, before she would go when I offered to let her watch my iPod videos (I told her all the Single Ladies are going potty LOL!!) that helped!

Kelly - posted on 04/02/2010

my son will be 3 april 6th he just started potty training march 27th he still has some accidents but does really well with peeing on the potty now working on pooping on the potty

Jackie - posted on 03/30/2010

my son pretty much is, he just had timing issues, like being upstairs and not making it back down the stairs to get to the potty. he only wears pullups at night.

Lindsey - posted on 03/28/2010

I started potty training my son on his 2nd birthday and it only took a few months for him to get it down. Obviously we are about to have his 3rd birthday and he has been wearing underwear for a long while and he does not have to wear pull ups when he sleeps either. It is awesome!



The way I did it was put underwear on him and he had to get tired of peeing and pooping all over himself. Which it worked!

Allison - posted on 03/27/2010

Wow, I imagine that's tough with bedrest, twins and all, it makes sense she would regress a bit. We started early with our guy, just "natural infant hygiene" from 6 months old to age 1, then didn't have time to work on it again til almost age 2. Then we just kept it really fun, positive and consistent, and he got it within a few months :) By 2 1/2 he was really 100% accident free and dry all night, too, which is SO great! I think it's mostly about our attitude, more than theirs - if you make it a fun, exciting experience, and just part of life every day like eating, etc., she will follow your lead. Stick with it and be positive and patient and consistent and she will catch on again soon!!!

Noluthando - posted on 03/26/2010

my son is fully potty trained since October last year. got lot of help from his day care

Nicole - posted on 03/25/2010

Mine is not. He knows he has to go but doesnt go to the potty. He says my pee hurts and that means he has to go. But when it comes to going poo he does it in his pull up then takes it off and tells me he went-- showing me the diaper. YUCK!

Ashlei - posted on 03/12/2010

Hayden is trained but every now and then when her cousin is over she might randomly have an accident. Just remember, try to be patient becuase Hayden regressed too when we moved and it was much harder to retrain. Its probably just because there was a big change in her life. Good Luck!!

Anna - posted on 03/12/2010

My son is fully potty trained--during the daytime. At night we still wear a Pull-Up. If there was anything I've learned from my older son, it is to chill out and let them do this on their own. My older son used to freak me out, he was 3 and not potty trained yet, and you know then you have all these "useful" (NOT) advices which make you even crazier. He only started to go on his own when I relaxed and gave him some breathing room.
With my second one, I didn't push him, I kinda prepared myself that he was going to be in diapers as long as needed, maybe until 3 or more, but he learned fast and on his own. Maybe from watching his older brother, I don't know. It happened in the fall...like literally one week he was still wetting diapers and next week he was using the toilet. For some reason, it took him longer to learn how to go number 2 than number 1, I thought it was supposed to be the other way around.

Anyhow--the only thing that I also noticed is that potty training goes much quicker when you take the diapers completely off and/or substitute for regular underwear. I got these Gerber training pants at the store, they're made of fabric but have a little bit of padding so it's a little bit more absorbable. You will suffer through a lot of cleanup but it really works...I think my 2 year old sometimes will still go in the diaper if I put it on him, but never in the underwear.

About regression--it happens, just wait it out. Just think--kids in middle school/high school do not wear diapers, they all went through this, eventually your kid will too :)

Nakeisha - posted on 03/12/2010

My daughter is trained but it was hard believe me once you start you cant stop or they stop you have to do it until they get it. She goes without me asking or telling her to and she calls me to wipe her when she poos. She even get up in the night and pees.

Elizabeth - posted on 03/05/2010

When Kizhara was 11 weeks I found a site called diaperless babies and learned to read the signs of when she needed to go and had been "potty training" right from the start. She was out of diapers most of the time at home and after her 2nd birthday never wore diapers again. She is fully potty trained ever since and only occasionally wets the bed at night like maybe two or three times in the past 6 months.

Ann - posted on 03/01/2010

My daughter is completely potty trained and has been since last June. Every once in a while she can't make it to the bathroom quick enough but very rarely does that happen. Her brother is 6 and still has problems with wetting the bed. Girls are much easier! Good luck to those moms still training!!

Lacey - posted on 02/16/2010

My daughter was potty trained in July of 2009, with the occasional accident during the night, so she would wear pull ups to bed. I quickly realized that this would not happen if I stopped giving her fluids after 7pm. As of September 2009 she was no longer wearing pull ups to bed.

Nicole - posted on 02/16/2010

My son has been potty trained for the day (night has been harder) since June. He was really easy to train. People say boy are harder but mine was easy. Night time took until December and he still has a accident about once a week, but keep up to effort. Sometimes a new baby (or two) in the house cause children to regress. She'll get it just don't give up!

Amanda - posted on 02/16/2010

Nope! We are still working very hard on it, as she is a stubborn little thang! She has been going on her own a lot more often than before, but we still haven't completely potty trained yet.

Casey - posted on 02/16/2010

I started potty training this past October we are now fully potty trained ..we did the potty dance she thought was hilarious..and when she did have accidents I wouldnt get upset I would be silly about it..Now we have no accidents and she loves her panties

Tonya - posted on 02/15/2010

I have two that are potty trained and Jasmin is working on it but she will have her accidents because of course she would much rather play than take a few minutes to the bathroom.

ALEXIA - posted on 02/15/2010

hey my daughter has been fully potty trained since she was exactly 2 years...which was weird bc that was the exact week my son was born, i was surprised! you have to be very consistant. i didnt remind her bc i wntd her to tell me when she needed to go..

Melody - posted on 02/15/2010

My little guy is pretty much #1 trained, but is still doing #2's in his undies. He's better about it when out and about than he is at home. - even asked to use the restroom and did a #2 while we were out eating the other night, so I thought we'd turned a corner. But alas, back to normal undie messes with it after that.

We're trying not to make a big deal of it - have some 'poopy prizes' for when he does get #2's in the potty.

Anne - posted on 02/14/2010

my daughter just started no pullups at night two days ago when we ran out of them. but she has been dry in the morning for awhile now. She started potty training when she was 18 months old but regressed because she just didn't care enough. i really wanted to wait but she insisted. then after she regressed, I didn't push it. then i started getting tired of changing her diaper. for christmas i gave her some new underwear. so it wasn't just hand me down underwear from her sister. that did it! she has been using the potty successfully ever since. but it always had to be her idea. if I even suggested it, she would say no! but if i just left her alone, she would go when she felt the urge. one time, she had a little accident cause she didn't go fast enough. So I told her that is why Mommy always asks her if she has to go. Now she is better with suggestions of going. every child is different, this one was surely different from my other two children. she trained to go #2 without a hitch where my other two had a really hard time with #2 to the point of having to use laxatives. Not fun! This one never ceases to amaze me! Good Luck!

Hayley - posted on 02/14/2010

I tried to set make a time to start with my son last year but had so many things going on i kept forgetting to ask him 'do you need to go to the potty' and I ended up failing the training about 3 times that year and gave up the efforts until this summer (January). I was concerned that he'd be starting preschool in April when he turns 3, without being trained. So with no more procrastinatin I dedicated a week to staying home with no outings scheduled. It ended up being the right time for him. I had put him in undies one afternoon and he was trained by the next morning, day and night. I was in shock. I was always told boys take a lot longer. I was sure he was too interested in Thomas The Tank Engine to bother with learning but after two accidents that first afternoon where he'd straddled over to me like a cowboy hating the feeling of being wet, that was it. He was done. No wet nappy at night and no accidents in the day either. I think it's very important to encourage but not push the training as each child learns at different rates so what suits one child at one age, doesnt suit another at the same age. It puts so much pressure on children too. I know children who still wet at night at the age of 7 and 8 and it's only due to the deepness of sleep. It's not always but sometimes and while they have been checked by pediatricians and urologists and gp's, nothing has been found other than the connection at night hasnt allowed the brain to wake to wee. Don't put pressure on yourself or your child. Take it slow and it's normally a one step forward, two steps back thing so although my son at 2, amazed me, thought I still expect accidents to happen one day and if it does it's nothing to worry about. I think having tried pull-ups a few times during the last year, he understood that people go to the toilet and was just ready when i committed to it, by some miracle. While he did try pull ups last year, I had made the effort to alway put him on the toilet before bed. To start the connection and maybe that helped him work out the night time training himself. On the second afternoon I took him to the shops and I showed him the shopping centre toilets and got him to use the toilet there so he knew full well that he doesnt have to just have accidents during outings either. He was all excited about that (especially because the parent rooms had "little toilets for little boys and big ones for big mummy's". He felt very proud. He has been a champ at it but I know I was stressing myself out about it for a long time and really, it all came down to just managing to do it all when he was ready.

Kalpita - posted on 02/13/2010

I started potty training my daughter when she was 9 months old. I used those toilet seat reducer types. For bladder control, I took her off diapers during the day when she turned 15 months old. I used to take her to the toilet every 20 minutes and gradually increased it to 30, 40, 50, hourly intervals based on her need to go. She was fully potty trained by the time she was 18 months old. I never used pull-up pants and she was off diapers at night since she was 20 months old. We had many bladder accidents in the first few months, but after constantly reminding her to remind me when she had to go we made it!

Kara - posted on 02/12/2010

My son has been potty trained since September. He wears a pull up at naps but usually keeps it dry. He still pees the pull up at night though. He does have a brother who is one year older so he WANTED to potty train!

Maria - posted on 02/12/2010

Oh, my daughter is not yet potty trained, either. She'll have good weeks and regressive weeks, but the length of good weeks are getting longer, and the regressions are getting shorter. Except for right now! Ah, well...

Candice - posted on 02/11/2010

My son Wayne is potty trained. I had the help of his brother who is 3 and daddy. But with his brother Justice who is 1 year and 3 days older then Wayne was potty training when I brought Wayne home. Justice then stopped and just wanted to be in a daipers. Also I let my kids let me know when they are ready to potty train.

Jessica - posted on 02/10/2010

Oh Thank goodness Myana woke up one morning about 6 months ago and said "Mommy I need to go potty" I took her and since that day she refuses to wear a diaper.. I do however MAKE SURE she has a pull up on at night. She will rearely wet them but EVERY single time I forget to put one on her she pees' my bed!!!

Kimmy - posted on 02/10/2010

hes getting there knows how to just wont stop and take the time vrather do it in his diaper... gotta catch him sometimes!!

Krystal - posted on 02/10/2010

My daughter has been potty trained for a couple months now, but I consider myself lucky because one day she just said I dont want to wear diapers anymore mom (pull-ups but she called em diapers) I said you dont have to if you dont pee in your undies and she hasnt since even through the night and nap...

Alli - posted on 02/10/2010

My son is now able to say when he wants to go and sometimes actually go by himself! He still hasn't gotten used to the wiping part but we're getting there.

Jennie - posted on 02/10/2010

My boy Tanner is fully potty trained now, no more daipers at bed time . which is great cause now he can train my little girl who is a 2008 april baby.

Tasha - posted on 02/09/2010

My daughter was fast and easy. She's been trained since 9/8/2009, take that huggies!

Sara - posted on 02/08/2010

I think it's safe to say that my daughter is fully potty trained. She'll have an accident while she's sleeping once in a while but for the most part she does pretty good. She will say when she needs to go and do it on her own and sometimes she wont say anything at all. When it comes to potty training every child is completely different. You just have to find out what works best for you and your daughter and stick with it.

P.S. m&m's help!

Amanda - posted on 02/07/2010

You should not depend on your child to tell you when they have to go to the bathroom. You should make them atleast try every 1/2 hr to every hr.

Amanda - posted on 02/07/2010

My daughter has been fully potty trained since she was 1 1/2 years old.

Heather - posted on 02/07/2010

My Son Gabriel is potty trained! I just started to tell him he was a big boy and big boys go on the big potty not in diapers.. i will say now after 6 months he is completely potty trained from the exception of night time! thats a whole nother story lol

Cathy - posted on 02/07/2010

I don't believe in potty training anymore! My son was "potty trained" when he was 18 months. I mean potty trained as in he would tell me when he has to go to the bathroom and didn't wear any diaper for about 4 days, then we went on a trip and 2 hours later he was just peeing and pooping everywhere. So I had to put him back on diapers and then when his sister was born Aug 09, we started training again and same thing happen. He would regularly go to the bathroom, lets me know when he has to go and regresses back a week later! Out of frustration, I quit. I am just going to wait until he decides he does not want to wear any diaper anymore.