HOW MANY HAVE STARTED POTTY TRAINING?

Brittany - posted on 01/25/2010

my daughter started at 18 months. we bought a small potty and kept it in the livingroom cause i knew she wouldnt be able to prob make it all the way to the bathroom...i let her run around naked or with big girl underwear and she got tired of peeing on herself. i gave her juice and sat her on the potty took about a week but she got it...sometimes she still has an accident but not very often

Heather - posted on 01/23/2010

I started potty training my daughter who turned two right before xmas all because she started telling me when she went. Now she tells me boefore she goes and can go most of the day in big girl undies. I would guide him towards it since it maybe his way of telling you he wants to start trying and he'll let you know if he's not ready.

Wendy - posted on 01/15/2010

I have a two year old and he knows when he has to go potty, I rewarded him with stickers, which he places on his little potty. He gets very excited to place them on the potty and its now covered. We had some set back time because we moved, but now I am trying again. I let him run around with no diaper and tell him 100 times or more "no accidents" for the most part he knows when he has to go. I am still trying to get him to go poo poo, but I bought "special" stickers to get him to do that. Just try to be positive. No negativity. Some other suggestions I have heard are to go get dollar store presents and wrap them and tape them to the wall, then when your little one goes, let him/her pick one. Or, my mother in law said to just take them first thing in the morning then every 30 min or 45min till they start wanting to go themselves. Hope this helps. Everyone has a different way that works.

Guanita - posted on 01/14/2010

Do not push him but train him put him on the potty in fron of the tv when he watch his programms or take him to the toilet with you and put him on his potty when you go to the tiolet. You will see he will tell you later Lets go to the tiolet.

Keema - posted on 01/14/2010

and we reward him for using the pot and he puts stickers on his potty

Keema - posted on 01/14/2010

Yes My son uses the potty and he even poops on the toilet or asks to use the toilet. it is a start. Breon still has accidents but the earlier the better. you don't wanna wait 3 months b4 school then start. He got his potty b4 he was 2 and started training after his bday and he's doing great with it.

Wendy - posted on 01/14/2010

My daughter, Sidney, is doing the same thing. I have started taking her often to the potty and she will try to go everytime. I don't force the issue though. As of yet, she still won't poop in the potty but she pees almost everytime. So I guess to answer your question we are starting the process.

Jaimie - posted on 01/13/2010

I am about to start potty training my two year old boy. I know it's a bit late now but any suggestions?

Whitney - posted on 01/12/2010

If they show an interest, they're ready!! Some kids start really early, and some take their time. My step son wasn't fully potty trained until after he was 3 but he was behind developmentally in language so I think it may have been a matter of communication.
My 2 year old just started potty training this week and he's doing great! He watches his brothers go potty and daddy and he understands (and always laughs because I guess he thinks it's just silly). Once we noticed he showed an interest, we started. They'll let you know when they're ready and it sounds like yours is! What are some of the ways you guys have used to get them to tell you when they have to go?

LaTina - posted on 01/11/2010

yes. My son started taking off his diaper after he wet it, so I started it at that time. He was 18 months and now he is fully trained and he don't like the potty now he use the house potty.

Amanda - posted on 01/07/2010

must be ready to give it go,my daughter was doing this and now uses the toilet during the day,no probs just use pull ups for bed.Sometimes dry nites but not always.

Kaitlin - posted on 01/07/2010

My little girl does the same thing-tells me after the fact! I would sit her on the potty sometimes and sometimes she would ask me to sit on the potty but she never went. However, on her bday she actually sat on the potty and went pee!!! Now I sit her on the potty before bath time and whenever I think of it and she will go but not every time. I figure that she has been improving on her own so I am going to just let it happen when she is ready. Its just so hard to place them on the potty every 15 min as some people say to do (esp when your a working mom!!) I dont think that I will ever push it too much-they say its more of a frustration than anything if you try to force it.

Jessica - posted on 01/05/2010

Loretta ~ I too have a 14 yr old (okay, almost 14, he'll be 14 in April) & a 2 yr old. Our son was potty trained very quickly & was nightime trained by his second b-day... I thought for sure I'd pay for the ease of that & that our daughter would not train well... she woke up 2 weeks ago & said "no more didi" & has had no daytime accidents since, she has gone 1 week of staying dry at night & 4 days of being dry after her nap... ALL that to say, it really depends on the child, they have to want it & when they do it won't take long & it won't be a huge stress! Good luck!

Brandie - posted on 01/05/2010

also it is handy to have more than one potty,put one in the bathroom and maybe where he plays . he'll eventually get the ticket

Brandie - posted on 01/05/2010

i've been working on this for 3months ,she does it for a couple days ,sometimes i can leave her run around in the cotton training pants( gerber) from walmart. then she goes to the potty

Victoria - posted on 01/04/2010

our daughter started at around 18 months, but we decided not to push it. she still isnt fully there. she tells us she has gone and what she did. shes been in pull-ups, which i think is a help. we got her real underwear with her favorite characters on them and she is excited, but we really don't push it. at first, she would only sit on the potty a few seconds, now its a few minutes but she hasnt gone yet. just let him take it at his own pace.

Haley - posted on 01/03/2010

my little girl peed on the potty today. what we did was have her naked lol for about an hour. she sat on it here and there the whole time. its a hard thing to do especially if there are other people taking care of the baby at other times. i would start by introducing him to the potty show him where its at and what its for. everytime he goes ask him where he's supposed to potty. and let him know that he was supposed to go in the potty and to tell you before he goes. its what i am doing and its going ok lol :) good luck.

Lucinda - posted on 01/03/2010

my little is just turned two. at the moment he'll only tell you after he has done a poop and you ask him. Has always came into toilet with me but more interested in fushing it and unrolling toilet paper.

Amanda - posted on 01/02/2010

my little boy is just turned 2yrs and im defos going to get the potty out. but when hes pooing i ask him and he will say no no so i think im guna av to take this very slowly so i dont frighten him off!

Arielle - posted on 01/02/2010

Our little girl has been "potty trained" since she was 19/20 months old. I started taking her to the potty like ever hour or two and if she went we'd make a big deal and lots of praise and then for pooping she would get a small piece of candy. As soon as she wasn't afraid to use the real potty, we went straight to panties during the day and she's been going ever since. Now we still have accidents and she's not potty trained at night yet. So the potty training at night would be where I need advice. I don't even know where to start...? Any advice would be awsome. Thanks!

Vicky - posted on 01/01/2010

Our liille boy is 2 years and 3 weeks, and potty trained we started at 22 months, it took a few weeks. We let him run around the house in underpants, he was very proud of them. We just asked him to do a wee in the potty and he did, we gave him a sticker and a lollie and he hasn't looked back, now he doesn't ask so much anymore he just heads for the toilet and we go after him. We still put pull ups on at the shops just in case although he doesn't have accidents anymore. He goes to the toilet at the shops as soon as we arrive and before we leave.

Sarah - posted on 12/31/2009

i would say try to potty train her if you are ready, i started potty trainin my lil boy 22 months and hes now 2 years and 3 weeks old and fully dry through day, i started letting him run round the house just with a t-shirt on and takin him to the toilet/potty every 30 mins and if he did sum thing in the potty i was praise him and show him i was very happy with him but put a nappy on when i went out of the house i did this for 3 week, then once he was dry in the house i started taking him out with no nappy on and just putting him on a toilet everytime i was near one, then after abart 3 week he started telling me when he needs to go, i think if you do this and ask her if she needs a wee or poo everytime you take her to the toilet/potty she will learn to tel you when she needs to go he was two on the 19th of dec

Louise - posted on 11/30/2009

My little boy has started telling us when he needs to do a poopy, and he loves to sit on his potty. We're not rushing him. We're letting him go at his own pace and using easy-up pants for daytime, so if he misses the signs it doesn't matter so much.



I think it gets to a point when your child realises that one sensation means poo and one means wee, and neither feels that comfortable once it's been done in their nappy! I've done everything with him at his own pace - feeding, talking, walking and he's done them all as he's felt happy! Now he's feeding himself with a fork, forming quite complex sentences and running and learning to jump. He's never felt pushed and he's quite a laid-back child, so we'll continue to follow this approach with his potty training ... and hopefully it will work!! lol

Tierra - posted on 11/30/2009

My daughter starting telling us she needed to go around 15 months and she did it for a while then she just stopped and now even when we take her she wont go.

Carla - posted on 11/29/2009

the daycare started my daughter at 18months they gave me tips to use at home (1st time mom) she was doing really good would go pee almost everytime told me when she had to go and all of a sudden stopped going all together she had also stopped daycare i keep trying with her

Amber - posted on 11/29/2009

if he's telling you he's ready my daughter was a few months over 1 and she wanted to learn and she was potty trained by 18months if you dont work with them when they are ready they wont have the desire later and you will have a harder time with them.

Jen - posted on 11/18/2009

Quoting Tristian:

I agree! At his daycare you have to sign a contract and if they have an accident 3 days in a row they stop completely. He is really curious about it and I dont want him to loose that

I'd find another day care (if you can). They shouldn't make you sign a contract when they have accidents. Kids have accidents, it's all part of training. I'm having some trouble with my daughter's day care, but it's just with consistently taking her to the potty. Only her head teacher takes her so when it's her day off or there are too many kids and my daughter gets sent to the next room, she doesn't get taken to the potty. She's the only one in her room potty training, but when they are able to take her she goes.

Tristian - posted on 11/18/2009

I agree! At his daycare you have to sign a contract and if they have an accident 3 days in a row they stop completely. He is really curious about it and I dont want him to loose that

LORETTA - posted on 11/18/2009

that is frusterating with out the help from the daycare.... I took my little guy to a babysitter and she straight out told me she wont push the potty unless i ask her to.... that is what the day care should do for you....since he is there for a good chunck of the day! good luck to you

Tristian - posted on 11/18/2009

My son tells me sometimes when he has to go. Even more when hes in the bath. We are taking it slow but a little slower then I would like his daycare wont help. They said it will never happen because hes not 2 and hes a boy. Which makes me mad he has gone on the potty in front of them 4 times twice was poop and they still wont. I still encourage him when we are at home tho.

LORETTA - posted on 11/18/2009

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP!! I had my first child 14 years ago and it was a girl ....she was sooooo easy to potty train. She just came in with me when ever i went and within 4 days she was trained.....and i've heard boys were harder to train than girls..... and lets face it its been 14 years since I tried to do any baby things...(I'm a little rusty) LOL thanks again for all the tips

Angela - posted on 11/18/2009

Owen only tells me after he's already gone to the bathroom.. only poo too. I know we're going to have to start the potty training soon but I really don't think he's even close to ready. I really don't know where to even start?

Lisa - posted on 11/18/2009

I have a six year old and when I was training him, I did it too soon, and the process took so much longer than it should have. I now have a little girl that will be 2, and we are taking our time. They will let you know. Good Luck!!

Jennifer - posted on 11/17/2009

I'd just start introducing him to the potty. My daughter was (and still is) very curious so she'd see us use the toilet and she'd want to sit on there. That's how we started her. She's been using the potty on and off for a couple of months now. She was doing really great for awhile but lately will only use it first thing in the morning and before her bath (morning and night) unless she has to go poop and then it's a race to get her there (and she won't go pee if she's pooped in the potty so we have to empty it before she'll pee). Don't push the potty, though. Just see if he's interested in using it. And slowly introduce it. I've heard it can take six months or more to potty train the old fashioned way. (I'm not a big believer in the three day method...)
Good luck!

Lynda - posted on 11/17/2009

my son tells me when he has to go, so we sit him on the potty as long as he will sit there but usually goes as soon as he gets the diaper back on but we did get him to go in the potty 3 times so far.

Jen - posted on 11/17/2009

Take him to the potty. If he enjoys doing it continue to take him. If he gets scared or resists then back off and try again. My daughter will usually go about 3 times a day. The inconsistency now is for when she is at day care, they don't always take her because the potty is in the next classroom. There is nothing wrong potty training a child who is willing to go no matter how young they are.