Has anyone started potty training?

Toni - posted on 10/28/2011

I started training as soon as he could walk really good. Not forcing him, but from time to time putting him on the potty. This was about 13 months. He is now almost 20 months and he is doing very well. He is not out of diapers, but I am not pushing him either. :) !5 months isn't too early, you take the child's lead. If they show interest, run with it!! :)

Andrea - posted on 10/24/2011

i just started potty training my daughter today and she turned 18 months on 10/20/11 :]

Ashley - posted on 10/22/2011

I have started to introduce potty training, I think that if your daughter stands in front of potty, that is certainly an indication that she knows what is going on. my daughter will run over to the potty and st on it with pants and diaper on, after she has already peed or pooped

Brittney - posted on 10/20/2011

i wanted to start and potty train my 16 month old....

Ronelle - posted on 10/14/2011

my twins are 14 moths and uses the potty, they stay dry at night, and only have 1 accident during the day. this is because i started them at mouth using the potty, and kept up with the routine, there were times i fell short of it but they had no problem picking it back up, so by the end of december they would be fully potty trained, i evern walk wit my portable potty when i go out to encourage them i am a single mom with twins plus a stay at home mom so i have alot of time on my hands

Dorothy - posted on 10/07/2011

I have 3 daughters and started what i call Pre - potty training at 14 months with both of them. i buy a potty and put it in the bathroom then start changing diapers in the bathroom with my kids this has effectively helped them to associate pee and poo with the bathroom. After doing this for approx a month or 2 i start putting them on the potty when changing them and telling them something like " pee pee goes in the potty" with no expectation or pressure to perform. this helps them to associate pee and poo with the potty. Then i move on to traditional potty training. this has worked wonders for me and my first daughter was potty trained by 2 and my second was potty trained by 2 and a half. hope this helps!

Maminya - posted on 10/02/2011

i just started my son's first potty training today n it works with succeed!! he's still 14 months, n i started to do it coz it looked hard for him to pup on the bed, while he cant sit properly until now (he has smooth bones, n hard to be fat), so what i hv on my mind was, if he did this potty training, perhaps it would help him to be better in sitting learning... n thanks God, i saw he could do it so great... even he was crying a lot when he got pup coz the pup was hard, but it really worked n i'm so happy with that...

Brandee - posted on 09/30/2011

my son just turned 2 on september 22nd. we just started potty training him this week. he has done really good with it. i reward him with a candy bar, i know it sounds crazy but hey its working. he wears a diaper when we go out in public and a diaper in the vehichle and to bed but other than that he is in underwear. we go to the potty a hundred times a day seems like but we have to start somewhere. i believe its never to early to start potty training.

Adrienne - posted on 09/30/2011

My son, 04/09/10, is pretty much potty trained. We use pull ups when going somewhere just in case he has an accident and at nap time and bed time. The rest of the time we are diaper free. He is doing well but does have maybe one or two accidents a day (usually when he is playing with his older brothers). What I did was the Potty Training in Three Days. It does work but don't expect perfection in those three days. It does get better. And of course you have to make sure THEY are ready. Mine was removing his pamper already and wanting to sit on the potty. Good Luck Ladies.

Sophia - posted on 09/29/2011

i agree with you ESTHER YUTZY  is never too early. My son is born on the 6/2010 he cant talk yet! But when he need poo! He goes poo! Poo! And run, I'm sure by the time his 17months he ll be fully trained. Good luck everyone.

Kristen - posted on 09/26/2011

My son (june 29 2010) has started either throwing a tantrum straight after peeing or reaching for a new nappy, same with poo's. i want to start training him, but he is scared of both the big toilet and a potty so i am wondering if it is too early, any help would be great. xx

Angelica - posted on 09/26/2011

No its not. The sooner the better. I have a 2 year old and she dont even like to be on the toilet. But she was born at 24 weeks.

Elizabeth - posted on 09/21/2011

the sooner you introduce the potty the better, my sister and i learned before we turned two

Bree - posted on 09/20/2011

Get the book Potty Training Before 3. I am potty training my daughter who is almost 2. The global average for training is 1. Your daughter is clearly interested in the potty, so I say, go for it! 15 months really isn't early.

Heather - posted on 09/13/2011

I read somewhere now they are starting to potty train 9 month olds! It's crazy cause when I was a kid it was 2 years old or sometimes even 3 years old. Put her in big girl pants and see how she does, instead of using the diapers. In order to start one process you gotta drop the other! Every 30 minutes or so, ask her if she needs to use the potty, even if she says no, ask her to go try. Sit with her and read a book out loud or talk to her about certain toys. Just as a distraction since sometimes kids have problems potty training since it makes them nervous to grow up. It's scary to them. Take her to pick out some big girl undies as a sneak peek on the cooler parts about using the potty. Instead of diapers she gets those colorful things that appeal to the toddler minds, especially girls of all ages! If she ends up fighting the chair when she is asked to use it instead of the diapers she might not be ready. If that happens, stop for a few months and try it again. Potty books and movies also tend to just bore them so I wouldn't waste money on them. Oh and let her watch you since toddlers like to imitate so she'll learn how to do it from watching you too. And yes, you will have to explain to her what's going on if she's just starting out. It feels really weird but it helps her understand how it all works. Kids are inquisitive and when it's all about questions might as well give them a play by play so they feel comfortable with the experience.

Ashlea - posted on 09/11/2011

I am needing help to ladies! My son is turning 2 next Friday and he's been in cloth diapers until recently we've just been using a pull up because he kept getting the cloth diapers off (velcro & snaps) we knew he couldn't pull things off and on so that's why I switched to save me until he was ready to be potty trained. Today, that's a different story. He can get his pull ups off now. He's pooped in the potty twice when his dad was on the potty himself. When it comes to peeing though he'll sit on the potty for 5 minutes or so and won't pee. He'll get off and run to the living room and go pee on the carpet (UGH!) When he poops he'll say poo and point to his diaper. What should I I do and how can I get him to go in the potty instead??!! HELP HELP HELP!! Should I start potty training him??? I don't know what to do!!!!

Crystal - posted on 01/17/2011

My daughter is 16 mo. now and I've just started attempting to potty train her. On Friday night I gave her a bath and she said, "Poop poop" and proceeded to poop in the tub after that. So, I'm guessing it's time to start. lol

She tells me when she needs to go poop or pee, but when I put her on the potty she hasn't gone yet. (I bought a seat that goes over the normal toilet seat) After I take her off the potty she will do whatever it was she told me she was going to do in the first place, lol.

I think if you think it might be time that it doesn't hurt to try it out and see what comes of it. If it turns out it's a bit early then it's not going to hurt anything to wait a bit longer. But I have been blown away by how quickly my little girl has been picking up words and concepts lately. Your little one might do the same! :-) Good luck!

Marina - posted on 01/16/2011

My daughter clearly says pee pee and kaka for poopies everytime she goes. She insists on sitting on the potty, but nothing ever comes of it, lol. However, I will not begin fully potty training till she can pull her pants up and down. That should be within the next few months. Good luck everyone!

Cassandra - posted on 01/15/2011

My son was born on 09-18-09 and he is semi-potty trained. Whenever I use the potty, he loves to come in with me and wants his clothes off so that he can sit on his potty. He shows some signs of going pee such as grabbing at the front of his diaper and for about that past week he says pee. Then I bring him in there and sometimes he uses the potty. I haven't seen any signs of him needing to use the potty when he has to poop because he doesn't hide like some of you other mothers are saying and he just stops wherever he is and just has his poop face and goes. I dont think it is too early because if they are the one showing you the signs of wanting to pee on the potty you might as well work at it with them.

Mila - posted on 01/15/2011

My daughter was born 9-11-09, so she is 16 months old and is doing well with the potty training. She signals when she needs to go, most of the time (every kid will have their own cues) she does it by lifting one of her legs then the other, other times she starts to squat. I dont use any diapers during the day except if she is sleeping or we go out. Kids this young cant possibly hold it so accidents are to be expected so if you dont catch the cue, she will have an accident. Mostly just sit them on the potty and reinforce why she is there and praise after. We us both the little potty and the big one with a seat. Good luck! every kid is capable of it, and its not too early.

Cassandra - posted on 01/15/2011

I dont think so...I have started with my son and he is only 16 months. He always wants to go on the potty when ever I am on the big potty.

ESTHER - posted on 01/15/2011

i would say go it my sister start as soon as her baby was born she would cry a little to let her mommy know she had to go now and then she would miss going in the potty by the she was really training to go potty she had no fuss at all my baby girl is 16 month and i take her potty and she goes number 2 it awesome if they seem interested so i say go for it i also did same thing for my son good luck never to early to learn them any thing

Kirstie - posted on 01/14/2011

i have 16 month twin boys n i have worked in childcare for 7 years n i think the earlyer the betta im just gonna put them on so they can know now ....when the boys are in the bath n their daddy goes wee wee i find that my t1 will watch then stand up n do a wee ....so i dont think 15 months is too early

Chrissy - posted on 01/14/2011

I would like to start soon, because I am 7 weeks pregnant and would rather not have 2 babies in diapers. My daughter will be 2 in September, right after baby is due. If you have any good tips, please share them!

Noreen - posted on 01/13/2011

My daughter Abby (9/23) is particially EC'd. And has been since 7months. (So she has been going potty on the potty since 7months) She wakes up 9/10x dry and goes straight to the potty every morning to go potty on her own. The only thing I do is help her on to the potty. (We don't do potty chairs). And if she is running around the house naked, she will go to the potty on her own.



We have also cloth diapered since birth. :)

Karen - posted on 01/13/2011

This will be my third time around at potty training so I feel like an old hand. In my experience(massive I know) potty training starts when mummy is ready not when bub is showing 'signs' of being ready. I know you can potty train very early as I have chinese friends who babies have been potty trained since 12 months. My eldest and middle daughters were trained at the same time. I am ashamed to say that my big girl was 3 when I took her nappies away due to my being pregnant twice before she turned three and a long haul flight where I was unwilling to have a semi trained toddler wanting to go potty on a plane. My middle girl was 21 months when we started. The 3 year old took 2 weeks to train with no wet beds! The almost 2 year old was done by her 2nd birthday with the occassional night time accident. Kira, my September baby, is sitting on the potty with lid down and clothes on and thinks it a great laugh. She understands most instructions but is not speaking so I am not willing to start until she can really tell me in one word she wants potty. The best thing I did was just 'do it'. Nappies were gone! The girls said goodbye to them and understood they were big girls now. Potty training starts when you are ready not the other way around.
Regards from flood ridden brisbane Karen

Nicole - posted on 01/12/2011

My daughter will be 16 months on the 29th of january and was born sep 29th 2009 and has no intrest in even sitting on the potty yet I have tried. I would love to have her potty trained because she hates having clothes and dipars on but they all learn at their own pace.Try and put her on the potty as soon as she wakes up and if she does use it make a big fuss about it and prase her thats what I did with my oldest and I had her trained in now time flat.I also find that when you are home let her run around with no diaper on just a shirt if they have a diaper or underware on I found they would just pea in that and not the potty. Another thing I did with my oldest was had a potty that we took wuth us if we went out to friends,mall or even just for a drive in the car.

Amanda - posted on 01/12/2011

My daughter is showing signs of being potty trained. She tells me (not every single time, but alot of the time) that she needs a wee then does it and she can also tell me before she does a poo. She has the idea, she will take her nappy off say "mummy wee pot" and sit on the pot (not do anything) then pretend to tip it in the toilet. I was putting her in the bath the other day and she said "mummy do a poo" squatted down and pood on the floor, I'm still working on numbers 2's with my 2 yr old

Tara - posted on 01/11/2011

My twins were born Sept 19/09. I gave them the potty to play with first as to get used to it, then slowly introduced it to them. They both say pee pee and poo poo just before they make it. Sometimes I catch them in time and get it in the potty but usually they say it as they go in their diapers. This month I am going to start putting them on even more. Wish me luck. Babies are smart. I say the earlier the better!

Amelia - posted on 01/10/2011

My daughter is 16 months. Born 9/6/09 and we bought a potty right before Thanksgiving and we have her sit on it right before bath so she gets use to it and we sometimes will catch her signs of going and we run her to the bathroom and she has went twice on the potty. She just started walking so we will now continue working on more potty. Good luck everyone =)

Caren - posted on 01/10/2011

my little guy born 9.19.09 already tells me poo poo when he needs to go, if I put him on the potty he'll sit there for a minute and generally just pee, then he'll poop a few minutes after I put his diaper back on, so he's well on his way to figuring it out, he runs to the toilet all the time saying poo poo and pointing at it, from experience in toiltet training take her to the washroom with you everytime you go, and let her know what you are doing, sounds like she's smart and can figure things out already, good luck!!

Becky - posted on 01/09/2011

My neice started potty training at 15 months, so it's not necessarily too early. Some children are ready earlier than others and it sounds like your daughter is showing signs of being ready. We are nowhere near potty training our son, who just turned 16 months. I'm still trying to convince my almost 3 year old that it's time to start using the potty! Sometimes I think the younger one might beat him to it!

Bethani - posted on 01/09/2011

I've been wondering the same thing, because my daughter was born 9-01-09 and she sits on the big potty (with me holding her of course) but she doesn't actually pee. I am just getting her use to sitting on the potty and not being afraid of it. I can't wait to read some of the responses you get.

Laura - posted on 01/09/2011

My son is 16 mths & I have been wanting to get him used to the potty idea. I don't think he understands what potty is all about, but I'd rather start the training earlier then later. (I've heard boys are tougher to train). I usually have a good indicator when he poo's (he stands there concentrating really well), but I don't see the pee indicator. When he was born friends of mine gave us a potty & since for about the last 4-5 mths he enjoyed sitting on it with his clothes still on. But as soon as I put his bare bum on it - he freaked & well needless to say when I've tried to put him on it he freaks some more....I've given up on it for about a week now, but I'd like to get back to it...

BTW: Jennifer - if she is doing this much for you, I personally think she is showing signs of readiness. I have known girls who are completely day time trained by the age of 2.

Krista - posted on 01/08/2011

I have twin girls born 9-9-09 and we've been playing with the idea of potty training. I love the idea of having a potty for them to sit on at will, just to introduce the concept. Do any of you use a smaller seat that attaches to the "big potty" or all you all opting for the small potty?

Ashley - posted on 01/08/2011

My son was born on 9-30-09 we got a potty a week and half ago and just let him sit on it so he will not be scard of it. I put him on it this past Monday and he has been going on it ever since....he will grab at his diaper when he needs to go and wakes up from naps and night dry and will go over to the potty to pee!!!!

Gail - posted on 01/08/2011

Our daughter was born sept 9th 09, we have not started potty training yet, but we did buy a potty last week and she does sit on it (nappy on), she touches her nappy and scrunches up her face when she has done a poo (she always goes to the same place in the house to do one, hides behind the curtains) ans she can now say poo and says eee for peepee, but not sure if she clearly associates them with the action yet, so we are going to wait till she is 18 months before beginning potty training properly, just not im happy with the progress she is making and dont want to train her forcefully before she is ready

Alecia - posted on 01/07/2011

Our daughter was born Sept 17 09 so she will be 16 months soon. We haven't started potty training yet, I've heard anywhere between 18 and 24 months ( whenever you think your child is ready ) is a good time for potty training. We are probably going to try and see how she does once she turns 18 months and she shows no sign of being ready then we will wait a couple of weeks longer and try again. Just be commited to it when you do start to potty train.

Anna - posted on 01/06/2011

my daughter {28 sept '09) is not potty training yet. my boyfriend thinks she is way too young to start, but i think babies are damn smart and learn things really fast. we have agreed on starting this coming summer. i often let her walk around the house without a nappy on {if i have just changed a poop nappy} in summer time. i was thinking keep a potty in the room and if she does a pee put her on the potty directly after. that way she would asociate taking a pee with the potty. poop is another story... she is my first, so i have no idea if its gonna work, but that was my plan. also i have heard that putting your little one on the potty next to you while you sit on the toilet is good learning. monkey see monkey do.

Gotsome - posted on 01/04/2011

I have been wondering about potty training recently myself. Like Amanda, I'm not sure that my son (Sept 1 09) is completely ready but I'm starting to see some early signs - he's begginning to hide when he has to poop - which I had heard is an indicator that they are ready. I'm just not sure about his ability to really appreciate the concept just yet & like Amanda if he has the words yet to communicate it consistently. I am curious however, to hear what others are seeing & if others have heard things about when to gage when they are ready.

Sounds like your little girl is half way there - so cudos to you!

Amanda - posted on 01/03/2011

My son is not potty trained. However, I have been noticing things that make me think he will be ready sooner than later. The biggest thing I've noticed is that after he poos he grabs at his diaper. He doesn't necessarily cry right away, but if I'm paying attention, I will see him grab at his bottom. While he doesn't do it every time he pees, he also pulls at the front of his diaper when he is too wet. My biggest concern with potty training him now is that he is not speaking well yet, and I don't have any indicators of when he needs to go. It is great that your daughter seems to be taking well to the potty.