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How can you tell a girl has to pee?

Jeannie - posted on 04/24/2012 ( 2 moms have responded )

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My daughter is 18 months and brings me her brothers potty as she goes in her diaper. Or she'll say frogie potty right before she goes if she can't find it. When we took her diaper off and let her try to use the potty she started by peeing every 10-40 minutes. She normaly stays dry for three hours or more. With my son he got an erection when he needed to go so we could see and remind him to use the potty. My daughter won't have that kind of visual signal. Anyone have some suggestions on ques I can look for? Oh btw she likes to 'dance' all the time so watching for swaying or dancing didn't seem to help.

Thanks

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Brittney - posted on 04/25/2012

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I disagree, my daughter was 15 months when she was fully daytime potty trained. It was not just luck, she would generally put her hand down there or on her bottom. Now that she is 18 months, she says pee or potty and/or just goes into the bathroom. It took 2 weeks for me to potty train Ruby. I introduced it when she was 4 months and she was potty trained earlier, but regression is normal while learning to walk. I used training pants (the cloth ones) when we started, they're easier to pull down and back up. Good luck!

Louise - posted on 04/24/2012

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Can I just say that at 18 months she is to young to know when she has to pee. It is a proven fact that a child can not 100% know or control their bladder or bowel until the age of 2. You will have some success fro peeing in the potty but it is just shear luck. Leave it another few months or you are going to be potty training forever. A child that is ready can be trained in less than 2 weeks with an occaisional accident.

Little girls tend to jig about and bend slightly forwards when they need to pee. They also try and hold there legs together when they walk!

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