How young can you potty train?

Rebecca - posted on 04/10/2009

My daughter was completely potty trained at 18 months

Catherine - posted on 04/05/2009

my little girl is like that, she is never happy if she does poop in her nappy and always tells you when shes wet. shes mastered a poop on her potty and on the toilet but we havent got weewee sorted yet, hopefully we can get it sorted over the summer :o)
she hates her nappy so wont be much longer till shes out of them full time

Rebecca - posted on 04/05/2009

I feel that 1 is far too young, but do introduce him to the potty. I am just about to begin potty training my little girl and she is 2 and a half I feel that she is ready as tells me when she has had a wee or poo, also she wants her nappy changing after every wee.

Joy - posted on 04/05/2009

my middle son and youngest daughter was potty trained by the time they were 20 months



joy

Karen - posted on 03/25/2009

I've never potty trained that young, i have 5 children, my first 2 were potty trained at about 2 and then i had triplets and was advised not to start  potty training them until they were 3.  My eldest daughter learnt quickly but my son was a lot slower, people say that boys are slower than girls but i wouldn't necessarily say that's true, it depends on the child.  My personal opinion is that 1 years old is extremely young especially as they cannot talk very much so wouldn't be able to tell you when they needed to use the potty and probably wouldn't even recognise that they needed to go.  I hope this is useful. 

Samantha - posted on 03/25/2009

hi i didnt do it that young but my little girl turnd 2 in december. And she has been out of nappies for 9months. When we first tried her on the potty she didnt like it but 2weeks later she just wanted to used the toilet. As soon as she was on the toilet she didnt want to wear nappies in the night and shes never wet the bed once. I do have a four year old boy so obviously she wants to copy him. If your little boy is ready for it then u shouldnt have a problem

Helen - posted on 03/25/2009

we have got him a potty shaped like a motor bike with handles to hold on to I tried him on it this morning and although he finds it hysterically funny his feet don't even touch the floor yet - i did think it was a bit to optimistic. I do think i will sit him on it while i run his bath each night just incase i strike lucky.

Sara - posted on 03/25/2009

I have a daughter, and girls and boys are a bunch different, but I started potty training about 18 months and did not make hardly any progress until she started talking and could communicate that she needed to go.  I personally think one is too early, but it might be possible.  I read that if you try to potty train before they start talking that it is more like training you to know when they usually go and what their cues are before needing to go. 

Good luck, I hope you can do it, it would be great to have a one year old potty trained!!!

Sara

Dana - posted on 03/25/2009

1 is young. do yourself a favor and wait a little longer if possible. we started our girl when she became old enough to show curiousity about the potty and the training and it made it more exciting for her because it was as if she was in control of what she was doing as opposed to us trying to control what she was doing. She got the concept really quick.

Jaclyn - posted on 03/25/2009

I think 1 year might be a bit early to expect him to get potty trained completely. I potty trained both of my boys right at 2. But it definitely is not too early to start introducing the potty to him. I started at about 1 1/2 with having them sit on it (without forcing them) before they took a bath especially. Then it went to before we put on pajamas. Sometimes they'd potty and sometimes they wouldn't, and sometimes they didn't want to even sit on it. I just let them start at their own pace so it didn't become a power struggle and make it even harder for myself. And when they did start to potty on it, I'd clap and say Yaaayyyyy!! and get really excited for them. I never did offer candy or any other bribe, although I'm sure that would help too. They just loved seeing Mommy get so excited over something they had done, and they liked feeling that accomplishment, so they kept trying. Then when they were right around 2, and started asking to go to the potty... I said it's time! And we did it full force!

Aonika - posted on 03/25/2009

yes, I agree.  1 is a bit too young.  However, you can start getting them in the habit of knowing what to do with the potty.  Take him in the bathroom with you and see if he shows any interest in it.  Show him what you are doing or what his dad is doing and see if that helps. 

The unfortunate part is that if you start him too early, he could still regress and have more problems with it later on.  Wish you the best of luck!

Caroline - posted on 03/25/2009

Potty training at 1 is putting way too much pressure on your little one. Most children are ready between 2 1/2, and 3 1/2. Before that, it is 'parent training', as Emily points out. You can't help but respond with some internal dissappointment if he doesn't learn by Sept. and he will know it. That is unfair. Besides, I don't think your sister-in-law will take too kindly to being 'trained', either!
Many children just don't have the neurological connections in place to connect the sensation with the action until they are almost 3. It is not anything they have a choice in. You really have to let your child lead on this one.

Emily - posted on 03/25/2009

You should look into Elimination Communication. A quick Google search should give you more information than I possibly ever could on here. I did it with both of my kids and they were completely finished with diapers at 16 and 18 months respectively. I did it from birth, but I have friends who started closer to one and even one and a half who had sucess. It is a lot of work and it is more 'parent training' than 'potty training' but that is fine with me!

Jolene - posted on 03/25/2009

1 year is too early. They do not have the bladder control to even start this yet. I believe 18 months should be about the earliest.