
Sheena - posted on 05/08/2010 ( 75 moms have responded )
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My son was born February 17 2009. I want to start him on the potty but am not sure if it is too soon? his daddy will take him in the bathroom when he goes and just tries to show him.. but when he potties in his diaper he squats down, so he has the gist of it.. should i be starting him soon?
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Natacha - posted on 05/11/2010
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ure right why hurry they are still babies if they cant communicate great why push them to use potty when they have months before they need to even think about it. enjoy them!! i think if you do it so young it will slow the progress of milestones they should be achieving at this age xxx
Stephanie - posted on 05/14/2010
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I think this is a great article from the Mayo Clinic on potty training!
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/potty-t...
User - posted on 12/13/2011
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I have boy girl twins born 2/5/09. They go to daycare and I was told to start sending my son to school in underwear about a month ago. He was just ready and now he only wears pullups at night (he does not stay dry through the night). He does have accidents and I remind him or suggest that he try to use the potty but I am amazed at how easy it really is when they are truly ready. My daughter on the other hand is not ready. I am not trying to potty train her I only follow her lead. Some days she does not want to wear a diaper so I allow her to wear her big girl underpants and she does well when it is her choice to use the potty, but mostly she resists. As a matter of fact she will go get a diaper and put it on herself. I do allow them to be naked at home when they want and think that this might have even helped them in potty training. My other suggestion is to be consistent. I have not allowed my son to wear a diaper at all during the day no matter where we are going or what we are doing. It is a little sad (them growing up) a bit scary (when might he have an accident?) but totally worth the effort in the end. He has gone almost 2 hours without a potty break and no accidents while we were out running errands and stuck in traffic. Every kid is different and I was not even thinking about starting this until it was suggested to me so maybe give it a try…if your child is ready you will know and if they are not give it some more time.
Jay - posted on 05/22/2010
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And this is the beauty of being a parent- we're all different with different styles and we all have different children who express interest in things at unique times.
-My 1st niece expressed interest and was potty trained herself by the time she was 16 months.
-her sister waited till she was 2 1/2 years old (with a lot of help)
-My daughter isn't potty trained yet (but we're working on it) and she's almost 2 1/2.
-My 15 month old son couldn't care one bit what you're doing on the potty
What I'm trying to say is each child is different and I'm very proud of the mommies and daddies who read their children's ques (are they ready, are they not, etc). My husbands granny said that it was the norm to start training your child at 9 mos. To each their own...
Christina - posted on 05/18/2010
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My daughter was born Feb. 17, 2009. She has been going potty since December. She lets me know when she needs to go potty. We are not totally potty trained, but she is having less wet and messy diapers. I probably only use 3 diapers a day.
She is more excited than I am about using the potty.
She does not use a potty chair, she uses the regular potty, and does not want to use the potty chair I have.