my daughter is 2.5 yrs and we have not really dont potty training too much but i am wondering if we should start here in a couple weeks when we wont really be going anywhere but to speech once a week. This is why i think that, she has been waking up from bed time and nap time almost completely dry, i change her right before bed and she has a sippy cup of milk while having her chillout time in her bed and i dont change her after that, and she sleeps for 12 hrs and is barely wet, she also tells me when she is wet or pooped and gets her own diaper and wipes for me to change her. I wanted to wait until her vocab was better so she could express when she needed to go this way the language barrier wouldnt be such a big deal, but for you parents what do you think i should do, wait for a couple weeks when we wont be going anywhere and start potty training, wait until her speech is a lot better (probably within a month or two if she keeps going like she is now) or start sunday
ADD: I have never pushed the issue of using the potty with her, no matter how much her grandma wants me to start because i have not felt she is totally ready for it and i would rather not start and it be delayed a bit and be in diapers longer then start and her not be ready and her be delayed even longer
If she can communicate to you that she needs a change, I say go for it.
Good for you and your daughter! She definitely sounds like she is ready for potty training. Could she at leat say "pee" or "poo" to let you know? If not, you can teach her some sort of sign to do to let you know she has to go potty. This is the perfect time. I would start Sunday if I were you. Good luck! :)
try her 3 days. if she takes to it go full blown.mine has a speech delay and won't sit on the potty without screaming. I don't know why cause of the speech delay. so I don't push mine and he is 3 1/2. I tried him younger and backed off. I have tried mine 3 times and wound up backing off. but to me it sounds like she is ready. mine wont stay dry for 12 hrs. mine also doesn't tell me when he is wet or pooped. I say go for it she sounds more than ready.
all you can ever do is try. if the vocab thing is a real hindrance you'll know soon enough. She sounds ready, she can communicate to you after the fact and has some bladder control. And actually (not saying it's wrong cause I did it too with ALL my kids) sending her to bed with a cup is counterproductive to her waking up dry, so that's even implying she is more ready. Just keep it fun and low key. We did stickers and an m&m, the stickers went on a chart. And I got the kids fun hand soap a stool, flushable wipes and a potty seat.
Something I wish I had focused more on with my boys, (live and learn right)part of potty training is wiping, flushing, putting down the seat and washing hands. the key is to teach it from the beginning, in order, so it sticks. We've never had handwashing issues, but the flushing (which I normally did for them, or the wiping (this was solved by about age 8), which i did for a long time too, those we sometimes still have issues with and my big boys are 12, and 10.)
My son was two years and about eight months old and we started potty training. He expressed that he pooped or peed so I started training. within a few weeks he was doing everything on the training potty. It is good not to press the issue unless she has made the connection. Good luck
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It sounds like you've waited until the perfect time!
I strongly advise that you get the soft seat/pad that sits right on top of the "big" potty, along with a step stool to get her up there. I find that it makes the transition SO much easier. Here's a link:
We used Smucker's Jelly Beans for potty treats. One for pee, two for a BM.
I advise that you talk to her about the potty and maybe pick up a few good children's books. Then show her the potty and how it works so she knows that the yucky stuff in the diapers can go in there. I also took my boys' poopy diapers into the bathroom and let them watch me dump the BMs into the bowl. They enjoyed flushing them down.
After a few days of talking about it and dumping poop in the toilet, start asking her when she wakes up to come into the bathroom and sit on the potty for a few minutes. If you can get her before she wets her diaper upon waking, she might actually go in the toilet. Praise her like a maniac. Stickers, jelly beans, whatever. Then, see if she takes interest after than, but never push the issue too much.
Best of luck!
