Early First Step Towards Potty Training?

Hi. I started putting my son on the potty when he was about 15 mo. Just in the morning while I got ready. Lucky for me he's super regular and he poops in the morning. I rarely changed a poopy diaper after that. He liked hanging out in the bathroom while I got ready. I gave him a toy or something to play with while he sat and before I knew it he was potty trained before he turned 2. I wasnt trying to potty train. I didnt have to make him do it and when I felt it was time to get rid of the diapers it was an amazingly easy transition. He still has an accident now and then but I'm really happy with the no diaper situation. I did not use a potty chair. I went and got one of those seats that fit on the big toilet and I think that was part of why he was so good with it. He felt like a big boy. And so much less messy too. Good luck...

L.,
I think you have a wonderful opportunity here to introduce your daughter to the potty. My daughter just turned 9 months, and I've noticed that she has a regular morning poop so I'm taking advantage of her "regularness" by sitting her on a little potty for it. Why change that diaper when I don't have to? I"m hoping that she'll make the connection that poop can be done in a potty. We got the BabyBjorn Little Potty. It's perfect for the smaller kids who don't need all the bells and whistles on bigger potty chairs for toddlers.
Good luck!

my daughter was potty trained at the age of 2 and it literally took about 1 week to get her used to it. she still had accidents of course but for the most part understood that she was supposed to go in the potty. we used the chair that goes on the real toilet and she enjoyed feeling like she was a big girl like her mommy. if they are introduced to things they will either show interest or not, but it will never hurt to try. good luck

I encourage my daycare parents to add a potty chair as soon as the interest is there, but not to push too hard. Sitting on the potty before bathtime is a great way to introduce the concept, and as her interest grows incorporate more trips to the chair.

I would get a potty once she sees what she does she might be easy to train. Be lucky she isn't peeing in the tub.

I think that putting her on the potty now is like introducing solids at first, it's all for fun and experimentation. She probably won't be potty trained in a week but it;s good to introduce it and get them used to it. My daughter is 23 months old and loves to sit on "Dora" but doesn't pee or poop on the potty but knows that's what we do and loves to wipe and flush. I think one day they just get it and then that's the end of diapers. My daughter loves dora and Elmo and we always look at the "big girl" underwear at Target and talk about her getting to wear them when she does pee pee and poopies on the potty. I don't think it can hurt to start to talk about it and show them how to sit on it, etc. If she hates it, then you don't do it again for a while. You're eventually going to buy a potty seat for her so why not now?