Has Anyone Tried Potty Training at 18Mo?

i just bought my 20-mo a potty seat a month ago or so. i have taught her what 'sit on the potty' means and what 'wipe your tushie' means. she will sit on hers when i go. i always cheer. she also has recently become obsessed with toilet paper, so i give her a square and tell her to wipe her tushie when i do. she is fully clothed, but at least she gets the concept/command. i've had a lot of friends tell me their kids were interested at this age then became disinterested at some point. i work with a nurse who did the every two hour thing. that works if you're home all day. i know someone who did the no diaper thing. all 3 of her potty-trained boys are now bedwetters. every kid is different. you could take advantage of the nice weather and let him run around in the backyard with no diap. my nephew will be 4 in june and is not fully trained, yet his 2 year old brother is doing great. go figure! good luck.

I started potty training my children as soon as they were able to verbalize poo poo and potty. If they can say it, they know what it is and they are capable of pulling off the pants to get the job done...they're ready.

I think that as long as you don't "push" at this age anything is possible. I bought my daughter her first training potty at 18months. I let her sit on it, flush it, and get to know it. Also every single time I go to the "potty" she comes with me,(becuase she is my shadow these days!!) and soon as I sit down on the toilet I explain her excatly what I am doing. I always say, "mommy is going pee pee on the potty!" and she just gets so excited. Last week or so she started pointing at her potty and pulling her clothes off, and sort of whimpering. I let her sit on it and within ten minutes she went pee pee!! Now I'll ask her if she wants to sit on her potty and if she says yes, I let her and if she says no I don't push. Also your son has two older siblings to look up to. As we all know kids tend to do what the other kids are doing...so I'm thinking you have an advantage there. Good luck! This is such an exciting time!!

Does he show an interest? If he does try it. My daughter for a week straight went on the toilet at 16 months. She she showed an genuine interest so I went with it and I thought cool. But after that week she stopped cold turkey and did not show an interest anymore and therefore I did not push it. If he shows an interest in it, why not? I think the worse thing you can do is push them if they do not show an **genuine interest**. You have to take other factors into consideration as well. Does he have the control developed? The language skills to tell you, etc. I would take all of these factors and you may very well have your answer. As for boys I have not a clue but I have heard they are of a different creature all together! :) As you have found out which I have yet to myself. But being he has two older siblings (even though they have different working parts) he can learn from them. Monkey see, monkey do!!

I started the potty training with my baby at 12 months (she is 14 months old now) and it's been going very well and she likes to sit on the adult toilet seat. I can undercontrol most of the time unless i started getting busy in the kitchen and that is when the accident happens.
What i do is i let my baby go without the diapers during the daytime unless she goes to take nape and go to sleep at the night. I take her to the bathroom every two or three hrs when she is not wearing her diapers. If she drinks water then it is every 30 min or an hr. She is getting used to routine now that she dont like the wet on her panties. For the number 2 I get that control all the time, wont miss it at all. My baby will look at me and make sounds so that give me a hint she needs go to to number 2. Even when the accidents happen she will calling me "ma ma".

why would you want to start early? boys are usually potty trained later than girls. what's your hurry?