Is Is to Early to Pottry Train?

For most kids, it's too early to start. My son was day trained at 3 1/2. He wasn't ready to start training till after he was 3. Starting too early and before he is ready will only frustrate you and he'll possibly rebel, hold it in and have constipation problems. I didn't want to deal with poop/pee all over the house and potty battles. He trained easily and quickly because he was ready (and able to un-dress/re-dress himself when he had to go).

Try, but don't push it too hard. A trick that might work is to put his diaper on backwards. He may have more trouble undoing the tape that way.

You can try, but I would never start that early. I always say to wait until they are ready and it will just happen. I think some people try way too early. My youngest daughter was potty trained a couple months after she turned 3. Which was completely fine by me. I never pushed her. She did it all on her own. One day, she told me she wanted underwear. She never wet the bed. And maybe had 3 accidents since. She is now 5. I just think that potty training is a hassle and always hated the mess and never had patience.

You could try but if it's to early it may backfire. My daughter was three and one week when she was completely trained and we didn't do too much because she was ready. We gave her a m and m or two when she would go.

Might as well try. I was fully potty trained at 18 months (but that was like 31 years ago....now everyone is on the bandwagon of waiting). My daughter was 33 months when she was fully potty trained but my son just turned 2 and goes on it a few times a day by choice.

Good luck!

Nope, not too early at all. Begin by making a routine of putting him on the toilet first thing in the morning, just before his bath at the end of the day and periodically throughout the day. I had all 3 of my children out of diapers by 2 and 2 -1/2 years of age.

We sort of started around that age. If he is telling you when he has gone in his diaper then I think that he is showing signs of being ready. I'd suggest just start introducing him to the potty. Buy him his own potty chair and demonstrate for him and encourage him to use his and tell him this is where you..essentially do your business. My husband and I have demonstrated using the toliet and we just started putting them on the adult toliet (i wouldnt do that if you want him to just use the potty though, my kiddos rarely go in their potty chair these days, and im pretty sure its because we started them on the big potty first lol) The most important thing to remember though is to always stay calm. If he doesn't go on the toliet but shortly thereafter soils his diaper, don't get upset with him. Just firmly but gently tell him that he needs to do that in his potty. Praise him when he does succeed but when he doesn't go just say..."well thats ok, we can always try again later" or whatever feels comfortable to you.
I always tell my husband that potty training is a huge step for little ones that have never worried about their bodily functions before now.
I agree with Jacinda though, don't push too hard. I think a casual approach is always best.

What works with our son (currently 19 months old) when he wants to take his diaper off is a few things...we used duct tape for awhile but he figured that out eventually :) we also will put a pair of soft pj-like pants and then fasten his onesie OVER them...(we did this because my son like to reach into his diaper, after removing his pants, and pull out the contents. makes a huge mess) or if you are really worried about this, we bought a small lock and locked the zipper to the tab of cloth that covers the zipper...or put the pjs on backwards.
good luck with potty training..it sure is an exciting time

Absolutely go for it. If he takes off diapers then just put him in underwear (skip the pull ups).

He needs to be able to take his clothing off and back and and he has to know when he needs to go. Some kids are ready earlier than others it cn't hurt to try.

There's great deal of information at this site: readiness checklists, and the science/research on various approaches to potty training: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...

While I have seen pretty much universal, quick success with allowing the child to lead the process when he's ready, it appears that starting at different ages, from infancy on, can work depending on your lifestyle, dedication, and intentions, and that all ages offer their special challenges or requirements for success. There are also warnings about what can go wrong to help you avoid common emotional pitfalls. Follow the internal links for a wealth of information; you may see the possibility of early training for your child.

My son started at 18 months. He showed signs of being ready so we put him in pull ups. We took it slow and followed his lead. By 20 months he was pooping 100% of the time in the potty, and peeing about 50%, so we went to undies. The first day he had a lot of accidents, but by the second day he was down to 2, and than one or 2 a week for a couple of weeks. It all went very smoothly.

I don't think it's ever too early to potty train. Go for it!

My daughter was ready at 16 months but then she got type one diabetes, which makes potty training so difficult.

Go ahead and try! It's funny that people only think kids are ready when they are older. Median ages for potty training go in trends. The trend now is to wait but that doesn't mean that kids aren't ready.
And don't be discouraged if someone tells you that boys are harder to train. It's not true at all!