Potty Training 19 Month Old

I say go for it! Mine was fully trained by 22 months at her own accord. I just sat the potty in the bathroom and helped her when she asked and went over the basics with her. There was an older girl at her daycare learning so that is what sparked the interest.I think it is easier when they are younger, to be honest. We never pushed, she just really hated her diapers! Good Luck!!

Absolutely not!! If she is interested, don't miss the opportunity. My daughter expressed interest one morning when she was the same age. I took her out of diapers that day, and she has not been in one since. She will wear a pull up at night and that is it. It is a little more work when they are young, but it is so worth it!! I have a potty in the car and a travel seat for when we are out. It works great!! Good luck!!!

I had a boy train before his second birthday. What is the harm in letting her? I told my son no, he did it anyway lol. Be grateful she wants to try, and if it works, great, if not, ok, babysteps.
Way to go big girl!
D.

My daughter was 19 months old when I started potty training her and she was potty trained in one month (both pee and poop). Some kids are just ready and have the control, your daughter might be as well. Just go with it and enjoy. Good luck!

Hi A.. My daughter started doing the same thing at about that same time (she's now 2+) and in the beginning it was really hit or miss. I didn't want to push her but didn't want to miss the chance if she was ready...We started reading potty books and talking up the potty, etc. and she would go every once in a while but not often (usually she just sat and sat!). When she turned two she started playing games with diaper changing (not fun games!) so I told her one Saturday that on Monday she would have no more diapers, only potty like a big girl and then kept reminding her all weekend. Monday came and the diapers came off and she never missed a beat--was totally ready and it was easy. She still wears one at night. SO, that is my story of diaper training and I think it worked out really well for her to start the process early but not to expect too much before she was ready...Good luck!

She is certainly not to young. if she's talking about it, train her. My MIL had all her kids trained by 19 months - there were 5 of them. That's the way it is in a lot of non-Western cultures (where she is also from). And after training two of my own kids, I see the wisdom behind this. Do it before she turns 2 and starts getting stubborn about things.

Good Luck.

Go for it but don't push it too much. Girls usually potty train earlier than boys. good luck.

If she is motivated, go for it! Good Luck.

Your daughter is not necessarily too young.
Take the cues from her; give her the opportunity (like you did by having the potty available) and it may sound weird but they learn by example, so if she sees you, she may imitate; take a matter-of-fact approach to it. I had 3 girls who I say basically trained themselves. I didn't work very hard at it and they trained at: 22 months, 18 months, and 20 months.

my mother swears I was potty trained at 10 months, but I think it was more like she was trained to take me. Anyway, I say if your daughter is interested go for it! It took my daughter 6 months. Maybe use pull ups at night or something. My son is now 19 months and has no interest whatsoever except for trying to put things like brushes and other household items in there... I'm a little jealous. Just be prepared when you go out that you end up visiting every public bathroom there is!!! My oldest is 6 and she still has to use the facilities 2 times every time we're out to dinner!

go for it! my daughter was interested really early on, and now at 25 months she is in panties all the time except naps and bed (and she is usually dry then but we don't want the hassle of sheet changing, etc).

good luck! the best advice i can give you from our experience is to be consistent and try to get on the potty every hour or so! and dora puffy stickers/panties have been big motivators too!

Sure go for it. Remember she is very young and it is going to take at least a year before she is fully trained, UNLESS you are a militant and make her sit there every hour:) So go with your gut but keeping in mind that HER ever changing gut might decide something else once Mommy WANTS her to go all the time:)

she is not too young, but if she has an accident don't make a big deal out of it.

She is definitely not too young. I am the mom of three boys and one daughter. My boys were all completely potty trained brfore they were two and a half and my daughter was completely potty trained before her second birthday. She was 15 months old and wanted to go on the potty. She did it ever since. I even brought the potty with me in the car so that she could use it if she needed to when we went out for consistency. Your daughter is definitely ready if she's asking for it. I am also a certified parent coach and life coach, and it sounds to me like you have a smart little one there!

She's young but sounds like she's ready!! It may be that she's responding to your excitement and the novelty of the potty, so don't get discouraged if she stops. But keep trying and you may be surprised! I would still use pull-ups of you go on drives/out of the house, because she may not be able to tell when she has to go yet, but otherwise, I don't see why she can use the potty the rest of the time. Just think of the diapers you'll save. good luck and congrats! I'm JUST getting my 3 year old trained so I'm jealous!

no shes not, however both my girls had the exact same "stage" at this age, and it passed in about 1 to 2 weeks. If you want to encourage her, do the sticker calender, my 2 yr old is in process and thinks its so cool to put the stickers on herself etc. and if she gets lots of stickers she gets to go pick out a small toy at the store. pull ups are great too, but buy the cheap ones as she may not stick with it and u dont want to waste them if she grows out of them later... good luck

no she isn't if she is showing signs of being ready then go with it.

Maybe too young for 24/7 potty trained, but during the day, at home, there's no reason why she can't use the potty all the time. For the past 6 months we have let our 2 year old run around with no diaper and he will go in the potty every time, we just leave it out in the bathroon and he helps himself, and tells me after he has gone so I can dump it in the toilet. He has just this weekend started telling me "mommy, poopy!" BEFORE he goes in his diaper when we aren't home, so we run to the bathroom and he goes in the potty! YAY!!!! And of course- we got him the $25 Thomas potty, but he likes the $5 Ikea one better lol
Good luck!

I'm not sure what you mean 24/7?

But our daughter is not quite 8 months old and she poops and pees in her pink potty chair. She's too young to tell us or to walk there herself, but she has no problem associating sitting on her chair and going to the bathroom, and she seems to prefer it, as she mostly waits for us to put her on instead of going in her diaper. We now use only 2-3 diapers a day, down from 7-8 a few weeks ago.

I would not have believed it, except that it is true! My husband is from a place where they train kids early and he got her a chair and we just sit her on it every couple or hours, or when it looks like she's about to poop and she just goes.
She totally loves it, actually, because she can beat the trashcan that's next to her chair like a drum.

So by this I mean that as soon as the kid can sit by him/herself, he can get potty trained. I guess I should say "trained" because we didn't really do anything except sit her on there once in a while and say "good girl" when she peed.

We haven't made the transition from diapers, of course, because she can't get to the potty herself or tell us that she needs to go. I don't know how or when that transition happens. But this part was surprisingly easy, and maybe it will be a good thing to split up learning to use the toilet from actually being responsible for knowing when you have to go to the bathroom. I have to say I was astonished, and I really didn't believe my husband when he told me all kids where he's from do this!

Good luck--to me, it sounds like your daughter is ready to start trying.

Every child will learn in his or her own time. My own kids were both over 3. If she is ready to learn now, go with it. Be just as supportive as you already are!! There is no right or wrong age to start potty training. If she's interested, just keep helping her, maybe buy some little undies to try out and see how she does. I wouldn't worry about her age at all. Good luck!
~B.

A., I, too, like Laura G, got an early start, just as my mom did. My daughter was done by the time she was 12 months old. When my kids woke up dry in the morning, we started potty training. They would go on the potty before a meal, after a meal and before naps and bedtime. By the time they walked they were put in training pants and all they needed help with was wiping after a bowel movement. My son was just as easy as my daughter. If you will notice, they pretty much normally have their bowel movements about the same time everyday.

My husbands first wife was Filapino and all four kids were done before age one as well. So I think, like Aimee L, Americans are slow to potty train.

She is telling you she is ready, so go for it.

Go for it! My now almost 3 year old daughter took to the potty fairly early. I didn't push - she showed all of the physical signs of being ready and the desire - so it wasn't difficult. I know a few others who "missed" their window of opportunity and had (or are still having) a challange. My thought is if you don't jump when ready, you'll be battling an independently minded child! Good luck!

Hi A. - I think the best advice my mother ever gave me is that with every transition, there is "a moment"... If you miss that moment, you may have to wait a long time before it comes around again.

So I say, if she wants to try to train now, train now! If she gives up for a while, just leave the potty in the bathroom and teach her by your example (sage advice for her whole life!)

Don't get too tweaked, and enjoy yourself and the process of raising her...

She is not too young is she is the one that wants to do it. You may not get perfect results everytime,and she'll probably miss a few times, but if she wants to use the potty, then go for it! Keep praising her for going on the potty when she does do it and she, and you, will be happy! My kids disn't show any interest at all for 3 years! But once they did, they were good to go, (so to speak). Good luck!

GO FOR IT! in many cultures kids are potty trained much earlier than we do here in the states (my sister learned this when she adopted an 18 month old from Asia--the baby arrived already potty trained!)
My husband has been putting our baby on a little potty from day one hoping to at least introduce the concept early.
think of all the money you'll save on diapers! not to mention avoiding the truly gross out diapers of toddlers! :)

My pediatrician told me that they have the musculature control at 18 months to potty train. My mom said I was trained even younger. Go for it if she is ready! I wish my son had been like that!

Hi A.,

Yes , 19 months is generally too young for a child to be potty trained 24/7, but the whole potty learning thing is a process that takes time for a child to master. If your child is showing interest,and willingness, there is nothing wrong with following her lead ! For a funny and true story of a recent experience I had helping a little girl learn to use the potty see my blog posting at www.regardingbaby.org ! Good luck ! L. S.