Potty Training!!

After having two boys that weren't completely trained until they were three, I now have an 18 month old daughter who grabs the front of her diaper as soon as she pees and says "hot"! And then she runs into her room and stands next to the changing table! So I'd love advice from other Moms with daughters on how to go about getting her started with potty training.

Sounds like she is ready. I would start by putting her on the potty first thing in the morning. (my aunt told me when they wake up dry all the time is when they are ready...but my second peed during the night until i potty trained him) Anyway...that will get her used to it, and know what the potty is for. Also before bed, or before bath. Get her excited about it. Then after a couple of weeks (or however long you think before she is getting the concept)...take her to the store amd tell her it is time to get big girl panties. Get her excited. let her pick them out...and buy lots! Get home, and put them on her and do not go back. Remove all the diapers so she cannot find them. This is the way i did both of my boys. First day they peed about 4to 7 times, second day once or twice, and nothing on the third. And, they never had a poop accident. It was so worth it. No pull ups (they are just expensive diapers!) just strait to undies.
Not every kid is the same, but let me tell you...My first was so easy, and i knew he would be. I was very concerned about my second, because he is stubourn. But, he was actually better than the first one. Both of my boys wer about 2 1/2, but I have heard of many 18 mo old girls being potty trained. It couldnt hurt to try.

There is an excellent book out there titled, "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day." I highly recommend the book. It gives you a check list to determine if your child is ready for potty training, a detailed plan to follow, etc.
Here is the Amazon link if you would like to see the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Toilet-Training-Less-Than-Day/dp/06...

I just potty trained my son, he is three. What worked for me was no diapers or pull ups during the day, only underwear. At bedtime he still wears a pull up but it is usually dry when he gets up. Every hour on the hour I would take him into the bathroom and have him sit on the potty and try. I had to stay home alot the first couple of weeks, but if you go shopping just throw a pull up on her. If we were out visiting he really liked to try out everybody else's potty.If she is with a sitter or anyone else make sure they are working with you and doing the same thing you are. We also made a potty chart together and I bought assorted stickers for him to choose from. Every time he went potty he would get one sticker, if he pooped he would get two stickers. When the page was full he would get to pick out a little toy at the store. We also kept telling him what a good job he was doing and what a big boy he was. In the beginning we would all clap for him. He loved the attention and the positive responses. There were a couple accidents, but that can be excpected. It took about a month but it was well worth it. Whatever method you choose just be patient and consistent, Good luck.

K.,
My oldest daughter just turned 3 in April and I started the potty when she was about 20 months, she wasn't real interested in going potty on it to much, but just to get her interested in wanting to. At about 27 months she started pooping on it, but wouldn't pee in it. So I thought about bribing her, that didn't work so well either. It made her revert to not even pooping on it, so I gave that up and didn't push the potty anymore. She was maybe 2 1/2, we had went to the circus, when we got home she said she had to go potty, took off her pull-up and handed it to me and said no more pull ups, I'm a big girl. And from that moment on, she was potty trained. Had a few accidents, but that is expected. So, I'd say bring potty chair out, let her get used to being around it, even if she just wants to sit on it. Just keep telling her what it is for. You could put her in pull ups and tell her that's the next step to being a big girl. But everyone says not to go back and forth with diapers and pull ups, they say it can confuse them or something like that. Hope I helped a little, and I don't think she's to young, go for it.
J.

Hi K.,
It sounds like it is time!!! I found that girls are easier to potty train than boys. I started introducing both my girls to the potty chair at 15 months. By the time they were two they were out of diapers. I had stickers that I gave my daughters when they went to the bathroom and they got a special sticker for when they went poop. If they stayed dry all week we would make a special trip to the store and let them pick out some big girl panties. We also had a little song we would sing and do a little dance when they went, they thought it was so fun they would sing along. (Song goes PeePee in the pot-ta, Peepee in the pot-ta and the same for when they poop it is to the tune of the congo line song) The more excited you are the more they want to go on the potty. At least this is what worked for me. My son was a little more difficult but I used the same game plan. Best of luck.
S.'s mom

K.,
Try it, she might be ready, if she isn't put the potty away and try again some other time. Make a potty chart and if she goes the same time poop everyday try and get her to sit with maybe her fav book or something . She sounds smart!! It wont hurt to try ! I do recommend Huggies Cool Alerts, they helped my daughter and within a week she was trained!!
C. S.

hi kelley,
I have three girls and they were potty trained by three .They usually let you know when they are ready and she may be telling you she is ready but for some odd reason it is harder to potty train girls at least for me anyway.For me once I got my two girls almost completely potty trained I just started not letting them have anything to drink at least two hours before they went to bed.So at least they would'nt wet to bed.I have a almost 20 month old that I am getting ready to try the potty training again.She is showing signs that she may be ready.

She sounds ready! We started potty training our daughter when she was 21 months with the help of her daycare. They suggested we go cold turkey on the diapers! I was shocked, but we did it. We put her in underware on a Monday and never looked back (She does wear a diaper when she sleeps at night). It took about one month until she was pretty accident free. She went from having 3-6 accidents a day, to "holding" it ALL day and then finally going at 6:00 or 7:00 pm, to having little or no accidents at all. I wasn't sure how it would go, but it was not too bad. When she did have an accident we made her take off her own clothes (the best she could without help) and she didn't like the feel of being wet or touching the yucky wet clothes. It was kind of a long month, but well worth it!! Our daughter turned 2 last month and very rarely has an accident...as a matter of fact, her diaper is dry most mornings, but we are not brave enough to stop with the night time diaper just yet.

Hi K.! She sounds ready to me. My son was 18 mos when he started showing an interest. I found him in the bathroom with his diaper off heading toward the toilet!!! He told me he wanted to go potty on the big potty! I put him on there and he went!! That day, I went out and bought a potty seat and a chair. He did better with the seat though.
Although he showed an interest, he did have a "relapse" where he kept going in his pull-up, then after 2 mos. he was doing better with it, and wanted big-boy underware and from that point on, he's been potty trained! He's now 3.
One last thing, we did a potty chart w/stickers that I swear by!
Good luck!!!!