Potty Training - Greenfield,OH

My daughter started doing the same thing @ 18 mo. I was sooooo excited! She waivered back and forth, and finally trained ...@ 2 1/2. It's frustrating, but if you're able to be very consistant (I was not). and take her to the potty, she may train! If not...not. Sooner or later they all do!!! Just be patient. It is possible she trains first, girls tend to, I guess. My pediatrician said she had only seen 1 trained by 18 mo., and it was a girl. A co-worker of mine said she had her girls (3) all trained by 12 mo.!!! They are all grown now. Amazing! Good luck!

P.,
I just got done reading a section in The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems about potty training at a young age. She says if children show signs of interest to start the process by teaching them about the potty. Don't place any pressure but begin to introduce the potty at times you think she might have to go. Good Luck!

Hello P.. I am quiet impressed that your youngest wants to sit on the potty, but I wouldn't be discouraged about your son yet, he is still young. When I was trying to get my 4 y/o to use the potty I would announce that I was going to go use it and she would usualy want to join me. (Which is a problem now b/c I can't go by myself, the joys of motherhood :)!) Best of Luck!

I trained both my boys at the same time. It took 6 weeks. My youngest was 23 months. It helped that I had two boys. I had no problems at all with them going to the bathroom. I used M&M's as a reward. I had heard it was going to be difficult because boys are harder. I found that to be not true.

I trained my boys like my mom trained me. Cold turkey. No pull-ups. Just big boy underwear. I also controlled what they drank at night so they wouldnt have the urge to wet. Taking them to the potty bout every hour or so helped a great deal. I may have bleached and washed a ton of little undies, but it was worth it in the end. I felt the diaper look/feel of the pull up confused my kids cause frankly, it is still a diaper. I went old school with my kids...and it worked great.

Ultimately, you do what is best for you and your children. Remember, your mom...you know them best :)

Good luck!

I've learned that the sayings are true. Girls will potty train first! From my experience if she's asking you, I would push the training. She's ready! Not that you're going to "push" her, just letting her know that she's ready. That may prompt your some go try also. Good luck with him. My son is 4.5 and still will not poop on the potty. Good luck!

my daughter started at about 18 months -- was trained by 27 months
My son started aroudn 20 and was not trained untill one month before he turned 3 (his sister was born in the middle of that and set him back a lot)

I know plenty of people who have their kids totaly trained by 22-24 months -- so I say, if she is interested, go for it.

I am sure you son will come around if she is done before him. Maybe you need to get two potty chairs.

P.,

I have been an early childhood teacher for 7 years and in my experience every child is different. Here are some things to consider before you know your child is ready. 1- child is dry for 4 hour at a time, after nap and in the morning 2- child showing signs, asking. You have #2 there are a few more but would have to look in my papers for the article. You are doing the right thing by not pushing, and girls seem to potty train faster than boys. But the best advice i can give is that children will potty train when they are ready, it is the only thing in their life that they are in total control of.

My son did the same thing around 12 or 13 months. He was going potty before he was walking. But, mentally he hasn't been ready to stay dry for the past 3 years (he's now 4). Our Dr. told us to keep it going when he started 3 years ago - and we have. Physically, he has been ready and able to potty train. Mentally, we are having issues of him wanting to stay dry and telling us that he needs to go.

I probably wouldn't have done it any different. I still would have kept him going on the potty - since he wanted to sit on it...

All I can say is good luck!!

T.