Potty Training - San Diego,CA

Have her go with you to pick out a cool potty and let her play with it a little to see if she is interested. Get a video or books to introduce the subject and I think having her sit on it after drinks, food, etc is a good idea. if nothing happens, no worries. Just keep the subject light and informative so she can grasp it herself. I see you are trying for #2... It would be a good idea to try to get her potty training rolling because you want her very comfortable with it before another baby comes home. New babies can make an older sibling want to regress a little and if it is too new.. it could back fire.

She is WAY too young. You may hear stories about people who potty trained at this age or younger, but why? Why would you rush it? There is absolutely no rush, and if you wait until a child is ready, it is a BREEZE. If you try too early it is a struggle at best and traumatic at worst.

Please get and read The No Cry Potty Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. It's a very informative and quick read. A must have in your situation. Starting too early/before child or Mom is ready can be frustrating for all. This book will help you figure out if she is ready and where to start if she is!

Good luck,
M.

Dr. Phil has some great tips for potty training children on his website. My son is 22 months and we've been training for a few weeks. I bought him regular Elmo underwear that he wears around the house when we are home so he feels the wetness more. I also switched to pull ups instead of diapers (he started taking the diapers off anyhow.) I give him a sticker every time he goes on the "big potty" which is really just an insert I bought for $7 at Walmart that sits on top of the regular toilet. I figured that was easier than cleaning out the potty chair when he was finished AND he gets use to sitting up higher on the toilet. It is actually working out better than the potty chair we initially had for him, which he seemed to just play with. He knows that we use the toilet and so he wants to. Also, part of his reward is to be able to flush the toilet. He likes that more than the sticker so it works well to motivate him to go.

Try not press her on this, most often they tend to regress when they've been pushed into it. I have 3 daughters they were all different about the potty, but Im sure you've heard that potty training girls are a lot easier than boys. Depedning if she's already interested in sitting on the potty then I would just let her try it, but If I was you I would wait til she was closer to 2 1/2 to really start the process. Don't feel pressure by other moms. Good luck

Here are the signs that a child is ready to potty train:
*stays dry during naps
*tells you when she's wet or poopy
*shows interest when you go to the bathroom
*has the verbal skills to tell you when she has to go
If you start too early, it will backfire on you. Just wait until she's ready, and potty training (should) be a breeze. :)

M.! There's a great tip on this page:
http://www.gomommygo.com/pottytraining.html
It workded for my 7 kids!
R.!

With my first, I started trying to potty train her at age two and it took several months. We had a lot of accidents and I got way too frustrated. With my son, I waited until he was after three. This was a little late, but we were moving when he turned three, so I decided to wait until we were settled in. Still, once I started training him, he was fully potty trained in about two weeks.

I know you will have her in diapers longer if you wait, but I think they potty train faster when they are older and so my advice is to wait until she's older.

Has she tried going pee in the potty? Start off by talking to her about it and eventually she will say Pee Pee and if your lucky go on her own. My 2 year (2 in may) has been peeing on her own in the potty since she first started walking but that's because she has a big sis that started peeing in the potty on her own at 2 years and 4 months. The first day she peed in the potty I put her in panties and got rid of diapers except at night. We had a lot of accidents but it worked and she did it on her own without pressure. #2 was just sooooo much easier. She trained herself. I still have her in diapers but when my oldest goes back to school in 2 weeks we are going to wear panties.

Good Luck!
Deb

Hey M.,
Let her guide you. She will let you know when she is ready. Like of of the other ladies said get a cute potty chair or ring something with a character she might be into right now and make a big deal of it when she does go. I started my daughter right after she turned 2. I would ask her every morning if she had to go. I actually started getting upset when she would go in her pull ups, but I also read that you have to let them go when they are ready. And it is sooo true, she is now 3 months away from turning 3 and she is in her Dora undies full time. Just be patient and it will happen sooner than you think....good Luck!!

M.,

Girls are easier younger, So if you are going to try one important thing is does she wake up dry?

If the answer is yes then she has learned to hold it, this is good and you should but her on the potty when she first wakes up. You can put the little potty in front of the tv so she can sit there and watch tv until she goes. You can't hold morning pee forever. Tell her as soon as she goes she can have breakfast. When they are watching tv they will forget to hold it and she will surprize herself by going. Only make her go first thing in the morning for about a week, by then you will see that she understands the release of her bladder, everyday she will be better at it. So after a week let her pick out her big girl undies, and put them on all day long (NO more diapers or pull-ups).
She knows what she is doing by now but she is still young so you will have to reminder her to try often, watch her drink intake, after eating try an hour or hour and a half till you kind of understand how long it takes her body to process pee. No-one has to go every 20 minutes, but maybe ever hour or so, when you ask her if she has to go, tell her that her tummy will tell her that it's time to go. Ask her in the morning what her tummy thinks, can she feel that it's full, then how does it feel when it's empty. She needs to learn what she is suppost to feel. So she will put this together faster. I wouldn't put pull-ups on her at night unless you know that she pee's during the night.
(she will learn to go in the night diaper before telling you she's awake). The minute you see her in the morning check to see if she is dry, if she is then she's ready. It's hard to catch a during the day pee so you might start by when you change her diaper make her try, My 2nd child was very advanced, she rolled over the day we brought her home, crawled at 4 months, stood accidently in the middle of the floor several times at 6 months didn't take a step until 9 months, but she would see her sister & I using the potty and so I would change her diaper at 18 months and say ok go try the little potty she would and actually go. This saved us on diapers, but I didn't potty train until 2 because she was so little and busy. If you are ok with going slow then try the diaper change first but if you are ready to do this thing then you will have to push a little.

Remember to Praise Praise Praise, Do the whole song and dance thing when she goes, so that she'll see this makes you really happy and she'll want to make you this happy again. Kiss her from head to toe for the great job she did today. We did stickers for the month if they had no accidents for a whole month then they got to pick out a toy at the store. This way they have something to look forward to but not getting something all the time. The praise thing was fun, and that was so exciting that they didn't need all the junk toys, just a good toy for being successful and big. Good luck! J.

my son is almost 2 1/2 and i've been potty training..i decided to wait til he seemed ready and he started on his own..but what i did was go to the bathroom in front of him..and then i would tell him that this how big people go to the bathroom..soon after he was trying..and now he's going on his little potty..i'm not rushing him ..sometimes there are accidents..i also have a little seat on the big potty..i'm a single mom or i'd have his dad show him. i also take his poop from his diaper or from the little toilet when he's done and i say "ok..let say bye bye poo poo" and we go to the big toilet and he flushes and says "bye bye poo poo"
that is how we started..it really helps if they can see you go and learn..
i'm actually amazed at how quick he's picking it up and thought it would be much harder but i think letting them decide when to start is a big factor..also when they start pulling off their diapers and not wanting to be in a wet diaper is a big sign..i have the book "What to Expect the Toddler Years" it's been very helpful.

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Dear M.,

Buy her one of those little potty chairs that sit by themselves. Put it as near your toilet as you can. ....she will take care of telling you when she wants to use it. C. N.

Hi, I too am in the potty training process with my 18 month old daughter. I started by taking her into the bathroom with me or letting her go in there with my older 7 yr. old daughter. She would play with her bath toys & eventually got curious to see what I was up to. Then of course she wanted a turn. I bought her a potty chair & whenever I or her sister would go she would want to also. It became almost fun for her. I know, we do need our privacy to so of course to break her of that I would ask her if she had to go and then happy to do so she would go without me participating in the "event". I also used a reward system, which is what got her running that way, to show her that she was doing a good job. A piggy bank! When she would go she would get to feed the piggy a penny #1 or silver if she went #2. Then at the end of the week we would go to the corner store & she would buy herself a treat with her hard earned cash. Moral of the story, make it fun! Good luck.

Oh geez - yes definitely begin right away! She needs to have that option every time she "goes". Get a cute little chair, leave it in the bathroom and make a big deal about how much fun it will be to use her "own" potty. Don't put any pressure on her whatsoever, but when she finally uses it, she gets a huge hug and smiles. If there is resistance, you might entice her by a reward chart - stickers every time she goes (or even tries!), and a small present (from the dollar store!) when the chart is full (like only 5 stickers). Also, when my daughter was learning, she really just stayed naked for large amounts of time (if she can be at home) because that way when she started to "pee" she could feel it and she would know to run to the potty. It really worked for her. Remember every kid is so different - the main thing is "no pressure". It can take a while, but it must always be positive. Also, it does take a lot longer to go "poop" on the potty, so hang in there.
M.

The main thing is repetition. Make sure your also teaching her to tell you she has to go. Like- If you have to go to the potty come tell me. Or if you have to go potty just go to the bathroom. Try to figure her timing for when she has to go. Every 20- 40 min., and take her to the bathroom too. Going poopee in the potty is the most uncomfortable part. So you may have to hold her there a little while until she gets used to going poopee while she's sitting on the potty. Sing songs, read books,ect. Add some kind of entertainment into it.
Good Luck!!

we started out by having my son go pee on the potty before his bath. We got him a little one so it's comfortable for him. It's a great way to just get them introduced to it.

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Get a baby potty. Go every 45 min with you on the big potty an her on the little potty beside you. She will copy you(daughters are easy).
Now, when my daughter was 2(the day she turned), I took her diapers OFF! They dont like to pee on themselves, nobody does! In two days she was trained.(Goodnights pullups for night time)

Wendy

She might show an interest at first but that might wane a few days later. Let her guide you. Also, please keep in mind that if you have another child the older one will digress when it comes to potty. Happens every time. The books everyone poops and once upon a potty are really good. But don't push her because she might hold it in and become constipated and believe me you don't want that. Good luck.