Potty Training - Overland Park,KS

If she is asking then she is ready. She might have accidents after the baby is born. However that is to be expected. They told me when my 7 y/o was little to wait until she was ready. When my birth mother took her when she was 4 she still wasn't ready. She is now potty trained and everything. If you have anymore questions my e-mail address is ____@____.com

It sounds like she wants too, so encourage her and let her do it. She'll be just fine. You have nearly 3 1/2 full months to get her in this new routine. She may have some set backs when the new baby arrives, but after having 3 months or so to practice she should kick back into the swing of it quickly. It'll be must easier to encourage her if she is ready now than to keep her in diapers and discourage her progress in this area while you wait for the baby's arrival.

Good luck and congratulations on your new baby.

Like the other mom's said this all depends on your daughter. If she is ready to use the potty then let her. Sounds like she is ahead of herself! As soon as she is ready then go ahead. Good luck! personally im nervous about potty training. let me know how it goes, i could use all the advice i can get for my daughter.

i have two intraining and a 4 month old and I think that I have regressed more than they did when their brother came just because of the limited energy. but I would have to say probably stick with what ever you deside but if she say step forword thats a good thing she just may be ready before you are.

if she wats to train let her. my daughter regressed to wetting herself occasionaly when i had my son but it didnt last long after i told her she had to show her baby brother how to go in the potty like a big kid so he would learn and he trained himself at 2 i didnt have to do a thing except for run him to the bathroom the first few times he had a bowel movement cause he didnt figure out how to do that one on his own. i let them go at their own pace with training and they were both trained fully with no bed wetting by 2 1/2

If she is eager now I would start the process. I started the process with mine a month or so ago! If they show interest let them do it and the less you have to worry about when the new one comes. Godd Luck!

My daughter was 22 months old when my son was born and was already showing signs of wanting to be potty trained. I waited to start training her because I didn't want to deal with the regression part once my son born. I wish I'd trained her before he was born, even if we had to deal with the regression part. Now, I have an almost 2 month old and I'm constantly running to the potty to help my daughter, usually while I'm breastfeeding my son or at least holding him. I say, if she's ready (and it definitely sounds like she is), go for it - it will be harder once your baby arrives. Good luck!

Absolutely, catch her while she's interested! My son is basically potty trained and has been since his 2nd birthday, but my nephews were interested for a month or two around their 2nd birthday but are not yet completely trained (now ages 2-1/2 and 4). Their parents believed all the hype that kids are just not ready until they're closer to 3, so they really weren't prepared to focus on potty habits, and we strongly believe they missed their windows of opportunity! Stuart, however, saw the potty out at my folks' house before he was 2 and decided he liked it better than diapers. There's been no turning back! I can't help you on the regression thing, but if I were you, I'd cross that bridge if and when I come to it. Don't miss your chance to help your daughter now!

I started potty training my two year old in January, she regressed for a bit in February when we gave away our dog, but bounced back about 3 weeks later. Now she's fine. I would start if I were you. But I just wouldn't apply a whole lot of pressure. If she's as ready as she sounds, she won't need alot of pressure, hopefully!

Go for it! She wants to do it now, so use that to your advantage. Once she loses interest it will not be so easy. And all children regress. It doesn't matter if it is a small change like change in schedule or a large change like a new baby. Good luck!

Well first off every kid is different but I honestly would suggest if she is wanting to use the potty, then let her. My son just turned two and he is about 95% potty trained. My newborn is just now a week old and my son is not regressing at all(that was something I worried about too.) We just let him know what a big boy he is and he still gets excited about going to the potty and now he tells his little brother when big brother goes potty.
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I would let her use the potty as much as she wants. I have two daughters 3 and 4 and we had a 3rd daughter July 31st. No regression with either one of them. I think if you keep giving her the attention she needs she will be fine. Just remember to include her in things. My first daughter was 15 months when my second daughter was born. She did great! We let her hold the baby and help out as much as she wanted and we didn't push her into things. We put her into a toddler bed at 13 mons. and she did great with that. So it really depends on the child I think. But if she wants to use the potty let her!!!! Get some pull ups and go for it!!

I teach two-three year olds at preschool, I would let her go for it especially if she is wanting to. My suggestions on how to treat it after the baby is born, is let her help take care of the little one and remind her how big she is. She may regress but keep remindng her what a "big girl" she is, and she may not regress in potty training but in other ways.

I say go ahead and let her potty train if she is interested in it now. My daughter was 20 months old when my son was born and she was trained completely for #1 and #2 all but wiping herself. Each child is different and girls are ready sooner than boys most of the time. She didn't regress after my son was born. Get her some frilly little panties and she wont want to soil them. That's what I did and it worked. Good luck!