Tips for Potty Training My 18Month Old Daughter???

My sons were past their 4th birthday before they were constantly potty trained. My daughter, however, took her diaper off, climbed up on the pot and was done with diapers forever at 18 months.

All that tells me in hindsight, is they'll do it when they're ready to do it and not one second before.

So maybe you got lucky and have one who's ready, however, if she's NOT, I hope you really WON'T think she's disgusting if she still using diapers at 3.

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My son was done potty training at 2 and my daughter is completely dry at 2 1/2. Still working on number 2 though.

Things that worked for me.

We let them go naked at home, but obviously we had to keep clothing on them when the daycare kids were here. So I used cloth training pants. Then they at least knew when they went and it was not a huge leaky mess to clean up.

I never used disposable training pants as they were too confusing. They look and feel just like diapers, but go on like underwear. So my daughter never put any effort into using the potty with them on and always pottied in them because she thought they were diapers.

Have a potty available always. They are more likely to go when they do not have to leave what they are doing.

No pressure at first, just let her sit on the potty when she wants to.

Then set a timer that she can hear and get really excited about going to the potty when it is off.

Give her a book or come up with a silly song to sing while she is on the potty. It will encourage her to sit longer.

We did treats, but I used yogurt covered raisins, so I did not feel bad about giving them too many if they wanted to sit on the potty every five minutes just for the treat.

Good Luck. I sounds to me like she is ready too.

Here's a must-read, informative website you will find helpful. It gives a few variations on"readiness" checklists, plus tips on various training strategies, the best ages to start them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...

Whatever approach you use, I wish you and your daughter every success. In my own experience, having watched dozens of families train lots of kids, the best and fastest results come when the child leads the process. Kids DO want to make this developmental leap when they are physically and emotionally ready. At that point, the whole process can be a success within days at the most. So check out those readiness guidelines!

You can try, but you need to adjust your expectation according to her age.

I actually personally know a little girl who is out of diapers at 18 months, but her mom stays at home with her, watches for signs that she has to go to remind her to go potty and does quite some cleanup after her (with an average of one to two accidents per day). Some days are accident free (it's really amazing) and she's really good about letting mom know she has to go most of the time, but it's definitely different from having a 3 year old potty train and be done with it after a week (if they are ready).

To start they simply bought a potty and let her run around with a naked bottom. She watched her carefully and put her on the potty frequently, even if she just sat for a few seconds, and when she went they made a big deal about it. It took a few weeks for her to really get the concept and signal that she had to go. There was A LOT of clean up, but if you don't mind that, go ahead and give it a try!

In my opinion, 18 months is a little young (for most). She'll do it when she's ready. Potty training doesn't need to be a long process. With my girls, I waited until it was more than obvious they were ready. Both were trained within a few days. Not any accidents that I can remember. They were just ready! I almost don't even remember the "process" because really, it wasn't one. One daughter was 2 3/4 and the other had just turned 3. Good luck with however you choose to do it!

When my DD was 17 months, she did the same thing. She would lay down and say "changa ma diaper!" Well, she's 3 1/2 now and we're still battling with the potty thing. She always goes poop in the potty but does not care one bit if she's wet. Good luck!

With my daughter, once we really thought she was ready, we put regular underwear on her and kind of stuck close to home for a few days. We did the "potty time" concept of putting her on every few hours. She had accidents, but after about two weeks the connection clicked. So I recommend regular underwear - you can get some that are padded, but the really won't absorb an accident.

I think 18 months is pretty earlier, but maybe you'll get lucky.

There is no magic age each child is different, I have done 3 of my own and grandchildren. If you have trained up your child to listen and obey your words then potty training is easy. If she listens when you say put your toys away, or leave the tv remote alone, or can you please get momma a kleenx, then she will listen when its time to potty train. So many parents want them magical to listen when the take them out in public or when its time to potty train, but they haven't done the preparation for teaching the child to listen and obey when give instructions. So if your daughter is obedient to you then she should be ready if she is taking off her diaper when she has messed in it. If she don't care if she is wearing a messy diaper then she is not ready, also is she hidding when she poops her diaper? When I did my children I put thin cotton underwear on them, and I planned on spending the next 3 days totally dedicated to potty training, day and night time, getting them up at least 2 times in the night, when they get use to being dry then they won't like being wet or poopy. After 3 days we were pretty much done, when I left home I had a small potty I took in the back of the van and so I didn't have to worry about hurrying to find a pot. It was really great when we went to garage sales all morning. Well their all grown now and have potty trained their own. My daughter trained hers with 'no pants on' she planned things to do in the kitchen and put toys in there with her and they spent the day doing stuff in the tile floor area, 3 days she was done, night and day. You have to be willing to spend the 3 days totally on potty training. Happy training, if I can be of any help message me.

As far as her readiness goes, you would know better than anyone else how ready she is for potty training. I know changing older kids' diapers may be gross, but most kids aren't ready to train until they're 2 or older.

My daughter (now 28 months) had little to no success with potty training until I completely gave up on the idea of pull-ups/training pants. Once we just started using regular panties, the concept took off. We switched in mid-to-late April, and she's pretty much completely trained now. Whenever she needs to go, she'll just go to the bathroom on her own and take care of business.

Best of luck!

I'd put her in a sundress or longer shirt with nothing on underneath when you are at home. Encourage and support her when she does well, but I never used rewards. At a younger age, I think mom's pleasure is enough reward for them. Another thing we did that worked well was to put her potty right in the room that she was playing in, so it was extra handy to go.

I'm sure at your daycare you have scheduled potty times? I would do this at home, too. I wouldn't rely on her to tell you when she needs to go.

Eighteen months and especially 13 months is usually too young to potty train. You are just going to cause more problems. The normal age is around 2.5 years and some boys may take until 3.5 years. If she walks to the potty and wants to go then just play along and make it a fun event. If she goes fine but you are setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration. Good luck and don't rush things.