Who Out There Potty Trained While Working Full Time. ???? HELP

I did it. I'm a fulltime working mom. My son was 2 1/2 when he finally was potty trained, but like you are started introducing him to the pot around the same time. When we decided that we were tired of buying pull ups my mom brought us Potty Power. It's this DVD that teaches kids all about potty training and it has kids in the video demonstrating (pretending of course)all of the different parts of using the toilet. The best part is that if it doesn't work they have a 100% money back guarantee. It worked! He potty trained in one week. We put him in regular underwear and never looked back. He had a couple of accidents and we showed him that we were really disappointed in him when he went in his clothes. He had an accident recently because My mom gave him too much to drink and he went in his bed but he was so upset about it that I couldn't get mad at him. People are skeptical about when I say use the movie but it really works. Good Luck!!

Yes, it's true that some children can train as early as 18 months, but I would say that it is highly unlikely even fore a SAHM. To be certain she is ready, me ped recommended looking for these signs:

Your child tells you when she is wet or poopy
Your child takes herself off to "hide" when she's having a bowel movement.
Your child can stay dry throughout nap time and/or night time or for more than 4 hours.
Your child tells you she needs to go potty before she goes in her diaper.

Lost of toddlers show interest, and some even get lucky going on the toilet if their parent lets them try, however, at this age, it is more luck and novelty as most "new" toddlers can't control their bowel movements, which is more of a true potty training readiness sign.

Training too early can often backfire on insistent parents, so it is better to wait a little longer and be sure your child is ready to ensure your and your child's success.

With good, consistent potty training and the right timing, it should only take a couple of weeks to establish a successful daytime potty routine. Nights usually take a little longer. Having said that, accidents can and will occur for at least the first year or two after potty training (especially during the first year) while a child learns that going potty can't always wait until they're done playing or that it sometimes need to be done before they're truly ready to go (as in the case of going the bathroom before taking a trip) or they learn to hold their urge a little longer.

For SAHM, it is a full time effort for those two weeks of initial training, so with you working full time (I am assuming your child is in day care), it requires even more of an effort as you coordinate with your husband and day care provider.

Having raised 4 children, coordinated with 7 siblings on potty training their 20 children, and getting first-hand advice from a sibling who's a pediatrician, I would recommend waiting until your daughter is AT LEAST 2 years old. 7 months may not seem like a long time, but for little ones, it is a huge step in maturity. Just think of how much your daughter has changed in the last 7 months! Having said that, I wouldn't recommend setting an age to potty train just yet. Watch your child, look for all/most of the signs I listed, and when she's truly ready, you'll find potty training to be easier and better yet - successful!

Feel free to email me if you'd like any further help when you actually begin potty training.

S.,

I only worked half time, but I can tell you from my experience with my 3 1/2 year old son as well as professional experience as a pediatric occupational therapist. My started showing readiness signs at the same age. Working even part time meant I could not be 100% consistant knowing how willing the day care was to assist with the issue. At 17 months you can train a child, but this is a difficult age. Before 2 it is really trip training them rather than them knowing when they need to go. They really don't get the understanding of the feeling tell a little later. There are three stages of learning to train and they are first I just went potty (which she may have), I need to go RIGHT now, and then understanding that they need to go to the potty (yet have time to get there). My son I did not really push it until after 2. He would sit on it and occasionally use it before, but not stressing it. I think it is wise at this age to have a chair around so they get familiar with it. But if you and the child care are not able to be 100% consistant on taking her VERY regularly it is not worth pushing it. She will not know that she needs needs to go making it more work for the person she is with. Also motor wise she will not be able to be independent in the whole process (pulling pants up and down, wiping) until at least 2, usually after 2 1/2. Does this make sense. If you are still interested in trying or ready to move forward feel free to contact me because I have some suggestions. Hope this helps. FYI my sister worked full time and had her daughter trained by 2 1/2 again it depends on the child and how helpful the child care facility is with the issue.

S. i work full-time from home and i did get my girls fully potty trained but not at 17 months?
i may be wayyy off here but isn't that too young to even think about it?
maybe not, i have heard stories about kids being potty trained early but i have also heard stories that it took moms nothing short of a year to do so.
my suggestion, wait until she's more verbal, more understanding and more communicative. i think what helped us most was the fact that i was able to read the potty book, sit with mine
(who had just turned 3) and explain to them what potty training means (nothing terrible) but they get to be big girls, get to wear big girl panties and big girl panties need to stay clean and they stay clean by going into potty. didn't even have to bribe, or use stickers or use awards. they just got it. also i eliminated major water drinking 1 hr and a half before bedtime. I also put a potty with a lid in their room and left a container with wet wipes. but they're old enough to know how to wipe themselves. how will you potty train your daughter when she's so little and clealy she won't be able to do it herself at nights. is she sleeping in a crib? if yes then you will need to go in a few times at nights to get her to go potty. will you be able to do that? i am asking all these questions because i am imagining you want her trained 24 hrs not just during the day, right?
it took me less than 5 days to have them fully potty trained day and night. also the preschool helped tremendously as well. they have set times when they take kids to the potty whether they asked for it or not. so they stayed dry during the day came to me in the afternoon and knew the drill.
no problems whatsoever about number 1 or 2 and staying dry at nights. i honestly think the fact that they could understand me is why it worked.
one of my daughers showed interest at 22 months of age. but it was more curiosity than anything else. i did put pullups on her at the time but it wasn't working. i didn't try again at all until they turned 3.
you might get others saying yes it is possible.
good luck
vlora

If she can't tell what she has done in her pants, then probably no. You may however get her interested but potty training happens when she is ready not you. My children also had an interest in the potty at about that age but my daughters were about 2 1/2 and my son 3 1/2 when they were finally potty trained. So it really depends on the child.

My daughter is 3 years old now; her potty training is a mixture of tears, dirty diapers and pants.
As working parents, on the weekend, we are constantly on the go, grocery shopping, dry cleaning, ect.. Unfortunately, we have to drag our daughter around with us. Then you don't know when, at store or in the car, she would announce, I want to go pee-pee or pooh-pooh. What are the options? Most stores here in D.C. area, there is no public bathroom. Once in CVS, after she had potty trained. She told me that she wanted to go pee-pee. I asked those ladies inside of Pharmacy for the key to the bathroom, they just looked right into my eyes and said that they don't know. They pointed me to the front cashier, and then the cashier pointed me back to look for somebody on floor. Then she peeked on her pants. She used that bathroom in CVS before; the door lock is controlled by key pad.
I write this out just want to know:
1. This only happened on me or everybody else?
2. How does other Moms deal with the situation that when the kids in store, on the road, they want to go to bathroom?