Potty Training.... - Bagwell, TX

I used the doll method with my son when he was 2 years, 2 months. It worked amazingly well and it was fast and easy. I plan to do the same with my daughter. (I was actually trained with teh doll method when I was a child too hehe)
I would definately wait until she is 2 years tho. Even a little over. ;)

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there is never a good time. but how is the child responding to the pottie as of today if he/she is interested get started. every time you go take them make a big deal out of it, offer a small reward. like big girl panties of her choice.
after there is a drink involved wait about 10 min. and say lets go pottie. good luck. some take no work others or just i would say lazy. diapers are just to easy.

Hi J.

All kids are different. I have friends who started their kids at 18 months. My son was not even close to ready until he was 2.5 yrs old. We worked on potty training really hard for a few months and then we moved and got sick and now the holidays, so we have taken a break for a while...I want to make this pressure free. When he can, he runs around naked in the house and he will go on his own without me asking. When the chaos of the holidays are over, we will start working on wearing underwear. Just make sure your child is mentally and physically ready...don't push, make it fun.
Good Luck
J.

Let's put it this way... if you try potty training and your daughter is not ready, you'll know! We tried introducing potty training when my daughter was 18 mos and she was definitely not ready so we gave up on it until she was 2. It took about 4 mos until she was completely trained but it was easier because she was more ready. Also when you decide to start make sure everyone is on the same page with you - caregivers, sitters, grandparents, everyone. That's definitely a necessity so it won't confuse your child and it will help you out a great deal. My opinion is the summer time is the best time to train b/c you can keep her just in panties and don't have to worry about her getting sick when she does wet herself. Good luck!

My daughter is now about 2 1/2 and she is nearly potty learned. We introduced a small potty when she started showing interest, I think she was around 16 months old(announcing when mommy or daddy would go potty and wanting to be in there with us). Whenever we would go, she would sit on the pott and usually go. We cloth-diapered, so I believe that helped us with the early pl'ing.
If she's showing interest, I would introduce the potty and encourage her to go, but not push it. I believe most children are pl'ed between 2 and 3.
Good Luck!

Get a copy of the book Toilet Training in Less than A Day by Azrin & Foxx. Don't let the title throw you -- it really works. You can get it from the library or a bookstore or online. Read the book thoroughly and decide if you can follow it exactly. If you can, you'll be done with diapers at 20 months old. I used it for both my daughter and son, and it worked perfectly; they were completely trained on that day and they were wearing underwear -- not pullups or training pants -- without accidents within one week. The program is intense, but one day of hard work sure beats years of changing diapers. Plus your children feel so proud and they are much more compiant at that age, so they are easy to train. However, you must follow it exactly. You cannot allow TV, phone calls, or other people in the house. I have friends who half-heartedly tried it, and of course it didn't work. You give the pretests -- make sure your child obeys you and is physically ready -- and then you must devote one entire day to this process. One thing the book left out was to have them wash their hands after each time they go. Be sure to add that in. Don't buy into the "wait until they're ready -- even age 3 or 4" nonsense. Once they're physically capable (usually 20 months), it's up to you when they're "ready." 20 months is the perfect age, and both you and they will be thrilled.

I was still at home w/ my daughter at 16 months old and I just started putting her on the potty every hour. I would let her sit on the potty and we would read books (like Elmo goes potty, the potty and the princess, etc.) and if by chance she did something we had a CELEBRATION. I DID NOT push but I was VERY consistent and she was completely trained by 18 months (with one relapse around 26 months for about 2 days). I hope things flow easily but I like to quote by BF by saying "I've never seen a healthy child in diapers on a college campus". In other words it will eventually happen so try not to stress. I wish you an easy PT experience.

I have found that the more you force them to do it the less receptive they will be. Also, I've heard that if you try too hard, they're more likely to have accidents. My son did it only after I gave up pushing it on him. Good trick I used is to put a cheerio in the potty and tell them to aim at the target! Potty chairs didn't seem to work that great either.
K. S.

What I did with mine is when they started holding themselves and noticing that they were going, then I started telling them "lets go pee pee on the potty like a big boy". I would sit them on it about every 30 minutes. When they went, they would get ice cream or candy or sucker... whatever they liked. It took about a week for them to figure it out and then it was fairly easy from there. It is kind of like training a dog.... you just took them outside every few hours.... the same goes for the kids..... put them on the potty often and if you see a look on their face, rush them to the potty. Their muscles have to be strong enough to know and to hold it, which is somewhere around 2 yrs old. I wouldn't start any earlier because you could just make them frustrated and cause yourself more problems.
Good luck. Just don't stress over it. It isn't that hard. Just requires a little time and a little attention.

I've been working with my daughter since she was 13 mths old. I would sit her on the potty without diaper during bath time and if she came in there while i was on potty. Now at 20 mths we're more consistent and put her in big girl pants or the feel n learn pull ups as soon as she wakes up, which we puther on the potty as soon as she wakes up and since i am home all day with her I can take her every 30 min from then on out. Most days she pees at least once, the past 4 days she has peed 5 times each day with only one accident in her panties. I still use diapers at night for now and i picked up the book potty training in one day and got some tips and ideas from it. I have half a box of diapers left and that's it i'm not buying anymore so we're going to start being even more consistent and working through the whole day.

Ok..I read the other responses and I don't know what is in that book but it scares me..LOL
I started my daughter at 18 months. We made it fun and she was totally trained in less than a month. Everytime she would go potty I would clap and sing and dance...she loved it. When she tried for a whole week I took her and let her pick out her new panties. She loves it. She still likes to pick out which pair she is going to wear. make her feel really good about it. Maybe even a reward if she does really good. My son was a little harder but once I started the reward system it was only a week and he was broke on the #2 business. I bought the tiny candies, like you get at Halloween. We even made homeade milk shakes if he went a whole day with out an accident. The most important thing is to make them feel good and proud and involved.

I started potty training my daughter when she was about 2. by then she wasn't keeping her diaper on anyway. So every time I went i took her with me and sat her on her potty. but what ever you do dont force her and take it slow