Potty Training a One Year Old

It is far too early to potty train. As my ped. put it, "at that age, you are the one who is trained to put them on the toliet." Let it go and wait for her to show interest. Even then, it will take months b/f she is trained. 2.5 is a good time to start.

I had a daycare girl that the parent started sitting on the potty at 7 mos old. By 9 mos I was like, fine, no big deal I'll sit her on the potty. By a year she was only peeing or pooping in the potty, by 15 mos I was ready to have her start in undies as soon as she could walk.

Unfortunately they left my daycare cause mom's job changed and the new provider did nothing with her. Now the girl is 3 1/2 almost and still in diapers.

So if you keep at it, it will work.

Well I hate to go against what everyone else says, but my daughter was much like yours. At about 14 months she showed an interest in the potty, so we went and got her a chair that she could sit on that stayed on the bathroom floor. When she would sit on it, she would look thru a book and if she went we gave her lots of praise. She soon put it together that when she went in a diaper, she did not like how it felt. She then decided she didn't like the way diapers felt, so she started wearing underwear. Had very few accidents and was trained day and night within 2 weeks. I really think it worked for us because we never let her get old enough to "decide" that she was going to be trained. It was just the way it should be in her mind, like this was just something you learned like anything else. I know poeple who wait and then it becomes a control issue. The child won't train because they use it as a way to control the parents. It is really a personal choice. I had a lot of people I was crazy for trying at such a young age, but it worked for us. You could give it a try and if it doesn't work, you can always try again later on in life. Good luck in whatever you decide!!!!

Great question--and one that has been on my mind too! My girl is 16 months and is so interested in the bathroom. So, last weekend we bought her a little potty and the first day she went poop in it! Since then, she has gone pee in it twice more! For the first couple of days, she wanted to try sitting on it every 30-45 minutes! So, I let her run around the house in just a diaper and when she went knocking on the bathroom door I take off the diaper and let her sit on it.

She's vocal but doesn't say many words right now, and I don't think she quite gets the idea of being "wet" or "dirty" although she does know what her diaper is and where to go when we change it. So, my though is that the potty is a good idea, but I'm not going to push her to use it. I'll just let her sit on on whenever she wants and take her in there with me whenever I go. And, if I happen to catch her making the "poop face," I'll take her in there.

Good luck--I'm going to keep an eye on your answers for other ideas that I can use!

She's too young, but it's good that she's showing an interest. Get her a little potty chair and put it next to your toilet. Let her watch you pee and if she asks, talk about what you're doing. Modeling behavior is the easiest way to help her connect the dots and lays the groundwork for training day. If she asks to sit on it, let her. NEVER force or even push or nag. If she actually uses it a couple of times, get pull-ups and let her use the potty whenever she wants. Most books agree that kids aren't really ready until they're about 2.5-3 (some later than that) and give you readiness quizzes. When they're ready, you can literally train them in one day. If you start too early, you will just spend months training them. There will also be a lot more accidents and more potential for both of you to get frustrated and power struggles to errupt. If you'd like potty training to be a pleasant rewarding experience for both of you, wait until she's really ready. We had great success with "Potty Train Your Child In Just One Day" by Teri Crane. That's the potty party method. My daughter loved it, was trained in less than hour, and even stays dry all day at daycare. She will still occasionally have an accident if she's so engaged in play in that she doesn't remember with enough time to actually get to the potty, but that's definitely the exception, and just a matter of practice for her.

I swear by Safety 1st one stop trainer: http://www.babyearth.com/safety-1st-one-step-trainer-seat...

Your first step would be to put her on the seat first thing in the morning and get really excited when she does go, but don't get upset if she doesn't go.

I think if your daughter is showing an interest you should get a potty seat and support her. Kids are ready when they are ready. My son showed interest when he was one, but then didn't want anything to do with the potty. Now at 2 1/2 he decided he was ready and has potty trained himself. I would leave a potty seat out and step stool and let her use them when she wants to. I love the baby bjorn potty seat, it fits on your toliet and you can adjust it to make it a tighter fit. We also have a potty seat that is a step stool too. I use that when we go outside if there is an emergency. I love the book potty training in less than a day, however I would plan on about a week, before your child will be potty trained. I like the idea of asking if they are dry and rewarding them with a cracker so they will drink more. Also we put a potty sticker chart on the back of the bathroom door, no rhyme of reason to it. My son and put stickers anywhere on the chart, no prize is given for however many stickers. I think you need to decide what will work for your daughter the best and go from there.

My mother used to say if your kid is under 2, you are training yourself, not the baby. I have to agree, and I think most moms would agree. One is WAY too young to expect to be successful. Her body is simply not capable. The interest that you're seeing is just curiousity about something that has water she can reach---great fun--- and makes a new noise. Expect to see her flushing things down the toilet and waving bye-bye, but forget the potty training for at least another year, and more likely 2. Enjoy your baby while she's young, it's a precious time, and it goes by way too fast.

I don't think it hurts to let her have a potty and to sit on it. Just don't expect her to be really trained. You will be the one trained until she really has the muscle control to wait until she gets to the potty. So it is up to you. Other posters are right that when you start early, potty training or potty learning takes a very long time. But if you are okay with that, then it doesn't hurt. You should expect some loss of interest after a bit and you may then put the potty away for a few months and then later she may get interested again. Most children train closer to 2 and a half but as I said letting her try won't hurt.

In my experience with my little brother (he was the youngest of 4 children so he wanted to do everything we did and soon) he was interested in the toilet just before turning one. He didn't want to use the "potty seat" because no one else did, however, we all made it like a fun and exciting thing to do, going in the potty and he picked up on very quickly. Just go with what your daughter's actions tell you. If she wants to use the toilet, then let her, her showing an interest tells you that she understands the concept, and just needs a little help on the how.

just own the potty seat for now. anything else before 2 and you are definetly training yourself!

don't expect perfection but the interest is the starting point. My daughter is interested but still does not get the concept of being wet or dirty. She is two and will sit on it but doesn't realize when she goes.

But you can start working with your daughter get her her own potty chair let her realize it belongs to her. sit her on it and see how she does. I had to buy a different one once we realized our daughter didn't like the feel of the first one. so I recommend one with a soft seat. also speech is highly important so if she has a speech delay like my daughter expect it to take a lot longer since they can not communicate as easily. But if she can say potty or wet then it is a start.

just do it occasionally when she is highly interested and let the rest go when she isn't. eventually she will get it. my cousin was potty trained completely by 2 1/2 but she was early.

My daughter goes poop in the potty and sometimes pp. I got her a lil cheap potty and set it next to ours and she loves using it! She 1st pooped in it at about 10 mnths or so she'll be 1 next month. She has little signs when she is about to go like she will be grabbing at her diaper or get really still so i just take her to her potty and as soon as she sits she gets all happy and goes! I also set her on it right after she wakes up from naps or in the morning. Its mostly just a game now but getting her used to it early wont hurt anything, just make it fun and make a big deal about it when she goes! good luck!

Lol, it is really funny to read everyone's responses because they all seem so final in their thoughts. My mom had my sister and I both potty trained before we were even 10 months old!!! They didn't have disposable diapers so it was just normal to do that back then. I think that we have gotten so laid back that now it seems impossible to do something that was just no big deal before...think about it, the microwave isn't fast enough for us nowadays! Just try and work with your little one and see how it goes. If it works, awesome! If not, try again later. Kids know when we are stressed. Just make it a fun thing to do with lots of praise and she will most likely be excited because you are. My little man has been on his potty since he started to walk (around 8months old). Kids also love to copy so we always let him see us go potty and say bye-bye to the poopies when we flushed. We even came up with our own silly little peeing & pooping song that we sang and still do on the potty together with big cheers and applause at the end! Best wishes to you and remember, this time will fly by so fast, just try to have fun and relish these few moments that can turn into wonderful lifelong memories for you guys!!!! Enjoy.

if she doesnt care if she is wet or dry then you are going to have a hell of a time convincing her to use the potty. set her on the big potty here and there, let her watch you go, throw the poop from poopy diapers in the toilet. start the process but you are going to have far more headache if you think you can train her. At 2 my daughter ripped off her diapers, potty trained herself, had 2 accidents. Moms i know that started earlier made it a battle of will, and their kids are no closer to being trained and at this point have had bad habits reinforced. Just wait until your child is interested, but yes introduce the concepts to her!

Don't even bother. the only one who will be trained is you. not her.

wait wait wait...

this child is too young.. you will be potty trainng her for a year if you start now..

my daughter trained in 3 days when she was 2 years old.. it was easy..

buy a small potty that has the ring that will go on the big toilet when your daughter is older..

My daughter loved to sit on her potty from about 10 months old. I went to the dollar store and found her a little chair that had a try that clipped on the front. She loved it because she could put toys or books on it. That was 19 years ago so I don't even know if they have those anymore. I would just sit her on her chair once in a while. Make it a game for her right now and be sure to praise her for just sitting down. It will be really easy to train her once she can do things by herself. It seems young for most children but it can be done! Just let her take the reigns and decide what she wants to do. It may be on and off but don't get frustrated.