Advice on Potty Training - Orange,CA

I just wanted to agree with the mother who said to go ahead and try, but boys seem to take a bit longer. My daughter was two and the three boys were all three years old. I never 'trained' them, any of them. I started with books and movies and everytime I changed a diaper and I would remind them where the potty was, what it was for and just let them know when they are ready they can use it. All my kids just woke on morning and asked me for underwear, no accidents, no struggles, just diapers to toliet in one day. I say let them be the boss and there will be no issues with the toliet learning, no matter what the age is. Good luck.

get the potty and let him run around naked..best time to potty train is in the summer while its warm..lots of naked time..but if you have carpets i would make a certain area that he can do that..even outside bring the potty

not too early! go for it before he looses interest if he decides he is done trying back off a bit and wait until he is ready again. i found no progress was wasted we just started back up where we left off.

Hi M.,
First I want to say congratulations on keeping your baby and for finishing high school. I would get the potty and try it out the important thing is not to punish or get angry if it doesn't work or if he has an accident. My oldest potty trained at 18 months she was just ready my other two were closer to 3 if he's ready go for it.

19 months is pretty young. Although he is starting to realize that he is peeing, it's just too young. Start talking to him about and prepare him for the day.

Let him just be awareof his body before there are expectations of using the toilet. He will be pleased that he is effectively communicating with you and that you are responding. For now, that is enough.

C.

Hello, First of all, congratulations on going back to school. You and your boyfriend sound like really good parents.
I have potty trained so many children (our own four, daycare children, and grandchldren). I think your idea of getting the potty and seeing what he does with it is right on track. He may or may not be ready to train himself. I had one daughter who at 20 months just wanted to do it and when I put her in the underwear she just went. It shocked me. Anyway, they are all ready when THEY are ready. We kept the potty right in the living room area. Kind of gross, but it was handy. If you start him now and he is not ready, just stop and wait a while longer. It usually took me one day to have them out of diapers and into underwear. I used the cloth underwear with all of our children and grandchildren. They hate it when the urine flows down their legs. If I tried with them and they weren't ready, we would go back into diapers and try again in 2 to 4 weeks. You will know when the time is right. He at least is showing signs of being ready.
Good luck with your precious little boy.
K. K.

Hi M.,
Great that he's saying pee-pee and he actually has!
All on his own he's made the connection. That's usually the hard part.
It's never too early to start.
It would be good to buy two or three potties and keep them around the house when he says pee-pee and his diaper is wet, show him the potty, take off his diaper and explain as you put him on it.
If you want to go the whole way and you have the time. Keep him home naked for a day or if you can two - every time he starts to go pop him on the potty - you could have him out of diapers in a weekend.
Good luck with this and, don't be disheartened if he doesn't get it right way or if there are a few spills - but grab the chance while you have it.

Hi M.,
It's not to young to introduce a potty to your son. I bought a little potty to put into my bathroom when my daughter was around that age. I always asked her if she wanted to go potty with mommy when I had to go. She never did, but would come into the bathroom with me. She is 28 months old now, and goes pee on the potty 1-3 times a day. She has also gone poop about 5 times.
I'm not going to say 19 months is to early, but just don't expect him to actually be potty trained anytime soon. But, I have heard it is possible.
Anyway, I have an on-line potty training book if you would like it. (or any other mom out there)
Just shoot me an email at ____@____.com and I will forward it to you. I also have a great on-line book that helps you teach your child to sleep through the night. I can send that to you as well if you need it (or any other mom) That book changed my life!
Take care!!
M.

Dear M.,
I see many people tell you to go ahead. I just want you to know that little boys often do not have the mylenation of the nerves to the sphinctor muscle that controls the release of the urine until much later. I tried my middle son about 2 years because he wanted to be like his brother with "big boy underpants", but he was not ready and we had so many accidents that I put him back in diapers and told him we had to wait a little longer. I have three sons, and all of them took until about 3 years before they were really toilet trained.
You are welcome to try, but do not make it a demanding situation where he feels guilty if he cannot control it yet. It does not and should not be a power struggle when toilet training. When they are ready and can control the pee pee sphinctor and also verbalized their needs, they train in a day or two.
I am glad you kept Jael and that even though a premie he is doing so well (my first son was a premie too.)
H-

Why not give it a go? Our friend's son was potty-trained at 2 years old! I think it really just depends on the child.