Potty Training - Overland Park,KS

I agree, I say wait awhile, besides, it's only the end of July, and you have several months before Dec anyways! My friend's daughter was about 4 or 5, she started taking her younger sister potty with her, and tryin to play Mom etc (my friend ran a daycare at the time, and her daughter was mimicing her when she was helping potty train kids) anyhow, it worked and that's how her youngest got potty trained! I think I pushed my oldest to much when he was around 18mo, and he's now almost 7 and still has accidents at night... My other son is the same age as your daughter, and all though he's a smart one, I couldn't imagine trying to potty train him now! (besides the fact boys can be harder). Just give her time, and she'll come around, also try the seat you can put on the big toliet if she doesn't care for the miniture potty! Don't stress over it, even though your oldest was potty trained that quickly, just remember each child develops differently! Good Luck!

17 months for your first daughter is actually very early for her to be potty trained, so I wouldn't sweat it if your youngest isn't trained yet--or even for another full year for that matter! My pediatrician said most girls get it between the age of 2 and 3, boys usually take a bit longer sometimes not until the age of 4 before they're completely potty trained. My daughter will be two next week and she's not potty trained yet. She sits on the potty b/c she sees her big brother do it and wants to copy him, but she doesn't actually go on it yet.

I totally understand you want to have it done before your 3rd child comes in Dec (CONGRATS by the way!) but you've still got some time. A lot of growth and development can happen to your 2nd between now and then, maybe she'll get it before then maybe not. I wouldn't push her too hard though since she's still so young. My pediatrician also told me that when a child isn't ready to potty train there is absolutely nothing a parent can do to make them ready, but when the child is developmentally ready there will not be very much hassle and it should go pretty quickly. Good luck with it all, and the new one on the way!
~B.

16 months does seem really early to have a child potty trained. Is it the financial aspect of buying diapers as to why you want her potty trained before you have your baby in december? Kids can't be pushed to do things, she'll learn in her own time that she needs to go on the potty. If your pushing her, her peeing on the floor may be her way of rebelling and just not wanting to do it. Back off for a while and one day she may just surprise you and end up on the potty.

It sounds like she is just not ready, and even if you get her potty trained she may revert back when the new baby is born. That is what my oldest did I had her potty trained, or so I thought, when she was 18mo old then when I had my second a few months later she started wetting in her pants again and we had to go back to diapers until she was almost 3yrs old. The doctor told me she wasn't ready the first time I trained her and then the stress of a new baby for her was just to much. Therefore my suggestion is to just wait until after the baby has come and she is closer to 2yrs old.

As you stated - both girls are completely different from each other. I would suggest quit trying so hard. 16 months is very young yet. It sounds very much like she's not quite ready. Give her time. As for getting her out of diapers before your new one arrives - sometimes it just doesn't work that way. We had 3 kids and were in diapers for 7 years! Don't worry it does end. Now I just wish I had diapers to worry about. At 15, 13 and 11 there are a whole different set of circumstances to think about. Good luck!

Potty training happens when the child is ready, not because a new baby is coming. Right now I'd focus on getting her to keep the diaper on and not pee on the floor. Leave the potty chair out where she can get to it, maybe she'll want to try on her own. Look for signs that she's ready to start training like she's staying dry overnight or trying to use the potty.