Potty Training at 21Months?

He needs to acquire other skills before he is ready to be potty trained (unless you are someone who wants to do all the reminding, bottom wiping, pants pulling up and down, accident cleaning, etc potty trained parents).

Kids need to be able to pull their clothes up and down before they are ready. They need to know that things go certain places (toys in toy box, garbage in trash can, and pee and poop in the toilet). The need to be able to communicate the need to go potty (think about what will happen if he is in a grocery store and needs to go?).

If he is not quite ready, you can work on some of these developmental needs now. One of the best ones I think is when you see them going in their diaper (they are usually obvious about that) talk to him about how he feels and explain that is how he is going potty and that soon he will go on the toilet.

If he has these (and a willingness to go) then you are ready.

I have had several boys, teach him to pee sitting down. A lot less pee everywhere - my personal opinion.

Sounds more like he's found his wee wee than being ready to potty train. :) But if you want to try it, go for it.

Sounds like my 21mo son! You can try but don't push it. I'm slowly working on mine by having him go potty before his nap and bed and he gets a skittle for going potty, flushing it (he won't use a potty chair because his brother doesn't), and washing his hands. If he has his hands in there all the time, don't make a big deal of it or he'll do it more. Ask him to take his hand(s) out and distract him. If that doesn't work resort to onesies and shorts to make it harder. Mine has been so obsessed with his that we had no choice, that and one-piece pjs. Good luck!

he ready for potty training,, yep

The method I used suggests that 22 months is the best age, so I would go for it! I purchased an e-book by Lora Jensen, check it out at www.3daypottytraining.com. I know at least 6 people who have used this book to help potty train their kids in the past 6 months with great success. I started training my daughter just after she turned 2, now she's 2yrs & 8 months and it's great!

Yes, he absolutely could be ready. Everyone says boys train later and are more difficult but that's NOT my experience. My son was 22-23 months old and it was easy-peasy.

My older daughter had trained at 2yrs 8 months and it was much harder. Much more emotional - bribes, rewards, cheering - a really big deal. With my son, it was nothing at all - no rewards, no angst, no problem!

Hi! I potty trained both of my kids at 18 months, a boy and a girl. I noticed on my girl that she was not wet when she woke up in the mornings so that is how I new she might be ready.

The key is taking your time and having total focus for 1 to 4 days of constantly being with them and doing the training. Don't answer phones, don't be on the computer, don't go anywhere. Watch movies with your kids, set up potty in the kitchen or living room, and teach a baby doll that pees and show your child to teach the doll how to go. They get so excited to see the doll go pee! Then it's thier turn and they want to do it too!

Give lots of favorite drinks and let them drink and drink, then as soon as you see them start peeing, say oh hurry lets go sit on the potty, run them to the seat and they will continue going. If they make a mess on the floor, they need to help clean it up. Let them be responsible for it. They will learn quick that they should be on the floor. Then lastly, reward them with their favorite treat, M & M's work great because they are small.

One more thing I did, was use training pants, NOT Pull UPs, or diapers, they need to be able to take them on and off by themselves. Many times when I started out I had them just have no pants on at all for a couple of hours until they learn that pee goes in the potty. Then we introduced the underwair. Then we practiced pulling them off and on, ect many times.

I bought the book potty training in less than a day. It took me a few months but I am so glad I did it early.

If you have any questions at all please email me anytime!

I think kids are ready alot early than parents think. Parent's are the ones that hold them back because they give up or get frustrated with their kids while doing the training. Don't give up and give your all.

Remember, totally focus on the child and the training for about 2 days and see what happens.

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Good Luck!
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The sooner the better. Maybe the diaper is bothering him now and is ready for pull ups. A small potty with music helped me potty train my daughter completely when she was 23 months. When she used it, it rewarded her with joyful music. It was the funniest thing but it helped.

i think you should encourage it!!! most people say boys are so hard to train, but its all about consistancy. i had my son fully potty trained before his 2nd bday....so good luck