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Toddlers: 24 Months+
To potty train or not to potty train?!
DS is about 22 months old. He is at the point where he will tell me when he has pooped or peed after he does it. Today, I caught him in his "poo stance" and I quickly brought him to the bathroom and he pooped on the potty. He was so excited (it helped that I was so excited too!) SO my question is, should I pursue potty training and what method should I use? Should I wait until he tells me beforehand? What made you decide when was the right timing? TIA!
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Re: To potty train or not to potty train?!
I'm beginning potty training as well with my 23 month old. I gave the 3 day potty train a go a couple of weeks ago. It was not a success story, but not a total failure either. I learned that it is not as gross as I imagined (poopy underwear, cleaning pee off the floor, etc.) and it gave me a great way to introduce the idea of potty training to my son.
Since then, we talk about the potty all of the time. He is way more interested in coming with me to the potty and listen to me explain what I am doing, and he loves to flush the toilet and say "bye bye poo" or "bye bye yellow pee". In the morning I give him the choice of underwear or diapers and he always chooses underwear (until he has to go to daycare, then he gets changed back) and then the same after daycare he can wear underwear if he wants.
Tonight, after dinner, he said "down, poo" (he was sitting in his chair at the kitchen bar) and I asked him if he needed to poo in the potty. He said yes and, yup, a couple of minutes later he went poo. It's like a lightbulb is starting to flicker in his brain that when I get this feeling, I need to go to the potty. Little steps in the right direction.
I have a little mantra I've written down for myself: Patience. Persistance. Consistency.
Just like all of the other skills our LOs learn, potty training will take some time. But I feel like I owe it to him to do my best to give him every chance to succeed in learning.
I look for potty training posts all of the time. I am surprised that this board isn't filled with them!
I highly recommed the book "Early Start Potty Training"
Kids are physically capable much earlier than we usually train them.
It's more a matter of how much time and energy are you interested in putting into the process.
My oldest started around 20 months and was fully in underwear (except for naps and overnight) by 22 months.
I started my then infant at 3 months. He doesn't poop in his diapers - only the potty - and has been like this since around 6 months.
I plan to take his diapers off, put him in underwear and fully train him starting in a few weeks when I'm home full time again due to a lay off.
I now he can learn it.
Think about it ..... we potty train dogs and cats around 6 - 8 weeks of age. Our kids can learn too. It just takes a little work, patience, and repetition.
Also - keep in mind that this doesn't have to be a huge decision. You can always try and if it's just not working out for either one of you then back off and try again later!
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
As always in these posts, I 200% agree with HowleyShell.
We started DD on the potty at 10 days old. Been going strong ever since. I don't believe it's ever too early. (Nor is it ever too late. heh.
She's been in panties and accident free for a while now.
Keep putting him on. When you know it's time, when he asks, when you just have a 'feeling', and at strategic times (after meals, naps. Think about when you need to go.) If he protests. Take him off immediately. But try again. I wouldn't wait a week or two, though. I'd try again in an hour or two. Let him know this potty thing is a part of his life now. Make it fun. And even if nothing happens during a trip, but he sat there nicely, praise him.
GL!