RP: when did you intruduce a potty?

Re: RP: when did you intruduce a potty?

• *LrCg* member

  June 2010

  Depending how old you are- its possible you were PT at 18 months because you may have been CD.  DS was 17 months when PT (he's now a bit over 20 months).  He does great (he's even night PT).  It was very easy to PT him but he also wore CD.  When he was 14 months he started telling us before he was going to poop or pee.  But I was pregnant and didn't want to PT right then so we waited a few more months but bought a potty for him to sit on and get use to.  He rarely uses it and prefers the adult toliet.  So I really don't think people should look at age, they should look at readiness.

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• AgrippaRidesAgain member

  June 2010

  We got a potty when DS was 14 months old b/c he was showing lots of signs of being ready.  It was just a weird phase though.  He knows all about them and we'll be actually potty training next month.

  FWIW, a lot of kids were PTed before 2.  All of the kids in my family were.  I still remember helping with my brother (who is 9 years younger than me).
  

  
  

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• jellybean529 member

  June 2010

  My mom says the same about me (being trained at 18 mos) but I remember being PT so I know it had to be later than that...haha.

  Anyway, DD started showing interest about two weeks ago (a week before her 2nd birthday) so we got her a potty seat for her birthday. I'm not pushing it but if she asks to sit on it, I don't stop her. She's only used it a couple of times though.  

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• momtoRaegan041008 member

  June 2010

  18 months

  

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• YouAreMyILoveYou

  June 2010

  With DD1 we started putting it out right around 18 months. She peed in it 3 or 4 times but had accidents constantly. I put it up and brought it out again after Valentine's Day (her b-day is 19 days before Xmas so I wanted to wait until the holiday season was over before we started again). It took about 2 weeks for day training and an extra 2 weeks for night. It was SUPER easy, because she was very obviously ready.

  I plan to wait until after 2 to even bring out the potty this time.

  Call me crazy, but I think changing diapers is a h*ll of a lot easier than running my girls into every potty in every store or house we go to!

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• jellybean529 member

  June 2010

  YouAreMyILoveYou:

  With DD1 we started putting it out right around 18 months. She peed in it 3 or 4 times but had accidents constantly. I put it up and brought it out again after Valentine's Day (her b-day is 19 days before Xmas so I wanted to wait until the holiday season was over before we started again). It took about 2 weeks for day training and an extra 2 weeks for night. It was SUPER easy, because she was very obviously ready.

  I plan to wait until after 2 to even bring out the potty this time.

  Call me crazy, but I think changing diapers is a h*ll of a lot easier than running my girls into every potty in every store or house we go to!

  I totally agree with that last sentence, which is why I am in no hurry to get it done Sounds like your DD1 took well to the training once she was ready though, that's awesome! 

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• mom2anangel member

  June 2010

  YouAreMyILoveYou:

  Call me crazy, but I think changing diapers is a h*ll of a lot easier than running my girls into every potty in every store or house we go to!

  I agree!!  You are reminding me of watching my friends with older kids go through this - they constantly have to ask if the kid has to go and they have to go in public bathrooms a lot which totally gross me out.  LOL.  Thanks for reminding me how easy I have it right now. 

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