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Toddlers: 24 Months+
mom's of girls.. potty training Question
My DD is 19 mths. I can tell she knows what I'm talking about when I ask her if she has poo poo. or knows when she's doing it too. So, does that mean it's time to start potty training. My mom keeps saying it's time to teach her about potty training.
Just wondering at what age you started w/daughter and how long it took for her to get it.
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Re: mom's of girls.. potty training Question
My Mom told me when we were younger (I know times have changed) that it works best after 2 years old. I don't know?! I am going to get an insert for the potty and start sitting DD on it once a day so she gets "used" to the potty. Then we will go from there. If she doesn't have the hang of it by 2 I will work extra hard. But at this age I am not going to "pressure" her. I think at any age "pressuring" them is not good! My friend tried to potty train her 1 1/2 year old and she tried for 7 mo and then gave up. 2 months after that the little girl said "Mommy I want to wear big girl panties" and they never turned back! So I think keeping it normal and no pressure helps a lot! GL!
BTW - LOVE YOUR SIGGY! My DD loves her car but this pic is priceless. In the car, shades on, talking on the cell! WHAT A CUTIE!
I just did my dd last week. She is 28 months. I had given it a try a few times since she was two but decided to wait until she was really ready. You could put them in undies and use a timer. Put them on the toilet every 30 min or sooner and hope to catch it. We did that about 2 months ago and it is was going well for a few days but she lost interest. It was a fight to get her to sit and she still wasn't telling me she had to go. Plus that was way too much work for me with a baby also.
So I was going to wait until she was 2.5 after Christmas to try again. But last week I had her butt airing out between diaper changes and while I was cooking dinner, she went and sat down and pooped. We had the potty chair out for some reason. So I went with it. She just gets it this time. Tells me and we have had very few accidents. We even went to the zoo this morning and had no accidents. We still wear a diaper to bed and nap. She has been dry after nap a few times so I might drop that diaper.
You could do the first way I suggested if you have the patience and time and your dd will cooperate but it wasn't worth it to me. This time I didn't really have to do anything. She just did it on her own. So my advice is to watch their cues and try it if you think they are ready. But don't be afraid to go back to diapers if it isn't working.
We bought a potty chair and potty ring around that age. DD would sit on it occasionally in the evenings and before bed but never actually used it. It took until a couple weeks ago when she decided that she was ready to use the potty. Before that she would have just fought me on it. She is 29 months and would be fully potty trained by now if she wasn't in daycare. The afternoon teachers aren't taking the kids to the bathroom, but that's a completely different issue.
Anyway, it can't hurt to introduce it now, but I wouldn't push anything.
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
DD is close to 17 months and we're buying a potty for xmas. About a month ago I started bringing DD into the bathroom with me and she is very interested in what I'm doing. She has asked to sit on the potty (well, she points and grunts and might say poop) and I've let her do it a few times, but she has yet to actually go. I'm just going to have the potty in the bathroom and whenever she says she wants to go, I'll put her on it. I'll also ask if she wants to sit on it whenever I go to the bathroom. But I'm a firm believer that I'm potty training her, not myself, so I'm not going to use a timer or frequently ask her/remind her to sit on the potty.
I just read an article about a mom who decided all of a sudden that it was time to potty train. She told her son that they were all out of diapers, so they would have to use the potty from then on and she never used another diaper on him. She gave mild praise when he went on the potty and didn't scold him if he had an accident. She just would suggest that they change him because he looked wet. He was potty trained within a few days. She thought maybe she just got lucky but the same method worked for her next 2 kids too. That method makes sense to me, but I'll give DD a few months to get used to the idea first. If she hasn't taken to the potty by her second birthday, I might try the "out of diapers" idea.
My mom says I'm potty training DD now, but I say I'm just getting her used to the potty.
It started when we had a couple near-accidents in the bathtub a little over a month ago. I could tell she was about to poop, so I whipped her out of the tub and put her on the potty and she ended up pooping on the potty. So I made a big deal about it and told her she was going poopoo - she learned the word and learned to flush - she shuts the lid, flushes, then opens the lid again to watch it go down and says "byebye poopoo!".
Anyway, after doing that a couple times, she started asking to sit on the potty and if I see her grunting I ask her if she wants to sit on it, sometimes she says no or ignores me, but other times she'll run to the potty. I'd say she's averaging 2-3 poops a week on the potty. Of course she poops in her diaper more, but she seems to be more aware of it too. And at least half the time she sits on the potty she doesn't do anything. So I just let her do what she wants and hoping she'll catch on sooner rather than later, she's only turning 17mo tomorrow.
I think my next step is to get her some potty books.