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Toddlers: 24 Months+
JARbaby
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Too soon to potty train?
JARbaby
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The past month DD tells me when she is pooping and/or peeing. She asks about the "Poppy" (potty) all the time etc...she seems SO ready. She can pull down her own pants, take off her diaper and tells me when she needs a new diaper as well. But I am wondering if she is too young.
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Re: Too soon to potty train?
According to my mom, I was potty trained by 14 months but I was walking by 10. So I don't think it is too young if she shows the signs. Does she wake up dry from naps?
My DS shows all the signs too but after I got him a potty, he preferred to take it apart rather than sit on it for it's intended purpose~ I think he gets the idea but hasn't put the feeling of having to pee/poop with actually sitting on the potty (instead he touches himself afterwards and tells us). Either way, the supplies are there when he's ready. Doesn't hurt to try.
Heck no. Go for it. In most cultures in the world kids are trained by 12 months... 18 at the latest. Was true of our culture, too, not that long ago.
You won't miss poopy diapers and you'll love saving the money!
GL.
I vote for the ring that goes on top of your regular toilet. Gets her used to doing it in the right place... flush and all. Some complain of feeling like they had to 'train twice' when they transitioned from the chair the real thing.
DD#1 refuses to be potty trained, so I've given up on her and have tried every so often.
DD#2 has been telling me she wants to use the potty for about 2 months now. There is NO WAY I'm potty training now, since #3 is coming next month. I'm way too worried about regressing and having to deal with accidents, etc. I know she's ready, but I was told don't do anything new 3 months before the new baby to 3 months after. I just don't have the time or patience to deal with pt right now.
I'm planning on pt'ing both girls around March, when I can keep my head above water.
GL!!! If you're ready, go for it!?
Go for it!
You can always back off if it's not going well.
I recommend the book "Early Start Potty Training". It's got different recommendations for different age ranges from birth to pre-school.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
DD has been in love with the potty for the last month - wants to sit on it, loves to flush it, has pooped in it numerous times and peed in it a few times too. I just accepted this as getting used to the toilet/missing a few nasty diapers.
This morning I could tell she was pooping, asked her if she wanted to poopoo on the potty. "No!" Come on, let's sit on the potty. "No!" So I just let it go and changed her poopy diaper when she finished and told me "change!". It was nice while it lasted
At this age I don't think of it as potty training per se, but more like starting to communicate about pottying and getting used to going on the potty.
It doesn't take that much energy to put them on the potty when they say they have to go, or to put them on first thing in the morning or after naps.
You don't have to try to get them completely off diapers in some short period of time...but you could start getting them used to using the potty. There are different windows of opportunity--sounds like you're in one. I say take it and go!