potty training

shandiinicolee · January 2013

My son is 15 almost 16 months old. He takes his diaper off when he pees or poops. He knows when he's peeing because he holds his diaper and says "uh oh." He'll even bring yoou a diaper when he takes it off. Is it too early to train him? I know most say it won't work until he can tell you when he needs to go but he learns quick is why I'm asking..

Thanks in advance! Smile

KimKellyIsMyFriend · January 2013

There is a boy in my son's Little Gym class that was potty trained at 15 months. I was shocked when his mom said he even wears underwear overnight! So, apparently it can be done.

Cebs222 · January 2013

I would say those are great signs saying he is ready! Our daughter is short of 15 months and we have started introducing her to the potty. She got a bad rash due to a diaper cream that turned into more of a burn so everytime she went she let us know before so we started.. the first week she voluntary peed in her potty 3 times. We aren't pushing her because she is little, but if she wants to sit on her potty and read a book or have a snack we encourage it!

Even after she goes i'll sit her on the potty while i grab her diaper to change her and such. She has really good potty habits though as far as scheduled poop lol.. so i think that will make it easier in the long run.. we are just playing it by ear for now. I say it can't hurt!

quietlyexpecting · January 2013

Wow! I say at least start showing him what to do with the potty you have. If he's interested go for it. I've never heard of it so early but there are lots of people I have heard who started paying attention to their kids pooping at the same times daily and started to use that as their cue to put them on the potty. Maybe that in conjunction with him telling you would help. GL!

allise209 · January 2013

I would def say this is a good place to start with taking him to the bathroom & showing him where to go... the earlier you show them the better, when you as a mother know he understands what he's doing. Keep us posted on his progress!

emdella · January 2013

I would say go for it. Don't push it, but follow the lead. At 19-20 months my son started saying "peep" right before he would pee, so we got a potty seat and started putting him on it and had luck a few times with him going. Then he kind of got disinterested and jumped right off, so we let it go, and he stopped telling us. Then this past weekend he started grabbing at his diaper and pants a lot. At the end of church on Sunday, he said "Mommy, Potty." So I figured what the heck, and took him to the bathroom. Sure enough he peed on the toilet at church. For "sh*ts and giggles" (ha) we got went to Target and got him big boy underpants to see if would inspire more. Sure enough, the rest of Sunday he peed 2 more times and pooped once on the toilet. I was in shock. Then yesterday, 3 pees, 2 poops and 1 accident. I'm blown away and proud of my lil dude. So, yes, they can do it early. Follow his cues.

nyki06 · January 2013

At around 17 months I tried potty training my daughter and it was a nightmare. I then tried the three day potty training method at 22 months (a couple weeks ago) and she was almost completely potty trained (nights and naps included) by day three. If you try and it's a fail your child might not be ready and you may need to take a break and come back to it.

MrsI · January 2013

DD was PTd at 18 months and could have been sooner if i wanted to but we purposely held off until I had a break at Christmas time. We taught DD the sign for potty and helped her relate it before even starting. We also introduced the potty and made sure she had some successful attempts to make sure she understood what was going on. So I would say as long as you have him prepared to succeed before attempting you should be good. Maybe spend the next month or two preparing and go full force at 18 months.

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