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Potty Training
JocelynB0911
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22 month old and the potty
JocelynB0911
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Our ds is 22 months and my MIL keeps pushing me to start potty training now that I am pregnant and she feels hes ready. As much as I'd love for him to go on the potty, deep down... I know hes not ready. He does know what the potty is and will tell me (sometimes) when he has already pooped but other than that he has no interst in going.
With our daughter she basically told us she was ready at about the age ds is now but had a set back when we moved. She has been fully potty trained since September 2012. I know not to compare the two but how do I get it to register to my MIL? I dont feel right forcing him to go on the potty and feel like its going to be more hassle on me (I am a sahm and dh is at work all day) than anything. Should I wait until hes 2.5 / just wait until he gets what his bodily functions are and that he has to tell us BEFORE and not after?
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Re: 22 month old and the potty
I'm also a sahm. I just dont see how forcing him is gonna work. I'm pregnant and due in may and mil is gonna watch him and she wants him potty trained. But I told her its a good chance he wont be tho. Her boys were potty trained at 21 months!!
I would just keep gradually showing him the potty and asking him. I keep doing that and hopefully it will work out.
Good luck!!
Listen to your gut. My son was at about the same point as your son as he approached his 2nd birthday. Over the next 6 months his interest ebbed and flowed, so I just went with it. I let him run around naked a lot this summer and by August he was using the potty consistently at home. In September, at age 2.5, I thought he was ready to start full-fledged potty training. We stayed home for a few days and he did great. Then we ventured out and - I kid you not - he had an accident every 30 minutes. So we continued to wear underwear at home but pull-ups or training pants (which were not effective in his case) when we went out. Last month I started to notice that he was peeing much less frequently (he was a super soaker and still is at night) and waking up from naps dry. So I decided to take the plunge again about a week ago (a month before his 3rd birthday) and got rid of the Pull-up and training pants. The first two days had a few accidents but by the third day he was having 1 or 2 a day, This weekend was completely accident free!
So I am a proponent of waiting until they are ready. I truly believe had I stuck with it in September it still would have taken this entire time for him to totally "get it" and it just would have caused a lot of stress for my son and for me. Just keep telling your MIL that your son is not your DD and he's not ready. I had a friend with a son about my son's age who started training at 21 months and really pressured me to start with my son at that time too. It was annoying and I don't know why she cared so much, but I just kept reiterating that my child was not showing the readiness signs yet, so I was choosing not to push him.
Good luck!