Is 25 Mos. Too Young to Start Potty Training?

Not at all!

My mother, who watches my niece, had started putting her on the toilet as soon as she could babble and by 14 months she was notifying my mom and sister that she has to go #2 by saying "caca?"

Now, I know not all kids are ready, but I am all about exposing them early and getting it over with. Especially boys, it helps when dad goes at the same time. My son was a big fan of that - it's either a big boy or male bonding thing, I suppose.

I began potty training my son after his first birthday and he was good to go by 2 1/2. Make it fun! Try the aiming for the cheerios trick or use food dye and watch it change colors.

Good luck!

I would say go for it! Follow his interest. Our son showed early interest, but we didn't follow it -- couldn't get ourselves organized to make an effort. Months later, when we were interested in him getting trained, he was not!!! It took a long time after that, and we faulted ourselves for missing his motivation window. So, jump on it while it's all interesting and fun to him!

S.
Mom of 6yo and 4yo

I don't think it's too early to get started -- especially if he's showing an interest. We started with our daughter at 2 and we've just now started (VERY slowly) with our son who's 15-mos. Like your son, he's starting to show an interest and likes to sit on the potty. We're not forcing it at all but I'd be thrilled if he made some progress early.

I was just reading something about how sometimes it's better to get started before the strong independence streak of the 2s/3s kicks in.

Try it out by asking if he wants to try and go slow. 25 months for boys is a little young, though my son asked to go at 23months, and we started the process very slowly and with no pressure. The Ped warned me that it was probably too soon, so not to be disappointed if he quickly loses interest. I did buy a potty and some books, though he likes the potty (as a toy) he refuses to use it. He will only use the big one. He has only pooped once, but it freaked him out, he usually ren=minds me that he has to pee, but we are really letting him guide us at this point. Im waiting six months to really take the reigns, but if he trains himself in the mean time, than great!

My son is 28 months and is very nearly potty trained now. I also have a 13 week old daughter. We decided not to push it with himn for a while, but a couple weeks ago he seemed to be interested again so I ran with it. I say get him a potty seat, let him sit on it with clothes, and without. Read him some books, let him play w/ toys etc. No pressure, but if you can have a "success" on the potty he might be motivated to use it more. Once he gets to the point where he seems more interested, you can do a sticker chart or whatever else motivates him.

No! This is a perfect time to start. My daughter was pooping on the toilet at 5 months; we moved and she completely has lost interest now at 16 months. So if he is showing interest like it, take advantage of it.

Is sounds like it wouldn't hurt to try! I think in your case (which was a lot like ours - we have a new baby too) you don't want to "potty train", you want to simply introduce him to the concept and give him the tools so that when he's ready, you can take it from there. I would start by getting him to sit on the potty for a while every morning, since he's waking up dry. What worked for us was to predict when he was going to pee (for us it was right before the bath) so that you can "catch it" and get him to connect the feeling with the act. Be patient and follow his cues. We used pull ups, not just in case of accidents but because they're a lot easier to pull on and off during the day. I wouldn't push, especially if you have a newborn because it is time consuming (we spent 30 minutes in an Indianapolis McDonald's with him telling me I have to go potty!, all for naught - luckily our baby girl wasn't with us) but if he gets it and is successful, it is well worth it. I would give him some kind of reward for each success, like an M & M or a sticker. Follow his lead and good luck!

Hi,

All my girls were potty trained by the time they were 2 yrs old. I did have lots of help with my family with this event for my children. My girls are grown now but it went very well for them within a week they were going 1 and 2 on the potty all by themselves.

J.

www.noahbyjodi.com

Let me preface by saying, that potty training is, personally, my least favorite pahse for children.
that said, It sounds like he might be ready, but with an 8 week old baby, the question I would ask is; are YOU ready. Boys are notoriously slower to potty train than girls, and it is not unusual for potty training to take up to 8 months to complete. Be mindful that for boys they have the additional challenge of trying to process in their little brains, when to stand and when to sit.
We waitied as long as possible before startign with our son, and then alwyas had him sit in order to remove the issue from the process for him.
the good news, since we wiated for him to say he wanted to do it, the process was relatively painless, even though it was agonizingly slow. The flip-side, at age 5, he will rarely stand up to urinate and when he does has really bad aim. So in truth we still aren't done.

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