Is It Time to Potty Train??

My daughter was fully potty trained by the age of 2 yrs. She too was tiny, still is at 9yrs old still wears 5's and 6's. Just keep going like you are and add the "big girl panties" and let time do it's thing. You may have to clean up a few messes, but it is so worth it in the end. As far as buying panties to fit, I just kept buying them until I found some that fit and held on to the ones that didn't for when she grew into them. Most brands are pckaged in resealable packaging now, so that makes it easier. Look for 2T bikini, they have a much smaller bottom in them. Another option is to find someone, if you don't have a sewing machine and take the sides up, we have had to do that with most of my daughter's clothing anyway. Just be patient and use pull ups for nap and bedtime until she has no more sleep time accidents. Best wishes to you both.

I would keep going on the track you are. My daughter was potty trained by 2 and my son was fully potty trained by 2 1/2. One thing that really worked for both of mine was putting their little potty chair in the living room (I know some people are thinking gross). Then I let them walk around with no bottoms (no panties, no diapers, no pull ups) and when it looked like they needed to go we would rush to their potty. Sometimes they would just sit down on their own and play with a toy or look at a book. Within about 2-3 days they were going to the potty by themsleves on their potty chair. Then we went and bought big kid underwear and did the same process with the underwear on. If they had an accident in their underwear (or when they had none on), they helped clean up. It did not take long for them to understand where they were suppose to go potty. After they go that down good, we moved to the 'big' potty. Hope this helps

Hi K. H
I think you should keep on tring to potty train her. When my daughter was 2years old I knew that it was time because buying diapers or pullups is to much. Even though how old she is just keep on asking her if her has to go potty and she will tell you than to when her drinks something wait about 30mins and than take her the restroom and tell her to go potty. That should help you because it helped me. I wish you Good Luck..

Hi K. - I recently wrote a post on my blog about potty training that you might find helpful http://www.entrepremusings.com/index.php/2008/03/20/5-pot....

Good luck!

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She sounds emotionally ready to start potty training, but you need to make sure that she is physically ready for it. My pediatrician told me that the best indicator for a child being physically ready to potty train is if he or she wakes up in the morning and from naps with a dry diaper or pull up. This means that the bladder and spinchter muscles are developed enough to hold everything in until the child is awake to go potty.

Check you daughter's pull up for the next 2 weeks after she wakes up from naps and when she wakes up in the morning. If she is consistently waking up with a dry pull up, then she is probably ready to start potty training. If she is not waking up with a dry pull up, then I wouldn't try to potty train because even though she seems emotionally ready for this step, she isn't physically ready. Then you and your daughter will become frustrated at her lack of success, which will make it harder to potty train her.

My 2 yr old has just started telling doo doo all the time and sometimes he needs to or is about to ... I try to get him to go to the potty but it just does not happen all the time...I follow his lead basically and let him take me to the bathroom or to the diaper room. They all progress at their own rate and I want him to be comfortable and not stressed out. He is alot like me and I guess that is why I let him make his choice on this issue. Since I am understanding she does use the potty some of the time you have done it all right then...but Staying home with her a few days may get her completely there

Good luck on your choice

Well, my friends daughter has pretty much also potty trained herself and she's 21 months old and she's doing ok with it, so if you and her both feel that it's time to start, then follow your instint and go ahead with it... anyone on this site can give you all the advice they wanted, but only you as the mother of your precious daughter really knows what to do in this situation.... Just plain and simple do what you think is best and see what happens... God Bless you and your Family and Good Luck in everything that comes your way.... T.

my son in 30 months and just trained. Boys train a little later than girls, on average (and I think my guy is a little ahead of most boys). I asked around to moms of other boys I knew who were a bit older for advice. More than one mom said to me that if I see the right signs, to go "cold turkey". So that's what I did. We're still working on the #2 training. But in just over a week, he was accident free and peeing in the potty.

The signs I looked for were awareness that he has to go or is going, hides to fill a stinky diaper, wakes from a nap or in the a.m. with a dry diaper, etc. I just put him in underpants and he had accidents. He HATED being in wet pants and hated the inconvenience of having to stop everything and get changed and cleaned up every time he had one.

I vowed that if he protested violently to using the potty, that I would go back to diapers and then start fresh in two weeks, but I never had to.

Good luck.

My daughter is 18 mo and she has been aware of peeing and pooing for a couple of months now. If I put her on the potty often enough during the day, she will pee in it and she knows to pee if she can when I put her there. Poo is a different story, but she knows when she's done it. If she goes anything in her diaper, she comes to me and touches her diaper and grunts or says "poo poo" and I change it. She is also holding it all night and during naps, too.

You might try cloth diapers. That's what I use. Not that it's the secret to my success (I think she's just learning early, that's all). But other than that, give it a try. You can always try the no-diaper thing too--let her wear a dress or an unsnapped onesie. Some kids will stay dry if they don't have a diaper to pee in (but not mine).

Hope things work out for you!

I think it's time! My son was fully potty trained in the day at 21 months. We went straight to underwear and had almost no pee accidents (like 2 or 3 times while driving and couldn't get stopped fast enough LOL) and NO poop accidents.

My son was ready and I am so glad I recognized that. We talked it up a lot before we made the jump and then just did not use diapers except at night and went to the potty every 30 min to an hour until he got it. Took about 2 days. That was that.

There are still parents on a message board for his age group (November 2004) that are putting diapers on their kids! I can't believe it because my son has been potty trained for almost 2 full years now!

Good luck!

I am in the process of potty training my 20 month little girl as well. She started at about 18 months going maybe once or twice a day and now she is almost potty trained. It helps that she watched what mommy was doing in the potty and her big sister as well. Never once have I pressured her because she is so young but I do ask several times throughout the day if she needs to go.we are down to one accident a day and no night time bed wetting. In response to the panties. If you find tiny ones let me know because I have yet to find any. Madyson is the size of a 12 month old and no panties fit her not even the 2T. With that said we can not even use pullups because they fall off.I have however bought the 2t panties and I just put them on over her daiper and it seems to work for her. Just dont know what I am going to do after I take the diapers away completely.

Wow! 20 months old is early to potty train. I have 4 girls, tried like you are with the first one and then realized self led potty training was easier. When they start taking off their own diaper when they potty in it is a great signal, or when they say they need to potty, etc. Don't rush, it is no fun and very frustrating if they don't want to do it. I don't know any adults who are "normal" that are not potty trained, nor any that remember when they did potty train. Take it easy and just go with her lead.