Potty Training - Metairie, LA

start now taking him when you go because my son was about 16 mths and i did that but i was pg with my daughter and it got to hard on me so i gave up and he is now 2 1/2 and it is a PAIN but we will get it one day. i say start early and maybe you can stop buying the diapers

Hi! I have 5 boys and they usually start showing interest between 2-2 1/2. You can't push them...if they aren't ready, it will just frustrate you and delay the process. Since this is your first one, you are going to have to ask and encourage maybe with big boy undies with scooby doo or batman. I have also encouraged with smarties after mine potty in the stool..not the whole roll, just a few. Boys also like to pee outside. But if you ask they will usually be abe to tell you. My last one is 2 1/2 and he is just now bringing me big boy undies and I just yesterday evening put them on him, but he didn't use the bathroom . He didn't have an accident either. I have used this way with my last 3 and within 1-2 days they are trained to use #1. #2 usually takes a little longer. My last one was broke in one day from #1, #2 and at night. He didn't show interest until he was almost 3, but when he did he went with it.
HTH angie

Whenever he seems ready! My older son potty trained a year ago when he was about 2 y/o; but my younger son is showing interest in going potty and he's just 19 m/o. Every time I put him on the potty, he grunts and squeezes out at least a few drops; and sometimes has a full bladder, and even goes poop. I'm not going to push him, but if he wants to go potty, I'm certainly not going to keep him from doing it! :-)

14 months is too young to be worrying about potty-training just yet. The potty-training books I read said that most children are not fully trained until around 28 months (some earlier, some later). Boys tend to be later than girls. My son wasn't daytime potty-trained until he was about 34 months (though it only took four months from when we got serious about it until he was nighttime-trained, too). We tried earlier, but he wasn't ready so we dropped it for a while. My daughter is not quite 22 months and is already having some success on the potty. For the most part, though, kids will let you know when they are ready. Get a potty chair and put it in the bathroom and let them sit on it when you are on the potty and they will get the idea. But I would say wait at least another 6-8 months before you start working seriously with him or you'll probably get frustrated and he'll hate the potty.

One of my friends told me her friend claimed that her son was potty-trained at 10 months. I asked her how he did and she said he had a LOT of "accidents" until he was about 2.

My daughter will be 15 months feb 1st, She was slow in rolling over ,crawling and walking she has just started walking... i figure when she is walking real good i will potty train her. I think you just do it when there walking and kinda understand going to the potty. My little girl still seems like she wouldn't understand it. but i am just gonna start puttin her on the potty and see what happens.. good luck to you C.

They say that the muscles aren't mature and able to hold themselve till at least 2. Some can be trained early and some later. I have heard some not being trained till 3 or 4. So I think that you have to follow your son's lead and let him tell you when he is able to be potty trained. I just know that if you start being mean or ugly about it or punishing, it makes it worse and causes it to be longer. So just be patient and follow his lead.

I have read that kids don't get complete control of their bowls until 18 months to 2 years, so that is when we started with our first son, just real slow at first but he took no interest at all so we were very patient and he let us know when he was ready. It was around age 2 1/2 and by the time he was 3 he was fully trained. I have heard people say oh our child was potty trained by age 1! and I just don't see that happening. It may, but I have 10 nieces and nephews and not one of them was potty trained before the age of 2 1/2. The most important thing is to be patient and let him show you he has an interest in it.

Certainly when they act interested... when your husband goes, perhaps your little boy can go with him to see how it is done and/or sit on his potty chair. All are different and respond at different ages. Positive reinforcement and books (of course) work the best.

20 months. Read the book Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Azrin and Foxx. This will save you months, even years, of struggle & frustration, not to mention the expense of diapers. Don't buy into the current popular nonsense of training at age 3 or 4. Get it done easily and early, while they want to please you and haven't hit the stubborn stage. By 20 months all systems are developed. Both my son & daughter went from diapers to underwear (not pullups or training pants) in a day. Reading this book is soooooo worth it.

My experience, and I have 2 boys ages 9 and 20, was around 2-1/2. I have an older daughter & it was a struggle to potty train her. I started before she was 2 because I was pregnant with her brother & didn't want 2 in diapers. She took longer and it was not fun, we met our goal but at what expense?

When my 20yo son was 2-1/2 he still wasn't talking past 'mama' 'dada' 'hi' and so I didn't think I could train him if he wasn't talking. But at 2-1/2 he started ripping off his diaper & went potty all my himself & within 3 days was done. I was shocked to say the least, but it taught me something. That waiting wasn't the worst thing and despite what everyone told me, he matured just fine. IMHO the worst thing would've been to yell, plead, bargain, cry, and stress out over potty training like I did with the daughter. So after that I didn't even truly start training my kids till they were 2 and it was great (I had 3 more after him).

So just watch him, see if he's interested in it at all. If so, let him explore it, but if not, don't push it, you have time.

Read Potty Training in less than 24 hours by Foxx. It explains that cues to look for to see if the child is physically able to potty train. It has great ideas like rewarding kids for dry pants not just when they go on the potty. And practicing when they have accidents. He may not potty train in 24 hours but you won't spend 6 months training when it could take a week.