Potty Training - Bolingbrook,IL

i used a little potty on my daughter when she was 22 months old! influence is great, it works! it took me 2 months of non stop training but she was completely off at 2 years and ocassionaly on every now and then. she is now 5.5 and since then i never used pull ups..she may have only went on her bed maybe a few times..i followed the rules about no drinks b4 bed time and things like that..
15 months is young but the sooner the better!

Good luck

S.

We used both the little potty and the big potty ring. I tried to introduce it early (1yr) but she just did not want to go and I did not force her, I just kept her interested and kept brining it up to her.

One day she just started to go on her own and it clicked for her right after she turned 3.

The little potty was just easier for her to use and she could go on her own which was what she really wanted as she is very independant. I just recently bought a small stool for her so she can get up onto the big potty herself and she doesn't use the ring now either.

They do things on their own time, and I think it can really backfire if you try and force your child to use the potty when they are not ready to do it. My sister tried this and as a result her son was not potty trained until he was 4 1/2 years old.

I use both a potty and a seat reducer. I introduced my son to the toilet really early because he would cry as soon as he peed in a diaper and want to be changed. He has never been afraid of the toilet because he's used to it. He is now 17 mos and uses the potty regularly. He always poops in the potty or toilet, but not always for pee. He's just too busy sometimes to remember to go to the potty. The main potty readiness thing to look for is if baby can stay dry through a nap. If you want info on early potty training, check out:
http://www.bornpottytrained.com/

I wholeheartedly believe in waiting until the child is interested and willing, as well as using a donut on a regular toilet. My 3-year old son is fully potty trained, and it literally happened within one week when he was 2 years old. We did all the things you're doing- inviting our son into the bathroom with us, making a big deal about flushing and waving goodbye to the pee and/or poo, etc. One day, our son decided he wanted to use the potty like we do, and never used a diaper again. Within a week, he was going poop on the donut/toilet. Forcing the issue never gets you anything but resistance. Just wait, be patient, and it'll happen.

I have 2 girls (my first one was potty trained at 15 months and my second one at 17 months). I used both, the little potty and the donut ring (the cushion ones). When I first started I would sit on the floor and read to them or we would color while I had them sitting on the potty. Once they went potty I would get all excited and give them a sticker, and we would call their dad. However, if they wanted to get up from their potty I would let them get up and them try again 15 minutes later. I carried the potty with me for the first few weeks and then slowly introduced them to the donut seat. Then I would carry the donut seat with me for a few months. My younger one is 20 months... so I still carry the donut with me when we go out (she is still a little scare to go on the potty without the donut.

Good luck!!

My 16 month old has already started showing interest in the potty. We do the same thing as you... letting her watch us go, wave bye bye and then flushing. She has gone poop 6 times on the big potty with us holding her on there. I know it isn't comfortable for her, so we plan to buy her a little potty this weekend. I think if she sits on the little potty while I am on the big one, she will learn fast. I hope to have her potty trained by 2, but not forcing the issue.

We are using little potty and a ring at home. When we go out we always use potty/ring on the go (the ring folds) as my girl will not sit on a big potty.
She turned 3 in May and decided to use potty around June/July. #2 was an issue as she got scared once and we battled with her holding it. Today she finally went #2 in her potty! I'm very happy.LOL.
I'd suggest not to push if a child resists.
My 2yo will sit on the potty with his diaper on but doesn't want to sit without. He may not be ready yet though, so I'll just observe and wait for that "perfect" moment :)

We introduced the little potty to my son around 18 months and he was using it pretty regularly within a couple of months. No forcing, just letting him sit on it when he wanted. We have the little one as well as the donut kind and he has his choice of which one he wants to use. He was potty trained and in underpants shortly after he turned 2.

For public potties, there is this great fold up seat thing (similar to this http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Graco_Graco_Folding_Potty_Seat). It fit in my purse and it was great for being out in public when he was first learning.

I think they will do things when they are ready, but it certainly doesn't hurt to give them a little nudge. We also used cloth diapers, and I know that cloth diapered kids generally get trained earlier/faster - they know when they are wet.

Good Luck!
B.

Hi J..

I introduced my twins (1 boy/1 girl) to the potty at about 18 months. I used a little potty and I left it in their bathroom all the time. I would sit them on it in the morning, before bath and before bed. Occassionally they would pee but I think it was merely coincidental. I did notice that around 2 years old my son would ask to get out of the bath so he could go potty. I started to put them in underwear at 28 months and it was pretty messy for a few weeks but they eventually went the whole day without an accident. I started to use the big potty once they started to tell me that they had to go and they seemed to have no problem with the transition. My twins were potty trained by 29 months.

One more thing, everyone said wait until they stay dry through their naps before you start to potty train but the opposite was true for my kids. Once they were potty trained during the day, they stayed dry during their naps. Go figure.

Good luck and don't worry about it.

Hi,

sorry I am from the old school, we did not read books to our children to potty train them. As the children grew older into the almost 2 yr range the had seen and heard what the "potty" was for. they would ask questions on what we were doing and what the "noise" was.

My 3 girls were potty trained this way without books and rewards. I have many nieces and nephews now, they to are being potty trained the same as my girls were 15-20 years ago.

Not stepping on any toes here just saying that I did not have to use reading or to hand out incentives to get my children potty trained.

J.
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