Potty Training - Clearwater,FL

I wish my daughter was at that stage...and she's 2! I do highly recommend www.pottytrainingsolutions.com. They have a lot of great tools for potty training, including charts, books, videos, reward systems, toys, seats, and more. Their book is a quick and easy use guide. There don't seem to be many potty training videos out there, and most of them do not have very high ratings by parents. I did find one on that site that my daughter absolutely loves called "No More Diapers".

Wow, you are one lucky mom! She shows signs of wanting to potty train. There is really no age limit becuz each child is different. I would introduce the potty to her. Give rewards and praise to her when she goes potty. Rewards can be anything she likes: candy, stickers, hugs, a silly song or dance. Good luck!

Hello! I would definetly suggset starting. I would also like to say just because she is very intersted does not mean she is totally ready. My daughter is almost two but can not talk very well yet she will tell me "I pee" or "i poop" she will also take off her clothes and throw them away. I put her on the potty but she wont do any business. she will say "i pee but there is nothing.. So i am kind of at the same stage as you. Just stay persistent and be patient. My son is 3 and it took me a full year to train him. He still has accidents and needs help with his clothes so it is very time consuming thing. They say that girls are easier so good luck with everything. Oh and the potty books are great, just keep one that she can only look at on the potty, that might help too

It is not too early at all. I have been putting my daughter on the potty since 9 months old and now at 12 months, she is able to tell us when she needs to go and goes pee on the potty 4 to 6 times a day. Recently she has also been going poop on the potty too.

I think most people wait too long and then end up with a 3 yr old who won't use a potty. If you start early, the child will think pee/poo on the potty is the natural order of things, instead of going in a diaper.

I recommend the seat that goes on top of your regular toilet seat. Potty chairs are just something else you have to clean.

Look at this website for much more info on early training. Many people start potty training as soon as a baby can sit up.

http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/?&MMN_position=1:1

Good Luck
P.

Hi A.,

Wow!! Lucky you. If you think she is ready, you may as well give it a try. My only advice is not to push it. When my son was 2 he seemed ready and I tried, but he had so many accidents that I put him back in his diaper. I am so glad I did because we kept talking about the potty training and when he was 2 1/2 he told me he would stop wearing a diaper when he was 3. I didn't push it, but when he turned 3, we tried again and it was so easy. It took just a few days to get him to the point where the accidents were very minimal.

Good luck. I hope it works out for you. Just think of all the money you'll save on diapers :-)

L.

It sure does sound like she wants and is able to use the potty. When cloth diapers were used it wasn't unheard of to start the training at 14 months because moms hated to wash the dirty diapers. It's great that she doesn't want to wear diapers any longer. She's already telling you that she knows when she needs to potty, so just get on with it. Buy her a potty chair and some training pants (not the pull-ups) and give it a go. You may want to use the pull ups if you go out just in case she can't get to the potty in time. I put some books in the bathroom for my kids to look at while on the potty. It takes patience and scheduled potty breaks to remind her to go. At this young age she may be interested in other things and may forget to go even if she needs to. I also used a reward system after they went potty. Lots of moms use M&Ms, but I used stickers on a chart; my little ones really liked that. I used to work in a pre-primary classroom and this is how we potty trained all of the kids usually around 18-24 months old because parents find it easier to use the disposable diapers. Parents told us that they would have accidents at home but very rarely at school because we kept a schedule for all of them and then sent it home so the parents knew when they went so they could continue it at home over the weekends. Many parents are just too busy now a days to keep it up. I believe that babies a couple of decades ago potty trained earlier because moms didn't have to work outside of the home and thus had more time to do it. Also use a lot of praise when successful and don't ever get angry if she has an accident Good luck!

I say go for it, if she wants!! Don't push her though. I bought my daughter a potty when she was that young.

A.,
All kids are different. If she is showing the signs then by all means give it a go. She may take to it right away, she may not. Just don't discourage it. She may also do well for a while then back track. So I would definitely encourage her to go on the potty if I were you. Good luck!

J.

It can't hurt to try. My mom always tells me I took off my diaper all the time and was completely potty trained by 18 months. With my own children my first daughter was potty trained at two, but still used a pull up at night only. My second daughter just turned 18 months and I can already see that she basically goes on a schedule so hopefully she will be as easy as her sister. Good Luck - we used the potty chair that sang when you pushed the "flush handle" - of course you still have to empty it yourself into an actual toilet.
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She sounds ready! A little known fact is that many other countries actually start potty training much earlier than Americans. I heard or read at some point that in Japan, that they will start holding their babies on their laps and let them pee between their legs when they (the adult) goes. (Note, they don't actually sit down to pee in Japan, they squat. The public toilets really catch you off guard if you aren't ready for them!)

As far as methods go, there are so many out there! If she is telling you when she has to go, try to get her there as quickly as possible and once she has that down, start to lengthen how long it takes you to get there and that should help her develop her ability to hold it for longer periods of time.

Just be aware that, though she shows she is ready now, she may not be entirely ready. My daughter is driving me up the wall, she is 2y 8 1/2 mo and has been training for almost a year now. She just doesn't get it, but wants to be a big girl desperately.

May God bless you!

sounds like your girsl id ready to be potty trained, and 14 month is not early as long as the child is eager and ready to start. Good luck!

She sounds amazing for sure! My daughter started early too. It's never too early if she's showing those signs. Your pediatrician is a good source of advice too. I recommend a small simple potty - not the ones that play music or anything. The simpler the better. Best of luck!

Even though that is young she is certainly showing lots of signs of being ready. The book I got that was helpful was the No Cry Potty Training Solution by Elizabeth Pantly. They have a quiz on there to tell if your child is ready for training or "pre"training. You definitely should be doing something (introducing potty books, getting a potty chair, etc.
Good luck.

She probably isn't ready at such a young age, but there are things you can do to further prepare her; Toddlers are very into where things "belong" so have her dispose of her own diaper when changing, sit on the potty and maybe even do the "flush" after diaper changes. Of course, if she "goes" while on the potty, it's party time, but don't force the issue.

my oldest was potty training at about 14 months each child is different. try her in big girl pants when she wets herself she won't like the feel and will make the effort to go when the urge hits also try taking her on a regular basis and sitting her on the potty for 1-2 minutes every 20 minutes or so. im having issues with my 2 yr old potty training. i have a autistic 5 year old and she is just potty training and i think her sister is imitating her pottying in her diaper.