Potty Training - Jacksonville,FL

I bought my son a potty well before he was actually ready to be "trained". It is good to have just so they can practice and get used to the idea. She'll be able to use it whenever she is ready. She will be in underwear before you know it, although most kids are two and a half or three. Good luck and don't stress about the potty!

Go ahead get her one but you have to stay on top of the potty training process. Pull ups are the best to start out with also! So good luck

If your littleone is willing than go ahead and try it. My daughter waited until she was 3 because I didn't feel I should push her. The doctor let me know that she was ready long before then, she was just playing. His advice was to leave her naked for 3 days. I was shocked, but he said that humans are like animals in a sense, they will not use the bathroom where they sleep, eat, play, etc. By the third day my little girl was potty trained and had only 1 accident. (that was because she walked in the kitchen while I was doing dishes and the running water startled her. Within a month she was not wetting at nght either!
Good Luck!

Hi C.,
My daughter is 19 months and we've had a small potty on the floor in her bathroom for quite some time now. We talk about it occasionally and I always tell her what I'm doing when I use the bathroom, especially flushing, washing hands afterward, etc. They are not too young to understand the concepts and I think you should have it available, first, so she can get comfortable with it before you start to potty train... but also, so that if she's curious about it, you can introduce the concepts slowly at first and let her experiment with it before training. My daugther went through about a week or two in June (after visiting with her older cousin) where she sat on the potty after dinner and she even went #2 in it twice. As of now, she's not showing any interest, even though she knows the concepts, so I'm not pushing her to use it unless she wants to. We've had a couple of occasions where she's gone #2 in the tub, so I'm trying to get her accustomed to letting me know if she thinks she has to go before we take her bath. It's a process, for sure. Be patient and just let her get comfortable with it and go from there. Every child is different and although most people recommend trying to train at 2, your child may be ahead of, or behind that learning curve age. Either way, it's totally normal.

I bought a very inexpensive Circo potty that also doubles as a step stool for brushing her teeth. When she wants to, she lifts the lid and sits down, with a book in her hands... it's hilarious!

Good luck!
K.

Hi, Candance! You can always try and if it doesn't seem like she's picking it up then just stop until she's a little older.

Look for the signs to see if she is ready. A lot of children that age aren't ready but some are. I started potty training my daughter when she was only 16mths old. She would sit on the potty but never actually went. It wasn't until she was 18-19mths that she would actual go on the potty. The problem I encountered is that her daycare refused to start potty training her even though she was ready. Because of daycare I had to hold off until she was in the 2 yr old room. I definately believe my daughter was ready at the age and given the time and support from daycare she could be potty trained. She ahd all of the signs. She would stay dry at night, know when she was going potty, liked to sit on the potty and showed interested when I would go. I would definately buy a potty for her and let her get use to it. Remember if you start training her when she is older it will go faster but if you want to start now be prepared for a lot of set backs and you must have a lot of patience. Good luck!

It is not unrealistic to introduce her to potty training. I would just recommend getting her a little potty to put in the bathroom. Have her sit on it when you change her diaper or whenever she wants (clothes on or off). My experince with my two girls is that 18 months is a little too young to really enforce it at this age but it doesn't hurt to start the process. If she is not interested in it at all I would wait a few weeks and try again. Good Luck!

I'm currently tring to potty train my step-daughter (3 1/2). Her grandmother has had her since she was born and told me she was potty trained... LOL.. what lies... Anyways I've learned that pushing her only makes things werse... I suggest that you buy a potty so that she can get use to it and understand what it's for first. Does she know how to say she has gone peepee or poop? If not I wouldn't push it until she can say these first. My son is also 18 mths and I have the potty out for him, but he also understands what to do when he sees sissy use it what it's for. I don't know what your feelings are about allowing your little one in the bathroom when you go, but this can help let her know what the potty is used for!!! Hope this helped out, Good luck!!!

Dear C.,

I am a mother of 3 and I started potty training my children early as well. If you feel your daughter is ready just try and see how it works. What I did is everytime I changed my children's diaper's I placed them on the potty to see if they would go. Then gradually started asking them if they had to go and I would take them. Of course at first I was still using diapers and then moved to pull-ups as they became more consistent with using the "potty".
Just keep in mind that children will sometimes regress. For instance your daughter may get the hang of things and then all of a sudden stop using the potty. This is ok just encourage her to keep trying and that she is a big girl.

I think 18 months is a great age to begin. I hope this helps.

Good Luck!
D.

Most people don't start trying to potty train until their child is 2 years old, but if you feel she is ready then by all means go for it! If it works... wonderful! If not... wait a few weeks and try again! You know your child better than anyone else, so don't worry about what everyone else says.

My daughter was 17 months when she first went potty. I got all excited and thought I'd be able to train her completely in a few days. Ha!! I tried to take her every hour for three days straight to get her trained. Well, what I found out was that every time I took her, her diaper was a little wet, meaning she couldn't hold it in more than an hour. So I decided to keep the little potty out for whenever she wanted to go in it, but not really "try" again for several months. She just turned two and she is very, very close now. My advice is like the other moms, get a potty and introduce her to it, and if you feel like she might be ready, take her every hour or so, but like my daughter, she might not be physically ready to hold it in for long periods right now. But it's a GREAT sign that she's showing interest already! Good luck!!

Potty training is a lot harder than you think, but I see no reason why you can't start introducing her to it. Make it a game, but don't expect too much at this age. Some kids pick it up quickly and others don't. Some have problems pooping on the toilet and others don't. My daughter who is 4 1/2 still wears pullups at night because she sleeps so soundly that she doesn't feel when she has to go. It's a lot longer process than I ever expected, so encourage her when she's interested but don't force it. The transition may be easier for you both.

J.

You could try potty training her but if she doesn't seem to be interested then don't force her. I tried to force my daughter at 2 to be potty trained but she resisted and kept saying that she will not "wet herself" when she turns 3 and a week after she turned 3 she was potty trained. It all depends on your child and her misdemeanor and her interest in it. Does she tell you when she's wet? Does she take off her diaper when she's wet? These are some things to consider...

Not at all there are people who begin to potty train at six months and succeed so it is realistic and not early. The only advice that I could offer is for you to be consistent and not give up if there is a few oops down the way. Also praising and rewarding your child is very good help too. Let her know that you are really proud of her. Maybe try some kind of activities w/her while she's on there give her a book or something. there really isn't a lot that you can know just don't give up.

i bought a potty for my daughter at one year. she used it some . she would sit on it and even go somethimes. then she lost interest. she was not trained til 3. i think it is a good idea to have one. show her what it is for and let her sit on it.as she gets older and shows more interest offer it to her more. don't push her to use it or take away the diapers til she is ready. potty training is a long process. my daughter just was not ready til a few months ago. i would always ask her if she wanted to use the potty or wear panties then one day she said yes and that was it. we only had a few accidents the first week. also don't expect night training at the same time. my daughter still wears pull ups at night. most of the time she wakes up dry. about 6 out of 7 nights. just keep the option open for her. just remember they all go to the potty by kindergarten!!

Good morning C.:

Now is the best time to start potting training because they are so willing to learn this is the age were I started training my son and he was so willing to learn and go on his own that he was completely trained within 2 months & boy was I happy because that meant no more pampers & he has never once wet the bed. Good luck!!!!

C.,
I think that if she is interested in using the potty then there is no harm in buying her one to practice on. She is only 18 months so make sure that you are realistic in your expectations. My son was also interested when he was around her age and went back and forth for a while. He is now almost 3 and is just recently potty trained. It is not an issue to push with children and I know I was ready for him to be diaper free WAY before he was. I let him take his time and when he was ready to really do it he did it! Girls, I have heard, do tend to be trained earlier than boys but every child is different. Go to the library and check out a few books on potty training. You may get a few ideas from those...

Good Luck, K. S.

I don't believe it is too early! they say that boys are always later than girls on that subject, but i had my son completely potty trained by the time he was 20 months old! (and he was born two months early). he became interested in the potty...so we put him on it and sang the pee pee song when he went. we kept a diaper on him and told him to tell us when he had to go...which didn't happen for a month or so...but we eventually put his little potty chair out in the living room and took him to the potty every 20 min or so...then we started scolding him for peeing his pants. if he had a little accident and ran to the potty he didn't get into trouble, but if he straight up peed and didn't do anything about it he got into trouble.
i think if she understands then it is time to start trying...it cannot hurt...some people say it will make them regress...but my son has not.
good luck

Hi C.!
My daughter was 18 months old by the time she was completely potty trained! So, I'd say, give it a shot if you and her are both willing to go for it! The most important aspect is to remain consistant! Hang in there..you'll love it when she's done with diapers --- a financial releif also!

Good luck!

L.

C.,
From what I have read and been told, potty training is very specific to each individual child, and allthough there may be a very broad age range for potty training, you probablly need to just pay attention to your daughter's signs. I would start with the pull-ups that will help her to be more aware of her pee-pee and get her a little potty. You will have to be very consistent once you start, so be sure you are ready. Even if you just set her on the potty each time you go to the bathroom and say something like "mommies going pee-pee in the potty", and let her hear the pee-pee so she understands that you are not just sitting there. Once she does go the first time in the potty, and she can see what the feels like, you may want to have an immediate reward system in place. Some parents do candy, but we did not like that, we prefer things like favorite stickers or going to the park. Potty training is a hard process, but just be consitent and take comfort in knowing that girls are usually easier:) Remember that you will also have to tackle public toilets, so you should have a plan for that. I am a nurse so I am very much into protecting my kids against germs, so I like the little fold up travel potty, as opposed to trying to sit them on toilet paper on the big toilet. Some people say you should not even use the little kid potties because they won't have it with them everywhere they go. You may want to just get the little toilet seat that goes on top of the regular seat, or even use the travel seat at home, so your daughter does not get confused. Either way, decide what you like best, come up with a plan, and be very consistent. Good luck.
E.

My son is 19 months old and we have started (not regularly) the potty training thing. Mostly on Saturdays that I'm off we put a pull up on and try to sit on the potty with a book for a few minutes. So far no luck but if she's really ready it will start to click for the both of you.

My sisters kids were both potty trained by 18 months so it is do-able. If you thinks she can understand it, and you know best, then she is. If your confident, then you will give her encouragement and confidence. try throwing a couple fruit loops in the toilet bowl and ask her to pee on them, she'll think it's funny and try to pee on them. It works great for boys but maybe your little girl will think it's funny just to try. Ask her which color would she like to pee on, just watch her so she doesn't pick it up to eat it (lol) Seriously.

Good luck,
G.