Potty Training - North Little Rock,AR

I always started by sitting mine on the potty as soon as they woke up from a nap dry. For some, letting water trickle in the sink, while they sit on the potty, seems to stimulate them to go. As far as bowel movements go, if they happen about the same time every day, sit her on the potty just before that time. Sit with her. Read a book, or talk. If nothing happens, and she gets unhappy, try again later.

Hi J.,
Potty training is not the most fun thing to do (for either of you). It may take a while. I don't think that 15m is to old. I started to potty train my son when he started walking. The frist thing I did was get him interested. Get a book about the potty. There are lots of them out there. Next let her go to the potty with you. Let her flush. Make it a big deal. Then try to get her to set on her potty. My son would not set on the little potty I had to get the insert for the big potty. Which is ok. As long as they set. It may not be for very long but at least they tried. The other thing I did not make my son set longer was I found on line a site that had potty songs. I printed off the potty songs and put them on the wall in the bathroom. When ever he sat on the potty he could pick a potty song to sing. And yes, we sat in the bathroom singing potty songs. It was well worth it he was trained by the time he was 18m old. I hope this helps.
Good luck!

With my first one we got a little potty (one that she really liked) and then we just started her off by taking off her diaper and sitting her down on it. It wasn't about when she needed to go, the idea was just to get her used to sitting on it. I would read to her, or play with her as she sat there so that she didn't want to get up. Then we progressed to trying to guess when she probobly needed to go (like right when she would wake up) and we would put her on the potty and wait, and wait, and wait, untill she went. Then when the day finally came that she went in the potty- I made a fool out of myself celebrating her accomplishment. Then I gave her some m and m's. She loved m and m's and wanted to go in the potty after that, just so she could get a few!

I would wait until she expresses interest in it. I had planned on starting with DD when she was 2, but while we were on vacation a couple of weeks before she turned 2, she told me she wanted to go on the potty. I started taking her diaper off and putting her on the potty. When we got home, I bought panties, and it was almost instant. I think when people start too early, they are just making more work for themselves. Just my opinion.

~A.~

15m is really, really early for potty training. Usually girls don't have enough bladder control to even consider starting until around 22m (it's even later for boys). My daughter is 23m and we are just starting because she has shown an interest in trying. Getting the potty seat is a good idea so that she can get used to it being there, but for right now don't expect much more than her sitting on it while you use the bathroom.

It's not too early, and staying home is a great opportunity to go at her pace without having day care pressure to contend with. Start by taking her with you into the bathroom when you have to go. Sit her, fully clothed, on her potty while you're going. This will familiarize her with the mechanics of the situation. From there, you can progress to more active training. What worked for me was taking two days to stay home with my daughter - unclothed from the waist down - and have her be able to associate the functions with the sensations of needing to go. We'd rush to the potty and "finish" when she'd start to wet herself. In two days, she had the concept, and by the time she was two, she was going by herself - no asking - just going to the bathroom to potty.

I would say waiting on potty training is the best idea. 15 months is really, really young. Why are you wanting to start so early? You baby is still a "baby"!

When it's time, let her go with you to the bathroom and she can watch you go. You can start telling her that she gets to go like Mommy when she is a "Big Girl". Do that for at least 3-6 more months. Then you could try to sit her on her potty and see if she does anything. You have to do this a lot...like every hour on the hour. And, you have to be consistent! Long shopping trips, car trips or whatever - she still needs to be put on the potty every hour. We gave ours lots of water to drink and a treat when she went pee-pee. She was almost 3 when she potty trained. Again, I think you should wait and let your baby be a baby - she will potty train when she's ready. And, like you wrote - she can't even communicate or say to you that she needs to go to the bathroom. You can save yourself and your little one a lot of frustration just by waiting. Also...ask your pediatrician and see what he/she says.

J.,
I am currently in the process of training my son, what I have found is that you start by taking them after they had something to drink, wait about 15min. and let them sit on the potty, they may not always go, but def. start asking them and letting them sit there, the other thing that I have done is sat on the toilet while he sat on his potty seat to show him how to use it, it has really helped a lot, and now he expects me to sit and go pee pee with him. It has really been an experience with him, and I am sure yours will be a little different but I hope my advice has helped you a little bit, they are never to young to potty train, they just have to be ready, my son started taking off his diaper and getting me a new one, thats when I felt he was ready, but it never hurts to introduce it before then.
GOOD LUCK!

You'll have to get her on a "schedule" & take her when you go then when she sees what the potty is for it hopefully help her to put it together...I've potty trained three & think the schedule works best! I started at every 30 min. taking them in and setting them on the potty...we played a game of "making it rattle"....! Getting them to realize the "need" to go make take a little longer and I never punished them when they had an accident! A gentle reminder was all it took. All in all it took about three weeks to have it done...there were some accidents & night time took a little longer but wasn't long until day & nights were panties only! I did always take extra panties when we were going out but did continue to ask if they needed to go. I also carried a little potty chair in the trunk...w/all the trimmings then as they got older I got a child's "potty ring" that folded & I carried in the car...good luck...it's all about timing!!

It does seem to depend on the child, but I see no problem with introducing the potty to your 15 month old girl. I started with my son around then. All we did was set the little potty on top of the toilet seat for a while so he knew that is where pottying takes place. We would only set him on it before bath time at night and worked on teaching him what it meant to push and go pee pee. He would sometimes get some pee out so we would say "good job". We just concentrated on teaching him the "potty lingo" and what it meant to go pee pee on the potty. I think this is the best way to start.

I started my daughter at 9 months. She wouldnt use the small potty, she wanted the big toliet. She was fully potty trained
at 1 year old. Good luck. She is at the age to go. Carolyn

I trained my first son at 25 months and he picked it up in less than a week. I thought "what's so hard about this!" Then I tried my daughter at the same age-- NIGHTMARE! I always thought it was a cop out when people said to wait until they're ready. It's not!!! It took us over a year before she got it and in the meantime I got lots of really bad advice. I even punished her for accicents (I'm soooo thankful she doesn't remember)! My next two I waited until they were ready, one was just over 3 and the other was almost 3. It was stress free! Enjoy time with your daughter, don't worry about potty training, she won't be in diapers for much longer and just think how quickly the first 15 months went, if she's 3, you're almost half way there.

15 months is perfect to start. i reccommend no pants days at home over the summer. that way she can feel and see when she is peeing and learn to control her bladder accordingly. with you startig early (or ratheron time ather than delayng like many parents do today) you don't have to put pessure on her for deadlines for preschools and such either so she's less likey to resist with you taking a laid back approach. let her come to the bathroom with you when you go, and when she's ready to sit on her potty bare butt, let her. then do no pants days and move her to the potty when she starts to go even if she only gets a little in the potty at first applaud and make a big deal over what big girl she is. and let her flush it down the big potty! they love that.

Please Please Please don't start to potty train until your child can talk you and tell you she needs to go.

My niece was forced by her mother to potty train when she could not talk and still till this day, she is 12 yrs.old, she has problems with her bladder and controling it.

that's pretty early. i brought the potty chair out right before 2 for my daughter and only had her go before bathtime to show her what it was for. she started using it on her own at 27 months and has been trained since. to save unneeded stress and keep from training yourself to take her every hour, i suggest you wait until she is able to communicate and let you know her needs. maybe closer to 2-21/2. good luck!

Hi, J..
15 months is too early. It will only be frustrating for both of you and you might be erecting roadblocks for future success. I trained my oldest daughter at 19 months with this method in one day waaay back in 1983. www.potty-training-in-one-day.com/the-method She was even dry at night from the first day. My second daughter "didn't have time" to be potty trained and was closer to two by the time I taped on the last diaper. Hopefully your success will match my first baby! Good luck!

Hi J.,
15 sounds young, but I don't think it's too young. I started my daughter at 18 months and it she caught on rather quickly. You basically sit her on the pot every hour or so and give her encouraging words and boy that day when she actually does it, make a BIG deal about it, show her taht she pee-peed in the pot and tell her what a wonderful, big girl she is.

Well J., I am no expert,except that my sons are 11 and 13.
Both were resistant to the whole potty training issue. I had a small potty, and would just place them on it when I went on the "BIG Potty". They finally got the hang of it, but I did not even try until they were about 21/2. My older son kept having bm accidents, but I would not let him have back his pull ups, only cotton underwear,because he was almost five.My mellow husband said to leave him alone and let him wear his pull up, until HE was ready to give it up. I did so,and one day about a week later he told me he did not want the pull up any more, and NEVER had an accident again.A friend of mine was very rigid in her potty training, and her son wet the bed until he was almost 11.The potty training will happen, don't be too rigid .

Sincerely,
H

I wouldn't rush her. She will let you know when she is ready. Unless she does something to make you think otherwise, I wouldn't even talk about it to around 2. My son was almost three and it took a couple of days to potty train him.

No it is not to early. You might just to take her to the potty when you go. IF she does use the potty you might try and give her a reward for doing so. That might help to. You might even try to oneday a week for a dew hours letting her run around naked or even in the double qulited pannies, if you can find them. My oldest was potty trained at 18 mon. But she was interisted in it. but giving her a reward helped her too.

Most of the time it is around 2 years old. But you can start earlier. The more you push it the more they will probably refuse. My little girl told me the first time at 18 months that she needed to go to the bathroom but by the time she told me she was already going. Just ask them do you need to go potty, and they might tell you.

You are off to a good start. Just have the potty chair out where your daughter can see it, get used to it, and sit on it when/if she wants. When you are just hanging out at home let her take her own diaper off. You'll know she is really ready when she comes to you to have her diaper changed. That's when you can start putting her on the potty (even if she's already gone in her diaper). When she is consistent about wanting her diaper changed or when she goes on or to the potty on her own while at home it is time for training pants. Do NOT use pullups! Old fashioned training pants with rubber pants on top work great. Once you've gone to those don't go back to diapers or pullups. The only time I used pullups was at night with 2 of my children that had nighttime accidents. My other child never needed them at night. Don't let anyone tell you that it's too early. I would bet you were not 3 or 4 when you were potty trained. For some reason, "experts" have been pushing it later and later into childhood. It doesn't have to be that late if they are ready. I have found girls can be ready earlier. You have to pay attention to the signs. Listen to that 52 year old mom who replied. It worked then and I'm here to say it can work early today! Good luck.
About me: Mother of 3- son trained at 2 1/2 with only night accidents, 1st daughter at 18 months with no accidents ever, 2nd daughter at 17 months with some accidents. Also, director of Mom's Day Out program and Preschool for 9 1/2 years.

Hello J., 1st of all NO she isn't to young to potty train.I am a Mother of 5 and Grandmother of 5 plus I have taken care of children for 20 yrs. I am keeping a little girl that is almost 18 months old and I started potty training her slowly when she was with me....5-6 days a week, I would just take her in with me, then I got her Mama to start doing what I was and she is now potty trained!! I trained all mine by 12 months, it's the Mama that has to be potty trained..lol...you take her on a regular basis and choose a word for each, TT works real good for little girls and poopy or poopoo which ever you like and that she can say or at least try to say so she will be able to tell you and help herself learn..she will be proud of herself and always tell her what a great job she did. I don't agree with given treats for going potty but alot of praise to great!!! Also take and let her be with you when you get her pull-ups and some pretty panties. Let her know that after the bag of pull-ups then she gets to start wearing her new pretty panties!! Good Luck and I promise, stick to it and it will work, one more thing, never let her leave the house even to go out and play without going to the potty because she will go not long after she gets outside...

I really advise not forcing the issue. When kids are ready, they show an interest and want to be like grown-ups. My daughter was around two, my son three when they were able to go diaper-free. I hardly remember the "process" because it happened very quickly. There was really no training, just showing and encouraging. Also, for a brief time, training pants were helpful. My daughter hates change, so we actually had to deny her diapers once it was clear she didn't need them. She liked their convenience, but she dealt with their absence fine.
My mother tried to train me. I actually remember some of this (sitting on the potty for a long time when I didn't need to go, for example), and I think it just made me nervous about the whole thing, which was not helpful.

It may be a little early. I suggest waiting until she can say pee pee or potty. Once she can tell you, you are well on your way.
Go ahead and get a potty book (we used the one that has the button to make the flush sound) so she can start getting interested.
You can also try getting a seat that goes on your potty and a step stool. My son liked that better & never did like the little potty.
Let her sit on her potty when you go potty. That will help her learn what she's suppossed to do. She will want to be like you. You can also give her a book to look at while she sits still.
Make up a silly poo poo potty song. Toddlers love silly.
Lastly, once you do start training, you can use rewards for when she actually potties (not just for sitting on the potty). We used mini M&Ms, stickers, and tattoos & made a big deal out of it. We had to bring out better prizes for poo poo, but it worked. I got a set of 7 small Dalmation puppies from the Disney store (only $5). Each time he would poo in the potty, he got one. He just got the last one Sat & Sunday I gave him the movie. By Dalmation # 5 he started telling me when he had to poo and no longer cries, he just takes care of business.
My son was pee pee trained at 26 months & poo at 28 months.
Good luck.

Here are some links as to when a child is usually ready to go to the toilet. These are professionals and other Mom's so I hope the information helps.

I think a 15 month is too young to understand the connection between sitting on the toilet and going in the toilet but my best friends daughter was totally fascinated with going to the toilet after she sat on the toilet and accidentally went while her mom was running her bath water. She rarely went in a diaper again. She still has the most amazing bladder control.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/toilet...

http://www.boystownpediatrics.org/HealthTips/pottytrain.asp

http://www.parenting-ed.org/html/html/toilet%20training.htm

http://children.webmd.com/tc/toilet-training-topic-overview

http://www.babycenter.com/0_toilet-training-readiness-che...

http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,24422,00.html

Get the book Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Azrin & Foxx. She'll be physically ready by 20 months & you can train her then. Just follow the book, and don't skip anything or take shortcuts. I trained my kids at that age in one day. It'll be much easier than starting now & dragging it out for months.

Some advise that my Mother came me, First the Mother has to be tained. I'm 52 and my girls are women now. I was a stay home Mom also, I started early with them . When I would go to the bathroom they would come too. They might do anything, but they were learning, it was fun and no presure on anyone. Like I said I started early, both my girls were 7 months old, by the time they were 1 1/2 they had graduated to the big Potty. I didn't like to force them to learn, we just made it fun and before you knew it they had learn. So have some of their favorite books and when they do do it.. make a big thing out of it. Good Luck..