Potty Training - Belleville,MI

If she has the tell tale signs of being ready they I'd say go for it. Before you switch her over I would ty to see if she's on any type of schedule for when she's going. Does she wake up dry from overnight and naps? Does she make it to the bathroom before wetting her diaper? Can she leave her toys or whatever she's doing to go to the bathroom and try without you asking? Once you go to pull ups you don't want to go back to diapers. That's what confuses them. Make a big deal out of the pull ups and tell her they are big girl underwear. When she can consistently use the toilet without wetting her pull ups then she is ready. Use the regualr panties as a reward for consistently being dry. Above all, don't push it. If you try to push it you will have nothing but a lot of frustration. For most kids they show some readiness early then regress and show no interest then out of the blue finally trian themselves. It's all a matter of when they're ready. Every child is different and it's no uncommon for a child to be 3 or 4 before they're trained, boy or girl. Goodluck - S.

Personaly I don't like the idea of pull-up's, old school, let her wear training panties, and the plastic pants that go over them, and dresses in the house, much eaiser with girls. Give her books to look at while on the potty, and go potty at the same times throughout the day, this is what our day care does, best of luck to you. B.

Some kids are ready sooner than others, and if she is the one leading (and you aren't making it punishing if she does not get it fast) there is no reason not to try. Some people say that pull-ups are "confusing" as it tells children its okay to pee in your pants sometimes - but for a variety of reasons (daycare, etc) many parents use them and their children figure it out over time. We got my son a potty chair around 18 months and he started using it off and on around 24 months, and really got it closer to age 3. But, boys are often slower. Good luck!

My son is 3 and we put pull ups on him during the day and let him sleep in a diaper. He just isn't ready to go poop in the potty yet. He will pee but that's about it. Just give it time, she'll let you know when she's ready. :)

We used pull ups when my daughter was 2, mostly because she was going to daycare and learning to use the toilet. But it was still up to her...we couldn't get her to voluntarily use the potty until she was nearly three. Then one day, she literally woke up and announced that she wanted to wear panties and use the potty. :) Don't push your daughter, just take it one day at at a time, be positive and let her tell you when she is ready.

21 months is a bit early for potty training--neurologically, all the connections are not usually in place for potty training at that age. Let her sit on the potty chair and "pretend" for now. She'll train closer to her third birthday (give or take a few months on either side).

I agree that Pullups are not the way to go when you are seriously potty training, but you know that you aren't necessarily doing that. You just want to encourage her to use the potty and get familiar with it. If pullups help with that, then go for it. Pullups are just diapers that have a different way of getting them on.

When you are serious about potty training (my daughter was ready a couple weeks prior to her 2nd birthday), ditch the pullups and go straight to underwear. That will eliminate any confusion. I used the "How to Toilet Train in Less than a Day" (I think that is the title) which uses all the different ways a person learns to teach kids how to recognize the need to go. (teaching a doll, encouragement, reward, as well as pushing a lot of liquids for more frequent opportunities to use the potty) I also trained my niece using that method, too. In my experience, for the girls who are still in diapers around 3, it is not the fault of the kids, but more the parents. They are waiting for the kids to potty train themselves. If you are willing to work at it, girls are ready much sooner than 3. It is harder than diapers for a couple weeks, but after that, it is SO much easier. Good luck!

I am going through this for the first time also and my daughter is the same age, so I will tell you what is working for us. She loves to brush her teeth so we have her brush her teeth while sitting on the potty, she will not sit on the potty chair, so we have used the thing that goes on the regular toilet. I also started with the cotton training pants, I found them at Meijers along with the rubber covers, after she goes once on them she will not go in them for the rest of the day. I bought some pull ups for her since at daycare they do not want to deal with the cotton pants (makes for a mess when they have an accident and takes alot of time to change their clothes quite a few times a day), I even purchased the cool feel pull ups, but when I put them on her she goes in them just like a diaper, and I have not noticed the "cool" feel that they claim to give, if anything they feel warm. I also put her on the potty when she gets up, and usually half way through the morning, then again before nap, and the rest of the afternoon goes like the morning. She has just started telling me she has to go. We are getting close to being there, but still not there. If there is alot of activity or if she is outside she forgets to tell me before she goes. Just remember that once they tell you they have to go, you need to get them on the potty asap.