I know its a bit early, but my son is 81/2 months and I just wanted to know when do you start potty training?

Question

Of course I not starting now, but I want to be prepared and read as much info as possible when I start..I work in higher education and once my son is two he will be able to go to the college's daycare center...they told me they will take him earlier if he's potty trained...I didn't think it was possible to potty train younger than two...but my friend informed me she potty trained her son at 14months...is this possible?

Answer 1

Experienced mom of 3 potty trained kids before they were 2.

With mine, I started letting them see me go around 13 months. Everytime you change their diaper say, "Eeeww, ti-ti, oe ewww, poo-poo! You should do that in the potty." Get them down after the diaper change, show them the potty and say, that's where we ti-ti and poo-poo because it's yucky, we dont want that on our bottoms. We go to the potty so we can flush it down and it goes away!  Don't make it a joke, be very serious! If they think its funny they'll think it's fine to keep going and want to make you laugh.

Simple steps to success:

1. take him to potty as soon as he wakes

2. sit beside him on step stool

3. pour warm water on him until he goes, wait at least 2 min

4. if he goes, repeat every 20 minutes

5. if he doesn't go, repeat every 5 minutes

6. ring a hand bell while hes going

7. wash hands, ring another bell.

8. praise once hes left the bathroom

9. follow him around at least 2 minutes and remind him how big he his.

Long Story:

Put them on the pot as soon as they wake up, then every 20 minutes after that if they just went, and every 5 minutes if they couldn't go potty. Reward, reward, reward. What has worked wonders for my 3rd child is to sit on a step stool beside him while he was sitting on the pot and smile and say "Look, here comes the ti-ti! Look Here it comes, here it comes, and when he goes, say " YAY, there's the ti-ti...ringing a hand bell vigorously, yay, you did it!!!!! .oooooh better flush it down, its yucky......then wash his hands, letting him play a little bit in the water, and when hes done washing, let him ring a different bell, the kind you ring to get the clerks attention. ding, ding, ding He loves this one. Very important, once he's out of the restroom, follow him around for at least a minute, longer if you can, and say "you went potty, you went potty! yay, whos a big boy? you're a big boy! bend over touch your toes, and pop all the way up reaching your arms up over head, How big is (childs name), THIS BIG! HOW BIG? THIS BIG!!! Constant reminding, do you need to go potty? My third may be the easiest simply because of more experience, but I think hes just a natural born genious ! I have only been consistently training him in the above method for 4 days, and I have to carefully watch him, because he likes to go on his own now! Most of the time hes in the restroom is to go potty, but everynow and then I'll catch him playing. Be sure and be very firm about what goes in the potty is yuck, yuck, yuck. dont ever stick your hands in there, its so yucky!!! dont smile and laugh when saying this, he'll think its a joke, its not a joke, its not funny, dont make the mistake of laughing when you're trying to keep him from doing something unacceptable. When and if you keep him in pull-ups (i dont reccommend because they delay the process) and he goes number 2, take him to the potty right away and tell him, "Ewww, ewww, ewwww, I cant believe you went yucky poo-poo in your pullup, you dont want that on your bottom, lets take it where its supposed to go." Let him see you dump the poo in the potty -I know this seems gross but believe me it works! if they see it going in the potty, its easier for them to understand. You'll be surprised how fewer poopies you're having to clean up. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

My daughter is 22 months old and she isn't potty trained yet. She is showing signs of interest thou. I've been taking her to the bathroom with me for months now and letting her sit on her potty. I explain to her what mommy is doing and that she will have to do it also. I even take her pants and pamper off and let her sit on the potty. Unfortunately she sits on it claps then get up and wet the floor. I explain to her that that's what she need to do in the potty. Every child is different. You can try and encourage your son to go potty but he may not be interested in it yet then again he may catch on pretty fast. Its really up to him. I will tell you this DO NOT force him. I am learning the hard way that trying to force toddlers is the wrong thing to do. It's a process that they have to learn. Good Luck

Answer 3

All children are different and will progress at a different rates.

I myself, wasn't fully trained until I was 2 1/2 !

My sister was trained at 16 months.

As you can tell, every child is different - but try to start this at aroudn 10 months or above as they will have matured a little more by then.

If all else fails, if your child keeps pooping their pants - try think of their favourite item like eg. furry slippers in my friends child. If they get messed up, when he poops himself - he'll have a negative reaction towards it & then is the time to re-enforce the potty training. You could try a s***w-on seat which goes over your toilet aswell :)

It's all due to preference.

Good Luck with your son.

Love Jen x*x

Answer 4

I've read that you can successfully have your child potty trained at 18 months. I tried with my daughter & she was just not ready. At age 2 she was very advanced socially and mentally, but her little body just couldn't adapt to potty training. I got discouraged when other parents said they trained their child in one weekend- it took me 3-4 months, and I'm home with my child often. I honestly do believe each child develops differently, but you won't know unless you try! Best of luck to you!

Answer 5

Little boys take longer than girls to potty train.  Generally, if you have an only child, it will take longer. If you have children close in age and the older is trained, the younger will want to follow. My husband showed my son how to use the toilet.  He put some Cheerios in the toilet and told him to sink them. We let him do it at his own pace.  We never used the pull-ups, only diapers. He wasn't ready to come out of them until he was right at 3.  But when he was ready, he was ready.  He is 6 now and to this day, he has not had 1 accident at night or during the day. I was told by some moms the most important thing is not to push. Let them go at their own pace. One way to look at it is diapers may be expensive but so is washing clothes and cleaning furniture when they p or poo on it. Good Luck!!! These are the fun times to be a mom when they are learning all of these new experiences. ENJOY!!