Did you potty train your toddler early?

[Daddy_Yo]

We did the same with our first child (now 3 1/2 years)... We started at exactly two years old and we just lost the nappy and were advised by relatives to stay clear of pull ups. She took about 10-16 days and got the hang of it real quick. After 3 weeks she was waking us up in the middle of the night screaming "potty... potty".

but I'm pretty sure it's like walking etc - all kids will pick things up in their own time... keep at it and good luck 

[piyu]

I started training him since he was 3 months old. it was the first thing  I used to do after he woke in the morning .it took him almost a month to get to the routine and after that he used to do it in the morning and some times twice in the day. by 9 months I got potty seat for him & we used to spend sometime playing with some toys.slowly he got into the routine & by 12 months he was fully trained. as far as pee was concerned it took time. most of the time he used to tell but bed wetting was on till he was 2 yrs old. I used to put diapers at night. slowly I started telling him that good boys don't wet their pants and to my surprise it worked. now he wakes me up at night...

[beeemboo]

Russian baby-care books suggest and lots of mommies follow the pattern of holding a baby over a basin or some kind of stuff to let him pee or poop after each feeding or every time baby wakes up or just after each half an hour... This is suggested to be done as early as possible to let babies feel the difference between wet and dry diapers, so that they could react and let mommies know that the time for pee is coming ))) I've recently read on one of Russian forums about a mommy who trained potty as early as at baby's 1.5 months... Amazing, huh? 

[Nikolett]

Babies (like all of us) feel when they are going pee-pee or poop and can try to at will and a bit later learn to hold it. The trick to early potty training is not letting them sit in full diapers, but rather teach to appreciate that clean feeling  All of my kids almost never had a stinky diaper after turning one and got trained daytime shortly after. I remember my son at 14 mnth bringing his carry-on potty to the airplane  I found it confuses them if you potty train at home but then tell them to go in their diaper while out shopping or at night, etc. My two younger are 18 mnth apart and since I wasn't going to have two kids in diapers, I  potty trained the older one a couple months in advance of the new baby coming. My huge mistake: when she woke up at night, I was so tired that I would tell her to just go in diaper. That developed into such a pattern, that I couldn't take that night diaper off  till she was 4! Her younger sister was trained first!
To second beeemboo, it is possible to set your baby's potty times by encouraging them to go at regular intervals. My mom never had disposable diapers or plastic pants, so by 3month both my sis and I only peed our bed (or pram) when we slept (as she didn't believe in interrupting our sleep either ).

Skylark, I think your situation is a little different. You never had to potty train!

What do you mean? She has a toddler...

[nhockaday]

I mean that she has never been in diapers. She has been going on the potty since birth.

[Nikolett]

I mean that she has never been in diapers. She has been going on the potty since birth.

that's what our mothers (or grandmothers) did in their days, he he 

[LieveMama]

I am also an advocate for doing things early . When babies are born, one of the Major reasons they cry is when they need a nappy change (why, because its uncomfortable having poop or wet nappy). The older they get, the more they get used to it. The less quicker they cry about it, the less quicker we (as parents) change them out of their diapers. So babies cultivate the habit of functioning in dirty diapers. It then becomes a case of unlearning, unlearning of a bad habit. I would say it is better (and costs less money and energy in all) to be proactive about your child not cultivating a bad habit in the first place than trying to break the habit.

I think its also always a case on Mum and Dad being disciplined (like laughingwater said) setting the timer (if needed) for every 30mins or so take take your child to the toilet and ofcourse talking about other members of the family also going to the toilet. After sometime by law of association, your child figures out the toilet is where everyone poops and pees and follows suit.

With night times, my husband or I used to take our oldest out of bed at 12pm (b4 we went to bed) every night and sit her on the toilet (whilst she was still sleepy). Sometimes she peed and sometimes not but after about a month or so she would wake up herself 'around 12pm' and was led to the toilet (after a few times she started going herself) and eventually she no longer needed to pee during the night (on a daily basis).

So if you can, do it early. Generally i'd say if your child can tell you they want to eat or drink, they can also tell you they need to pee.

[abbysam310]

I have been putting my son on the potty since about 9 months, he just turned 12 months.  I put him on at first to get him use to it and he started going so I rolled with it.  I put him on in the morning, after naps, after meals, before bath and bed.  He goes every time then gets a mini M&M.   I read somewhere that if you can get them to sit on the potty b/f they start walking then they are easier to potty train.  My son does great with it.  He does not hold it, I do not think he has the bladder control quite yet but I have noticed that he can go longer and longer with out wetting his diaper.  In the past few weeks he has woken up with a dry diaper 4 times.  This summer we are going to try just wearing training underwear around the house and get more serious about potty training. 

[joni2009]

Hi there
I agree with that what LieveMama said.I have 2 children.When the first one was  7m old I noticed that in the morning after he gets up he was doing poops.And I started to put him on a potty ater he wakes up.We were playing with some toys and he was doing his poops in a potty.When he was 1y and 3m I gave him to daycare.They put there all children on a potty.It doesn't mather if you have trained your child or not.When the new children come they see that the older children are sitting on a potty and they do the same.Maybe the first time they don't do  anything in a potty but after some time they will understand what to do in a potty.In daycare they put children on a potty after breakfast, after lunch,after nap.It was more easy for me because  he was in the daycare during the day and I had to put him on a potty only in the evenings.It had pass a lot of time before he starts to tell me that he want to pee and we had  a lot of wet pants by the way.
My second child had very sensitive skin and it was irritated very often when she was with diper.So when she was 5m old we started ti practice natural infant hygiene.You can read  more about it  on this sitehttp://www.mamaroobabysling.com/newsite/Diaper-Free.html .
This is what our mothers and grandmothers have done.My mother also raised me without diper.She had put a cotton piece of fabric in my shotrs.Every newborn baby has a natural instinct to stay dry and clean.
We parens are those who put  our babys in dipers.

[McDume]

Avoid 'tips and tricks' and too much pressure on your child. Best advice I've read for treating you infant's 'training' with confidence and respect is "In The Toilet" by Janet Lansbury. http://bit.ly/bSfX8r

[Terri Berri]

my son is 29 months but will not go on the potty. he will sit on the potty but he won't do anything even if he really needs to go. he holds it in. as soon I take him off the potty, he would go on the floor or in his diaper.

I had the same problem with my boy. I tried potty training him early but it didn't work, so would try again every 2 months or so. He had the same problem as your son, he would sit on the potty for a long time and then get up and go to the bathroom. I would talk to him about it and he seemed to understand but he wouldn't go in the potty. I tried diffrent things underware so he would know when he went, prizes, sitting with him, etc. Then out of the blue one day he started going in the potty. My son is now, 30 months, we are still working on his potty training but we aren't having the problem of him not going untill he gets off the potty. My advice to you would be just keep trying, don't get discouraged, and when he is ready he will get it.

[bri320]

I have been putting my son on the potty since about 9 months, he just turned 12 months.  I put him on at first to get him use to it and he started going so I rolled with it.  I put him on in the morning, after naps, after meals, before bath and bed.  He goes every time then gets a mini M&M and coach purses.   I read somewhere that if you can get them to sit on the potty b/f they start walking then they are easier to coach outlet potty train.  My son does great with coach handbags.  He does not hold it, I do not think he has the bladder control quite yet but I have noticed that he can go longer and longer with out wetting his diaper.  In the past few weeks he has woken up with a dry diaper 4 times.  This summer we are going to try just wearing training underwear around the house and get more serious about potty training. 

[L and J]

MY 2 YEARS OLD GIRLS, SHE GOES POTTY IF I PUT HERE, BUT SHE DOES NOT GO ALL BY HERSELF. I WANT TO START EARLY, BUT AT THE TIME, SHE WAS GETTING SICK EVERY MONTH, SO THE DR. RECOMEND GIVE HER MORE TIME....

[marimari]

Well I think we can not give up, potty train is an act that lasts more than 1 month and sometimes we stop doing this training without the success. When my baby was 18m I started potty train with her and even at night, or else, no more diaper, I put a plastic protection in her bed and let her to sleep on a towel that was put on this plastic that was on the bed. She made pee some nights until she starts to wake up to make pee in the potty. It was one month!!!

[yasmeenayoob]

HI......

mu daughter have been potty train since she was able to sit (6 months).  I  notice she will do her funny face when she want past motion.... so know. (10 months), she will  pee in her potty 3 times a day...each time after meal....

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