Did you potty train your toddler early?

[Curious Tot]

My mum told me that she started putting me on the potty when I was 6 months. However, we let our son be in nappies for far too long. (We used reusable nappies and changed them very often.)  We just waited for him to be ready.

We started reading books about being on the potty when he was 18 months old, but then his little sister was born and it wasn't the right time to start his (or our) potty training.

I think  we got a potty and he started sitting on it every now and then when he was 28 months or so. There was a week last summer, when we thought "Fine. We start next week", but that week he refused even to go near his potty.

We decided to put off his potty training until Christmas time, because he was about to start playgroup and we had our holidays booked. However, he surprised us a lot.

He went to playgroup for three hours on Thursday. Friday afternoon, he refused to put his nappies on, so we started potty training. He had two big accidents on Saturday and Sunday mornings, that's all. He was 31 months that time. We might've had a few more tiny accidents before Christmas when he was ill. He is still in nappies for his afternoon nap and at night, but I think he is almost ready to say bye to them.

I think I might start potty training with my second child a bit early. She is too interested in sitting on the potty.

[bri320]

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...

[chrishyelle]

i never start potty train that early...3mth is too early to train...i kept my kids on diapers untill they were 2 or 3yrs of age....he he he...anywys nice job on training ur toddler that early...

[butterfly320]

Whenever you decide to start potty training your child, make sure it’s a good time for you - that you are not stressed and things are settled at home. All children are different so be patient and accept that it may take some time. Using training pants gives your child some control over when he wants to go, and may help encourage him to use the toilet more often. Always praise him lots - even if it's only a dribble! Children also love to flush the toilet and wash their hands with mummy and daddy so this is one way to turn it in to a good routine.

[McDume]

Careful with too much pressure, too early. Like someone said, some kids will use the potty because they want to, but then stop 'in defiance'. It's an element of control they have... My experience (3 kids) is not to make a big deal about it. It's there when they want it, and Nature will take its course.

[Skylark]

i never start potty train that early...3mth is too early to train...i kept my kids on diapers untill they were 2 or 3yrs of age....he he he...anywys nice job on training ur toddler that early...

I would not make statements " such and such time too early" etc. To start with, you are training them to use diapers from birth ( that is training already), be dressed from birth, etc. It depends what you want to do to make your baby comfortable. If the baby has no choice but to be put in diapers and learn to tolerate the training of having to go pee and poo in pants, it does not necessary feels great for him/her, but he has no choice. Just think what would be the best for the baby and try to accomodate circumstances and needs

On the other hand, I am aquainted with many parents who do not want to just train their children to go in their pants, based on the silly fact that others around them doing that. They gave their babies a choice of a potty right after birth, and had healthy happy communicative babies who were not forced trained to go in their pants. Accidents happen, but they ae just that -- accidents...

Of course there are some time some medical conditions that make that impossible like with any other life functions. Parent's busy-ness is another factor, it is just easier to let the kid go in the pants and then change the dia[er when it is convenient. And yes, once the child is trained that going in the pants is the way to do it, I would not suggest pushing them too hard with re-training. They simply might not be ready for learning s completely new concept and at that point even might have to be reasoned with and explained , etc. That is why so many books are written about it, after all it might be one of the first "ingrained habits" that the child will experience having to uproot and change. Wow, that is a pretty heavy concept, as if you go in a book store, one of the largest sections there would be self help books, people always trying to change this and that and the other, get slimmer, quit smoking and have a better relationship, and success rate is not always too high, ha But if you honestly look at it, potty training the way it is done in our society is exactly that -- getting over the ingrained habit, that was encouraged for a definite time. It must be pretty difficult ....

Well just some thoughts...

[ShenLi]

I started my older boy when he was 5 months.  He was pooped-trained by time he was 7 months.  We live in a tropical country and it was about that time that I took him to Australia during winter.  I think the cold was a real shock to him and he didn't like having his bottom exposed so he stopped pooping into the toilet bowl. 

I was always very bad with the peeing part because I have zero intuition and cannot read my son's body language to save my life.  I tried several times to help him pee into the toilet and was successful half and half.  Then again, the public toilets in this country aren't exactly conducive for early toilet training because they're filthy so potty training only happened when we were at home.

I have read the diaper free books and literature and they say that if you want your baby to go diaper free, it's best to do it before your baby turns six months.  Before 6 months your baby will respond to a need to avoid soiling himself (herself).  After six months, your baby is effectively "trained to pee and poop in diapers".  Then again, I've also read that Jane Fonda's child was potty trained at 1 year by a local maid when she was in Vietnam so anything's possible.

[zaku]

I started to  train him when he was 18 months. Before that I had never tried, so every thing went wll
he enjoy his potty time.

[hawwii]

I tried twice. bt my son had very severe constipation problem n very dificult to continue. i still cudnt do that.

[bri320]

I don't think it hurts to start early. A few people have said 15 months old, I can agree with that. I wouldn't wait until the kid is beyond 2 or so years old to potty train them.

[butterfly320]

I started potty training my son at 2 years, and by 2 years, 7 months, he was completely potty trained!  I used logic to transition him from diapers to pull ups..."Son, this is the last box of diapers I am going to buy.  After that, you will have pull ups!"  It worked!  So I used the same logic with him when i was transitioning him from pull ups to big boy underwear.  That has got to be the BEST advise I ever received and utilized.

[kizudo]

I've always heard that when a child is "regular" with his BMs and it is fairly "solid" is a good time to start.  My son is 26 months now and there is no way near of a regular "schedule", nor is it always solid.  Once last week, he said "poop coming" but that's the first time he's indicated that he knows what's about to happen.  My plan is not to worry about it yet.

I'm pretty bummed, though, (ha - pardon the pun) because I bought many, many bags of pull-ups on sale a few months ago and guess what? Yep, he's outgrown them! 

[sarahjean]

I wouldn't say that we're "potty training" but we're becoming familiar and comfortable with the potty. Our little girl (then 15 months) would always com into the bathroom while we were doing our business and stand there and go herself in her diaper. On a whim I decided to bring up the potty, tell her what it was, and explain it's use. Much to my surprise, she sat down and peed! We try to do at least one pee in the potty each day now and are just now starting a potty training reward chart.

[linzy]

My eldest son we started around 18 months sitting him on the toilet when we could tell he was going to go poop.  Then we added in first thing in the morning/after nap, last thing before bed/nap and after meals.  He was completely trained before 2.  With the younger one who is 7 months now we were planning the same however while in the bathroom with my older boy a litle over a week ago the baby started grunting like he was going to poop so I set him on the baby seat that goes on the toilet that I had nearby and he went.  I pretty much considered it a one off thing. After that my husband was out of town for 3 days and I was very busy, but when my husband came back I mentioned that he hadn't gone poop since he left and he said to set him on the potty and he immediately went, since then I've been putting him on the toilet once a day at dinner time or at another time if he indicates he needs to go and he has not gone poop in his diaper at all.

[L and J]

I'm finally having success in training my daughter

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