toilet training

[Kamaikia]

Was wondering what age do people think you are able to start toilet training your child. And i honestly don't know how to go about toilet training my son when to time comes. Some advice would be great so I can plan ahead what i am going to do.

[Melissa1983]

i started training Mikayla about two months ago so that made her just over 2 1/2 but my youngest is wanting to go now and she is 19 months. But i dont know if it different with a boy. My friend her son has just started holding himself and she puts him on the potty and he does it sometimes and he is 18 months. It depends on the child. But my girls just started saying potty...
hope that helps :o

[Chickadee]

We bought a potty a month ago, dd was 20 months, because dd was having tantrums over having her diaper changed and I thought the potty would be a good distraction. She loves to sit on it while we read books and if she happens to go wee then I make a fuss and she gets to flush it down the toilet. She's also started telling me when she poos (and I never ever thought I would be so excited and proud over that, lol). But I still wouldn't say she's ready for toilet training.

[RuthK]

My daughter is 17 months and sits and performs on the potty every morning. I'm going to train her properly when she can go commando in the warmer weather. My son is 3 in 2 weeks and although he hates a dirty nappy he hates the potty. It is hard to know when, isn't it. Dr Phil says you can do it in 3 days, but I'm thinking more like 3 months!

[AM]

I think it is more a case of potty awareness, and from what I have heard it tends to vary quite a lot from child to child, first born are sometimes the slowest to click on.
My son is 17 months and tells me when he has pooed, but he hasn't really got the hang of going on the potty, he will sit there for a while, then go off, and will sometimes pee within 5 minutes.

It is just a case of gentle perserverance when you are ready to be patient about it, I think the parent needs to be as ready as the child! :D

Angie

[Supermum]

We bought our potty when our son was 2 because he started telling me when he'd done poo's. Loads of friends of mine had previously told me that something just clicks and when they're ready they'll let you know one way or another. Ben used to run and hide in a corner.

4 months later he was still just sitting on it happily singing Baa Baa Black Sheep ... so I tried my own method.

I know this is probably going to sound stupid :o but ..... you know that vacuous look they get on their faces when they're doing a poo?? Well I sat in front of him and said:

"Poo Benny, you know ... poo ... and pulled the same face" - 10 seconds later a giant poo arrived and he was so very proud that I let him flush the toilet and did a special dance for him. Wee's followed shortly thereafter but I hear it's generally the other way around??

3 months on and he's doing really well - we only occasionally have mishaps.

I have heard of 16 month old's getting the hang of it and many 3 and over who have not. As with everything, they're all so very beautifully unique ....

[xkwzit]

Hi
Daycare suggested training DD1 at about 2.5 - 3. I would pack her off with several sets of knickers and pants and she had a few accidents at daycare and a couple at home and then she was right (for wee anyway). She also never had that really urgent, I've got to go RIGHT NOW stage either (I think because she was a little older than most).

We had real trouble with no 2s though, she would wait until her night nappy to do them. She knew what to do and wasn't scared of the loo, but she just didn't want to poo there. It wasn't until she wanted to wear knickers to bed and she decided that she would go on the loo. We then got rid of the night nappy (after almost a week of being dry in the morning). That has all happened in the last few weeks or so and she is 3 years 11 months old now. It does seem like a long time in nappies, but now she is old enough to get herself up, go to the loo, wash her hands and get back into bed without waking us up. :D I have been surprised at how easy (and the few number of accidents) and I really think that its worth waiting until they are ready and want to train.

Cheers