Ugh!

We didn't bother until 2.5 years old because he wasn't ready. At 1 I wouldn't be limiting food or milk intake yet either, they need it for how much they grow in the first 2 years. If he's willing to learn during the day that's great and maybe you can reduce diapers in day time but I don't think you'll get there completely for another year at least

My son is 33 months and we have only just successfully toilet trained (still with the occasional accident) and it was honestly so much easier than I thought, I’d say it only took about a week. I had tried toilet training closer to 24 months and it was a complete nightmare because he just wasn’t ready. I think it will be quite hard for you at that age as I don’t think they are old enough to understand the feeling of when they actually need to go.

I didn’t potty train my eldest (boy) till he was 3. He took 3 days. It’s honestly best to wait until he’s ready and can communicate when he needs to go/when he knows he needs to go.

Thanks ladies for the insight! Maybe we will just slowly work on it! I for some reason was under the impression that it was something that needed to be accomplished by 2!

My son is one and a half, and I'm also potty training him day by day. It's not full on potty training it's introducing and getting him used to the toilet etc. If he goes great if not it's not a big deal. But I'd definitely say make sure he's showing signs. Trust and believe I wouldn't be doing this just to do it. My son is showing signs by ripping off his diaper constantly when it's wet or poopy and he'll tell me when he pees or poops. But like I said even with those signs I'm not full on potty training just introducing. I'm also looking into a potty chair to make it easier on both of us that way I don't have to worry about lifting him up on the toilet and holding him there each time. I hope this helps a bit. I do also want to say that it's not impossible. There's parents who "potty train" starting at the infant stage (usually sahms who have the time to) so they don't have to worry about diapers for an extended amount of time. So there's nothing wrong with what you're doing at all.

I started at 19 months (a few months from before his second birthday) and it’s been successful some hard nights but it has definitely been awesome to have a trained toddler!!!

@Elise that impression usually comes from society and judgmental mums, don’t stress over it and don’t push him or yourself to achieve that. When he’s ready for it he will give you all the signs and it shouldn’t be so frustrating, let it be in his own time If someone makes a comment “wow he isn’t potty trained yet well mine at that age was …. Blah blah blah” which is awful that it happens so often, respectfully tell them to STFU and mind their own business 😂❤️🫣 You’re doing great mama

My son is 8 autistic and even more difficult to train he's huge to and we have to have prescribed nappies coz he just won't master potty x

I would consider before 2 early though not impossible, depending on the child. We started with our son when he was 25 months using the 'oh crap' method. It worked well at this age, he was only enough to communicate his needs well and to understand but I have a feeling if we had waited longer it would have been a lot harder as now he knows his own mind and is a lot more stubborn and strong willed 😅 Though even though it went well with him it was still absolutely exhausting for me and I can't say potty training was easy. But it was 100% worth it and we were both much happier to be free of nappies.

Sounds like you have two separate issues going on. Focus on either the bottle or potty training for the time being. Kids do better when you do one big change at a time. As for potty training I followed Andrea Olsen's Go Diaper Free book. That worked really great for my 1 year old. As for the bottle start with not taking bottles into the bed. Let him have the bottle if he wants it but make it be in the living room or dinning room. Never the bedroom.

@Kiana yes he has started pulling his diaper off on occasions and he has the mechanics down like he knows what the pot is and that you pee pee in it but he just hasn’t yet lol he’ll sit on it with his diaper on and yell pee pee and then say tissue and all done but soon as the diaper comes off to sit he is like nope I’m out of here lol

@Jackie you are absolutely right! And I never realized how judgy moms can be!! It’s crazy! And thank you it’s definitely nice to hear I’m doing a good job on occasion cause lord knows this parenting thing isn’t easy!

@Anna I’m definitely going to work on the bottle issue first because I swear he screams like someone is killing him if he doesn’t get it throughout the night 🤦🏾‍♀️😒