Potty Training

Hi mama! Im not trying yet and im not the person who is like "at this age (example 2) baby needs to be training for that but I'll start soon because i see my daughter gets mad🤣every time im trying to change her diaper she doesn't want at all

I haven't started yet because our peds said one of the signs of readiness is knowing she peed and knowing how to get pants down. She does know when she poops and tells us but not pee. I am excited to start though because these diaper changes are a workout 😩😅

my daughter is aware when she’s peeing and tells us when she’s pooped, loves the potty basically showing all readiness signs but we’re holding out until feb/marchish because I just gave birth to our second and heard to try and not have any big changes within 3 months of a new baby being born

thank you! @Anna @Stefania @Lauren I’m noticing my son’s poop is solid now. Sadly he doesn’t let us know when he’s done pee or poop. Did you ladies implement that from that start?

We just finished potty training (started 18m) but I will say it’s really young! Our ped had given us the go ahead because my son was showing signs: he has good language (using 2-3 word phrases), was staying dry through naps and overnight, and telling us when he needed a diaper change, along with showing a self interest in the toilet. He’s still pretty dependent as he can’t put pants on/off himself and needs prompting to pee

While she may be ready, we’re waiting for warmer weather as we plan to do the 3 day potty training method and for her to be half naked in our chilly house seems somewhat like torture (nor do I want to pay for extreme house heating) so hoping to revisit in a few months

@Leilani I haven’t heard of the 3 day potty training. Can you explain more

My 20 month old has been potty trained for just over a month. It's great! Some tips I have are to squirt their private parts with a peri bottle full of warm water to stimulate them to pee when you bring them to the potty. Pants free at home so you can see when they are peeing, there will be lots of accidents, but that's okay, just say "uh oh, we don't pee on the floor, pee goes in the potty" and give it a clean and after you clean it give them a cloth to "clean" as well, they love being involved. I also recommend teaching the sign potty as well as the word, as it can be hard to understand them at this age haha. Most children are capable of understanding when they've gone/ have to go, but have been taught to ignore the feeling until now, they will start to respond with "uh oh" after they've peed or started peeing, and then you can go "uh oh, lets go to the potty fast!" And rush to the potty. Sometimes there is some resistance to the potty as it can break up play or meal times, so persuading with stickers or

Chocolate chips helps a great deal! He now has an accident like once a week and can hold it for up to 15 minutes, which has always been plenty of time to find a potty, if you are curious I recommend it 100% but try to give it no stress, it's early to potty train so if it happens, great! If not, that's okay too! Persistence is key, I started at 15 months he only was accident free at 19 months. I also recommend looking into Facebook groupchats for elimination communication, that's not really what we are doing here but they have great tips for early potty training as well. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask 😊

We haven’t started yet but we’re exposing him to things now. Potty books Letting him know when we’re using the potty Letting him see his potty and he can pretend sit on it if he wants Little people house has a potty sound/song. He likes to listen Asking him if he pees/pooped. I think elimination communication is key too cos he needs to understand the feeling

We started at 17.5months (19 months now). Highly suggest the Oh Crap method and setting the expectation that it might take longer as they are smaller. I do not regret starting early as my son is so proud of himself and starting to self initiating.