Potty training

Can I please have some advice and experiences with potty training. I have no idea what an ideal age is, but I definitely know that school age (4) is far too late for me personally, so would need it done by then. I don’t know where to start and what to do and feel very out of my depths.
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Hey! :) I started my kids right before age 2. The first step imo is to get one of those little toddler potties and just get them associated with it, keep it in the living room when you play maybe and give them lots of praise whenever they even sit on it at all! With my first we had a failed first attempt and realized she wasn’t ready, waited until about 2.5 and tried again and she picked it up so much easier. With my youngest she was potty trained by 2! We did the naked/undies method with both so they had just been running around in only undies for like a week during the process. The thing is you can’t put pull-ups on them because it’s important they feel themselves wet and uncomfortable when they go lol some kids are more food motivated and some do well with a sticker chart, mine needed treats 😂 so try both if you have to lol

I know a few people that have put underwear on under the nappy so they can feel the undies wet but the nappy will absorb it so won’t go all over the floor

When they’re ready, it’ll be easy. My mom had my brother potty trained 1.5 & me at 2. My grandma and great grandma helped her because they were potty trained even younger which was the norm. School is 3 at least here. Once my daughter woke up dry I was told that’s a good sign but the most important is showing interest if they’re not ready it’ll just be harder. Using pull ups which are just diapers can delay and cause regression too so when you’re ready go straight to underwear. My kids daycare helped a lot with my oldest. Accidents can and will still happen every once in awhile my oldest had one last week for the first time since she’s been in school because she was having fun playing with slime 🤦🏾‍♀️. Don’t punish, yell, blame etc just saying it’s ok or we’ll try again next time if they have an accident or when they don’t give lots of praise to reinforce it.

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