Potty training

No. Way to young in my opinion. I’ll be waiting until at least 2 years old like I did with my daughter (she was toilet rained within 3 days)

I haven't, but I've introduced the concept of the potty and sit him on it occasionally to get used to it. He was constipated last week, and when I sat him on the potty he actually managed to go to the toilet, so we made a big deal of clapping and cheering that 😀🤣

Are people introducing pottys for littles to get familiar with?

We’ve been thinking of getting like a travel potty and having it in the living room during her diaper free time (I’m sure you can guess what happens 🤣) now she’s walking confidently figure we could possibly get her trying to use the potty when she feels she needs to go, when she’s not wearing a diaper

We've done elimination communication from a few weeks old. She still wears a nappy and is occasionally wet but it's very rare for a poop nappy. She's not walking or talking yet though so I wouldn't say she's trained she communicates and I notice her signals. I'm only just training my 3 year old now They are still a baby if they don't have signs of readiness don't rush them yet. Recommend looking into books and courses before you start though

@Michelle same here. My 14 months old always look at my 3 year old on the toilet and wants to copy her . She was easy to potty trained but having a few chats with some other mums they said that boys are harder so I’m a bit worried 😆

We started sitting our LO on the potty in August, so at 8 months old (he was due in Nov but was born on 2 Dec, thus 8 months). Every time he starts to make straining noises he gets asked if he's pooping and gets put on the potty (now he can nod or shake his head in response). 9/10 he poops in it, sometimes he nods that he wants potty but only wees in it. He obviously doesn't call for it yet but he does have an association. We've also been telling him when we go on big potty, they like to copy so hopefully he'll start communicating his needs soon enough 🤞 There's this train of thought that before Pampers's marketing campaign telling parents that children need to be ready for potty (obvs the longer they use nappies, the better for the company), babies were potty trained very early as people didn't have time or means in the past to be dealing with this for longer than absolutely necessary.

I think that the longer babies use nappies, the harder it is for them to unlearn this habit. It's a generalisation and every child is different, but I do believe in giving them a chance early on

@Monika definitely we potty training my daughter at 2y3months and I wish I could do it sooner x

Yep, we introduced it around 6 months. It’s just part of the routine, he seems to get the idea. I guess part of it is a bit like EC, if he looks like he needs to go, I ask him if he wants the potty and we go on it. He nearly always does at least a wee so pretty certain he understands the job! We are going to get a travel one for when we go places because he knows he goes potty at nappy changes and tends to then do his big wees.

@Becky that sounds amazing. I have a frog that I use for my 3 year old when we go outside the house, which is less bulky x

@Becky how often you take him to the potty? X

@Erica oh we have one of them but to be fair haven’t tried using him on it yet. I put him on it when we change his nappy so every 2-3 hours, after naps and if he looks like he needs a poo. Going to talk to nursery about what they can or can’t do with potty stuff because he is so much more consistent with it when not at nursery but obviously they are super busy so not sure how much they will be able to help with. He is also in reusable nappies so helps us out a bit when he uses the potty!

Nopeee, im not rushing it still a baby. I put her dolly’s in the potty and take her with us to the toilet so she can see us doing it there but tbh I’ll start just before her 2nd birthday with no stress added, go with the flow situation x

I think my LO is too young. She barely understands and communicates with us. I will probs try introduce it in summer though

I thought 2 was young to be honest, though I know very little about it. My son would never understand now if I tried to teach him, I’ll wait til he shows signs of readiness. At the moment if he pees in the split second I’ve taken his nappy off, he just looks confused about why the floor is wet 😅

I've done like Monika but from 12 mo starting with 1 sit per day then increasing after 2 weeks to 2 sits then 3 sits etc the easy catches. Recently I learned his timing and cues. He can walk and sometimes communicates that he needs to go or has not made it in time by flushing his potty (looks like a tiny toilet has a flush button which makes a flush sound). Oh crap potty training recommends 20-30months. 20 months is still 4 months before 2nd birthday. Montessori recommends training at 12-18 months. In the 1950s, 97% of children were fully trained by 18 months so it can't be that no child is ready before 2! We haven't evolved our DNA that much to change so drastically in just 70 years. Its the nappies making it harder they can't feel when they're wet. I'm reading Go Diaper Free by Andrea Olson. He can empty the potty into the toilet and flush but I can't get him to focus on me to learn to pull trousers down 😅

I've done ‘lazy’ EC Since about 3 months which is just putting her on the potty every nappy change. I also use a sign tap my chest when I say potty. She was doing amazing catching most poops but she's on the cusp of walking and she's only just getting into food so we're in a but of a regression with it. But I'll carry on as we are can only make potty training easier when we get there I'm hoping 🙂

My daughter sits on her potty and we read to her on it just to get her used to it. She's started to put her hands down below when she's gna pee or touches her tummy when she poops so she's trying to tell us what she's doing but no where near enough time to take clothes off in winter