Potty Training - Saint Paul,MN

I dont think he is to young, we brought out a potty chair for our daughter when she started being interested in us going potty (around 16/17 months) Granted, she wasnt fully potty trained unitl after age 3, but I like the idea of not forcing her into anything and letting her do it on her own. Our son is going through the same thing now, he's had the potty out since he was 18 months old. He will be 3 next month and he pee's but doesnt poop on it. But yes, I think if they show interest in it, and are not pressured to use it, they are ready at 18 months.

My oldest son was trained at 22 months, my youngest son was trained by 15 months. We use Elimination communication, and it works! Both boys understood what was going on, and by getting them out of diapers early you are training them to use the potty, to learn thier body language and 'read' your baby. If you leave a child in diapers until past age 2, or 3, is basically training htem to pee and poop in thier pants and the process becomes a power struggle.

www.diaperfreebaby.org is a great EC site, check it out. Also feel free to send me a message, I'll be willing to help you any way I can. :)

18 months is pretty young for a boy; however, if he seems interested I would get the potty and just let hime try it whenever he seems curious about it. I'm not so sure I would do the power potty training week yet; but just let him 'try it out' and see where it leads. This is totally up to you and your husband and your beleifs on this. I'm not a super pushy mom on this topic - I want to go through it once and not keep reverting back, so I really wanted to make sure mine were ready.
My 3rd son is now 27 months and he was curious quite early also; so we just have the potty seat out and if I notice he is pooping, I'll take him in there and plop him on the toilet with his potty seat.He goes in spurts of being interested. So, so far, I've just been rolling with it. I may try to really go for it in August though.
My oldest son, didn't fully train until 3!!! he was pretty much trained before that, and reverted back and we told him he couldn't go to pre-school unless he was able to not pee in his big boy underwear; and I am Not kidding - the week before school began - he just did it! I still think it was a control thing with him.
I hear ya on the expense thing!!! Yeeha! We are almost diaper FREE Forever.....
good luck.

I don't think he's too young. Every kid is different, but I have a friend who potty trained all 4 of her kids by the time they were 15 months old. Which is really early in my eyes, but if they're ready...go for it. The worst that will happen is that you'll have to clean-up a few accidents and go back to diapers for another 2-3 months, then try it again.

I'd suggest going right to underwear, not the pull-ups. (I'd use pull-ups or regular diapers at night only)

And, expect a few accidents, but too many might mean you'll want to delay training for a few months and try again, all the while continuing the pottychair usage when you can.

Good luck. :) Also, just a tip, but when he goes potty on the potty, or poop on the potty...make some phone calls and tell everyone you can...it's a huge accomplishment for them and the reinforcement will be important now...because in a year, he won't want to take the time to go and you'll be dragging him to the bathroom instead of him wanting to go.

I'm just reading some books from the library about potty training - no, he's not too young. Go for it! (There were some questions here recently about this, check the archives if you're interested.)

Do IT! He's ready - so take his lead and go for it! My neighbor's son trained himself at 18 months. He was done with diapers! Yours might be too!

Good Luck!

D.

I know it sounds crazy, but my 1st son was potty trained early, at least by 19 months or so. He was curious and ready. His friend happened to be potty training at the same time so that helped. He just didn't like being wet or dirty. He is still like this with his clothes if he spills on himself! My 2nd son was a little later, but not by much. He saw his brother peeing and really loved his underwear and didn't want them to get wet. They were really pretty easy. What do you have to lose? You could just try it and see how he responds. Good luck!!