Potty Training - Haysville,KS

There are many signs of them being ready to start trying potty training, and from what you have written, all that your daughter is doing is being aware after the fact that she has done #2. You can do on www.askdrsears.com and click on "potty training" and get more information and details from there. They need to show several signs of readiness before starting potty training - until then, it could just be an exercise in frustration. For some people, starting too soon just drags out the process and causes it to take longer (case in point - Sara B. It's taken almost 2 years from start to finish to potty train her daughter. Sorry Sara B.! Nothing against you at all!)

I've heard of some kids being ready at 18 months when they start showing interest in the potty - for most though it seems to be closer to 2.5 to 3.5 years old.

If you aren't already doing it, please show her where the "poop" goes. So after you change her diaper, take her into the bathroom and let her flush the poop the toilet. Also, watch her like crazy. If she looks like she is going to go, start talking to her about the "pressure." Then try to get her to go on the toilet.

Sounds exactly like my daughter. We started putting her on the potty chair when she did everything you said your daughter is doing and she did go pee every once in a while. She then stopped telling us. We took a break and picked it back up at around 2 yrs old this past April. Her BFF at school started officially training in Sept and my DD was so interested that school decided now was the time. So, she has been in big girl pants for about a month now (is now 2.5) and only has accidents with #2.
So, bottom line, I say go ahead and try but don't get too dissapointed if it doesn't happen right away. Good luck!

This is a great time for you to begin what I think of as preparation – talking about using the toilet in attractive terms, getting her a little potty to try out once in awhile, reading her stories or watching videos, and play-acting pottying with dolls and stuffed animals.

She'll probably let you know when she wants to try if you keep it all light and positive. At that point, she'll be eager to succeed and won't need rewards, any more than she needed rewards for learning to walk. Mama's admiration will be enough.

Most little girls don't get all the needed areas of development (ability to recognize urges, to hold the pee till she gets to the potty, willingness to take on the responsibility) until they're around 2.5 or older. And the ability to recognize urges or prompt a voiding can be quite different and arrive at separate times for poop and pee training. Pee success often comes first, but there are exceptions. Sleeping through the night dry sometimes takes quite a bit longer, for some children, that won't happen until they're well into their grade school years.

Good luck. It sounds like you're not going to get too much help from your daycare provider for early training, so I'd be inclined to let it go until your daughter is really eager to proceed.

Potty chair and talking about the process is very good, as is having her watch you use the toilet. But attempting actual training at 18 months (a bit young) may just result in her training you. If you do the prep now, I'm guessing you'll get her potty trained over your summer off school.

we started first with poop training. It was much easier than pee training. Our daughter generally poops at the same time every day, so we started asking her right after dinner "do you have to poop? Lets go sit on the potty and try!" and within a week or so she was going on her own after dinner every night. she started this about 2, and now is almost 4 and completely potty trained.

We also gave her an m&m or candy corn when she went poop on the potty.