When to Start Potty Training? - Arcadia,CA

I think anytime before 2.5 is a bit early. Ultimately it depends on the child and his readiness. Boys are typically slower than girls. I'd wait, but if you want to see if he is ready you can get a potty and see how he reacts to it.

My daughter showed signs of interest at about 26 months. She was slower to train with several accidents b/c she couldn't sense the feeling of having to go until she was sort of going.

My neice was over 3 when she trained - and did it all (day and night time) in about a week!

Let them set the schedule, not you. Good luck

Our son was past his 3rd birthday before he was potty trained - we were concerned and asked the pediatrician. He said boys tend not to have the recognition of needing to go until well after little girls.

Signs are waking-up from naps/bedtime being dry, him telling you he needs to go, being agitated with being in a wet/dirty diaper.

One thing to consider: many kids will regress when a baby comes along, and they see that the baby gets attention they're no longer getting.

It's worth a try, but I'd honestly recommend waiting until he's closer to 2.5-3.

Good luck.

My kids are 22 mo's apart. Double diaper duty is a piece of cake compared to trying to feed one kid while sitting with the other in the bathroom for hours on end.

By 2 your kid really only needs to be changed, what, 4 times a day? Change the newborn at the same time, done.

Trust me, you don't want to be in the midst of trying to potty train with a newborn around. Never mind the whole regression issue.

For boys the average age for potty training is around 39 months. So I would think it might be a little early. Of course you could always give it a go and see if he is the exception! Good luck.

When he wakes up in the morning or from naps consistently dry and/or shows any signs of interest in sitting on the potty and giving it a try.

Both my boys were potty trained night and day at 27 and 28 months. When they ask/tell you "potty"...start giving it a whirl.

It is hopeless and frustrating to even try until he is ready. Do not waste your energy on this..

There are always people saying that they potty trained their kids at 18 months, but it is not really true. They are putting their kids on the potty, pulling down their pants then making the child sit there till potty happens.. You do not want to spend your time on that..

Instead let him be the young toddler that he is without the pressure.. He has only been on earth for a few months... His little body and mind are still trying to get used to all of the new things going on. He needs to be able to really communicate with you and his body needs to further develop.

Well most boys aren't ready to be potty trained until they are around 2.5 or 3 years old. It's is good that he understands when his diaper is dirty but what he needs to know is how to recognize the feeling that he needs to go and then have the control to hold it until he gets to the toilet. That's the biggest thing. They have to be old enough to have that control. If you really feel that he is ready then get him a potty chair and put him in underwear for a day. See how he does. If he just keeps wetting his pants over and over again and not showing any interest or ability in waiting until he gets to the potty then he is not ready and you should put the potty chair way until he is older.

He does not sound ready.
Go online and research "readiness" and signs of readiness.

Often times, trying to potty train an elder child, because another baby is coming along, is not a perfect reason for potty training the elder child. And if they are not ready. Otherwise, it will be a battle, or the child will regress and get stressed... and it will take a long long time.

Boys are often later in potty training or readiness. It is a biological development and the myelin development of the nerves etc.

All the best,
Susan

I would caution against starting too early. Everyone I know who has started before their kids were ready ended up with major issues and prolonged the entire process far beyond what I think is reasonable. Example: my friend started trying to potty train her son at 18 months because another friend's daughter naturally did it on her own around this age. This boy is now 3 1/2, and he only stopped pooping in his diapers last month. That was TWO YEARS of frustration, hassle, and effort.

My son didn't potty train until he was about 38 months. He was one of the last of his friends to start, but he wasn't the last to finish (he was completely potty trained before the boy I just mentioned above). I just waited until he was ready, by which I mean he knew when he had to pee or poop. We would ask him if he wanted to use the potty if we knew he had to go and before/after baths when he wasn't wearing a diaper anyway, and it was totally up to him if he wanted to try (he usually didn't). We talked about potty training a lot, pointing it out when his friends peed on the potty. That was a big motivator for him.

Finally, we just decided to switch to underwear completely. We prepped him in the weeks leading up that we weren't going to wear diapers anymore, and then we just did it. The entire process probably took less than a week. I can count on my hands how many pee accidents he's had, and he never had a poop one. (KNOCK WOOD, of course.)

One of the reasons I waited so long is that I figured that if I started any earlier, I'd have to pull down his pants, wipe him, and pull up his pants even if he were potty trained. If I have to do all that anyway, I may as well have the convenience and portability of a diaper. Have you seen how disgusting public bathrooms can be?? And at the end, I was only changing him a few times a day anyway.

Good luck!

I started with my daughter when she was 18 months. I cloth diapered, so she was taking off her wet diapers and I couldn't take it anymore! So, if your son understands the difference between wet and dry, is aware of when he is going, then I'd say, get started! It took us 4, almost 5 months, but by 22 months she was fully day trained, and now, at 23 months, she is fully trained, including night --yesterday she actually came running out of her bedroom in the morning to get herself to the potty on time, but she did it!

It is very possible. Also, I had a baby when my oldest was 21 months, and we moved her into a new room and big girl bed at 20 months. I did everything everyone says not to do, and let me just say, my daughter is doing great! We had a short regression when baby came, but she has adjusted to it all very well. I think it's all about giving them the confidence and giving them a lot of love.

If you are interested in doing some early start potty training, email me and I will tell you how I did it.

BTW, the natural window for potty learning is between 18-24 months old. All kids show an interest during this time, but we usually just ignore it, thanks to P
mpers and their campaign that convinced us that under two was too young. Prior to 1960, 90% of all kids (including boys) were potty trained by 18 months. So if your son knows when he needs a diaper changed, then YES, he is ready. Get started. It will take a good few months for him to learn everything, but if you ignore this window, you will only reinforce to him that it's OK to go in your pants. So while he is disgusted by the poop, teach him where it goes! Don't teach him that it's OK. It shouldn't be, if you ask me.

i'm sorry to say that most likely your lil guy will need some more time. boys average between 2 and 3 to start. i predict if you start training him now, he will regress big time when the baby comes, and it will be a lot more trouble than it is worth, with LOTS of messes to clean up. with a new baby on the way i feel it would be simpler to keep him in diapers for now. let him adjust to the new baby and this whole new life before throwing potty training at him. just my two cents. the easiest way i found was to encourage, introduce, and explain, but not to push too hard at first. my son was potty trained a month before his third birthday, and after several false starts of trying to train him, he finally got it and it took just a week or so for him to get the hang of it. it was relatively stress free and relaxed. i was never really interested in a boot camp for potty training, we're the teachers and just like everything else, i feel like it's best learned on their timeline as much as possible. good luck and congrats!

Good Morning A., I started my fist son at 19 months, by 20 months he was trained, my second son was trained at 19 months, my daughter 22 months, J. V did it early like me, waiting to long is poor hygene, most pre schools won't take kids untill their potty trained. The one claimed that double diaper duty was piece of cake, you don't want your older child to not be at the same level with anything ad a baby is at. In the past 13 years i have potty trained, many. many kids, all before the age of 2. J. L

http://www.3daypottytraining.com/

I used this method "3 day potty training" when my son was 22 months old to the day as thats what she suggests and IT WORKED! My son HATED getting his diaper changed and showed none of "the signs" for potty training but I was at whits end with the screaming matches and figured I did not really have anything to lose...but the diapers of course...lol. I had also watched my 3 sister in laws potty train their children which took them MONTHS...and most of their kids are still not night potty trained at 3, 4, and 5 years old. This method is yes intensive but it does work!!! I went into it thinking ok i'll do the day part but I'm not going to push the night time just yet after all he is still in a crib, well my husband said to me why not try whats a couple of sleepless nights in the big picture. So we did it all gun hoe and OMG it worked on night one!!! We did exactly what she says to do...and it all worked!!!!!!

Best of luck on this journey!!!