Baby Signs Potty Training

I can't say I have any tricks or anything but I tried potty training my boys when they were about 2 but there weren't ready so I gave them more time and then they started to come to me because they had to potty or went straight to bathroom and climbed on toilet. Well good luck

From what I have heard girls are little easier to potty train compared to girls,Good Luck

In my experience as an early childhood educator and advocate, potty training went faster for those children who wore cloth diapers. Disposables are designed to wick away wetness therefore the child has a harder time recognizing when they are "uncomfortable". With cloth they feel the wetness and want to get out of the soggy diaper and they begin to make a connection that every time they urinate they become uncomfortably wet.
In other countries such as China, they don't even use diapers. They have a hole in the pants and as soon as they have to go they just go. On average the children in China are potty trained by 1 1/2 yo. On average in the States the children are trained by 3 or 4 yo. The big difference is the recognition which the ease of disposables prevents. Good luck

Girls are way easier than boys!! My daughter was about the same age when I found out i was pregnant with my son. I put the potty chair out in the family room with a towel under it( we had hard wood floors so clean up for accidents wasn't too bad~ she hardly had any) and every hour or so had her sit on the potty. Then we moved it to the bathroom. We used stickers as rewards and she caught on fast!! Good luck!

I've used signing with all my kids, including potty training. I'm not a huge fan of the baby signs folks for several reasons and suggest you look up a teacher at http://www.sign2me.com/classes

I've only had girls and two so far were trained by 27 months. The other one is 20 months and well on her way.

ETA: I do use cloth diapers and do not recommend pull-ups. Children learn faster if they FEEL the actual consequences of wetting!

hmmm. sounds like a good way. i am crrently potty training my grnadson the traditional way and this may be a better way. can you send me whatever info you get on this. charlie is 15 months old but he has started to be very interested in the toilet ,loves flushing etc. he has also started to take his diaper off when he doesnt have pants on, then he started to take his pants off. he hates to be wet or soiled and immediately after he goes he is doing everythinghe can to take his diaper off . i tried taping his diapers on then putting them on backwards but he figured all that out so we got him a potty and i put it in front of my toilet. i sit him down about 15 minutes after he eats because that is when he usualy goes and we sit and read books . he has only beensuccesful 3 times in two weeks and loves to flush an say bye bye to his pee and poop. i have also been asking him if hehas to go often and nowhewalks around grabbing his butt and saying "poo" so i know hes ready but im wondering if he is too young andthis is just a phase.

My daughter is almost 22 mo and we have used the Baby Signs potty training. She will sit on the potty and we read the book, she goes about once a day on the potty. It has been a slow proccess but I think she may still be a little too young to grasp the whole feeling before she has to go. She does do the potty sign when I ask her if she has to go, and the other signs like washing are helpful also. I just happy that she is excited about it so I would say so far sucessful. If you have any more questions about it feel free to ask me.

Hi Sarah! It is really neat to read that you are wanting to begin working with your daughter on potty training. Have you ever heard of "elimination communication" or "infant potty training"? Both of these essentially encompass tuning in to the various and sometimes subtle cues (but also including teaching your child different signs to more clearly communicate with you that they need to use the loo) that children give to their caregivers when needing to relieve themselves. I worked with my daughter since she was a babe on potty training; we weren't rigid or 100% consistent with it (life and tiredness sometimes got in the way), but she had control over her bladder and bowels by her second birthday. It is/can be an empowering experience for both child and parent. You might want to do a Google search of "infant potty training" and "elimination communication" to read more about this approach.

J.

Hi Sarah- I have used baby signs on my 3 children and it worked very well in getting them to communicate with me much earlier than expected, but I never used it for potty training. I am proud to say that my 2nd son was completely potty trained by 20 months. That's a big deal, especially for a boy! My oldest son, who is now 4, was potty trained at 30 months. The biggest trick that worked for me, is I rewarded the boys with a "Poo-Poo" "Pee-Pee" Party! They thought that was hilarious...every time they went to the bathroom and did not go in their pull-ups, we celebrated at the end of the week with cake, or cupcakes, and ice-cream. I have the funniest pictures from that time. It worked very, very well for my 2 yr. old. Also, I took off the pull-ups for the majority of the day and let them run around naked. They remembered more to use the toilet. Of course, make a big deal out of every attempt to use the toilet and they had stickers and posters in the bathroom. When they did not make it in the bathroom, we did not scold them or make them feel bad. That was critical. Also, we used the little plastic training potties vs. the big toilet as the boys felt they may fall in. When we moved to the big toilet, we had stepping stools so they could rest their feet and not feel like they would fall in. Don't forget to use Cheerios as aiming devices for boys!! It works. Hope this all helps and you are done with diapers in no time. V.