When is the best time to toilet train?

My 2 girls were the easiest to potty train. My son on the other hand had many issues with it. He was three before I could get him to go on the toilet. Not that I didn't try. My girls were potty trained by 2. my youngest though was great. Before she was even 2 she wanted to you the toilet

I started the potty training my oldest the day she turned 12 mnths. I got a potty chair and had her sit on it when I went. I kept up with this until she turned 2, then I took diapers away and put panties on her. She only had maybe 3 accidents and that was it. No accidents at night, heck she even got up in the middle of the night to go potty that I got her a night light to put in the bathroom. Now with my youngest, I can honestly say she was a pain in the butt. I did everything with her that I did with my oldest. She saw her potty chair as a trash can. When I put panties on her she would take them off and bring me a diaper. She didn't fully become potty trained until she turned 3. I think it's weird to potty train a child at 6 months, because when they are sleeping, you will have extra laundry. My sister's daughter that's 7 now honestly potty trained herself once she turned 1. She took her diaper off and climbed on top of a big potty. She found a pair of panties that belonged to my oldest that my mom kept around and put them on. My mom was shocked to see her do this. Now with night time, I don't know if she had any accidents or not. I am glad that diapers are not in my daily life or my future (knock on wood.

I started potty training my children when they could get complete words out. I do believe that all of my children where trained by the age of 2. My boys were trained a little earlier than that....about 18-20 months. Now about training at 6 mo., I think this is way too early. I feel that the child cannot even get themselves to the bathroom at that age, so how will they understand what to do? I dont know...my opinion I guess.

My little guy will be 2 next week. He's been day time potty trained for about 3-4 months now. He has an occasional accident, but uses the potty at least 90% of the time when he's awake. He's nowhere near night time potty trained, though.

I'm in Oz too but have never known anyone to leave it as late as 3 to toilet train. I think 6 months is silly & far too young, most kids aren't doing a lot at that age so how are they supposed to get to the potty if they need to go? My daughter is 19 months & we've recently started introducing her to the potty! My oldest niece was toilet trained before the age of 2, however, her twin sisters are 2 1/2 & only just getting the hang of it now. I guess it really does depend on the child & how quickly they pick things up - if they have trouble then leaving it a little later might be the way to go but if you have a child that can get in to the knack of using a potty early then i'm all for that as well!

I have 19 months old baby boy and I am trying to potty train him as i think he is ready, but it is not quite working as he doesnt want to sit on it for longer time and it is starting to be stressfull. I am from Slovakia and babies there start to sit on potty at around 6 months, but they are not going without nappy straight away. It is around 18 months there. So i have that pressure feeling from my mum to push the potty training now and other pressure from the people living here in UK, who are saying it is too soon and he is not ready. I would love if he can go without nappies but it is quite true that he is not ready yet to be potty train. But i do agree with you that society waits too long to potty train the children.

Those who had their trained by two are lucky..The doctor would just say don't force it let it happen on their terms, they will let you know when they are ready. But that can agitate alot of parents it did my mother with my little sister who was 4 before being fully potty trained. Didn't have problem at first then we traveld to visit family and she got scared because of those self flushing toilets and to hurry her up my sister in law told her a monster was in there going to get her. talk about scared she refused to go to any more bathrooms after that for awhile. My brother told her that a monster was on ours that wanted her to feed it..stupid idea..But with patience I helped my mom potty train her. Only had trouble when she got a urinary tract infection. So best thing is not to scare them or push them into it to soon because some kids(the stubborn ones) will just make it that much harder on you to potty train them. And make sure they aren't under alot of stress make going fun if possible like racing to see who gets there first then wiggle around while they use it and make them laugh pretty soon they will start going on their own. I have seen 5 year olds in diapers and seen 4 year olds sucking pacifiers and bottles.

I think everybody's opinion differs on this topic. My son is 19 months and I have started trying to potty train him. He has his own little potty in our bathroom and when we would use the toilet he would sit on his potty so I thought I would go ahead and start trying. He goes sometimes and doesn't go sometimes. I'm not going to push him though, I'm just going to let him go at his own pace.

i think from 15-18 months is the best time. i have seen my little niece to be potty trained by this time.In our country mainlyt the babies are potty tarined at early age. I think its good habit.

I think 15-18 mos is the ideal time to start getting serious about it - as that is the time when physiologically the child's brain neurons are developed enough to understand and control their eliminations. I started at about that age with mine, my son was potty trained to urine before 18 mos but for fecal matter he was closer to 2 years one daughter began at 18 mos and was complete by 2, no night time dipes or anything my youngest was a bit slower - we started, it did not hold her interest, she had a difficult time controlling her bladder until she was a little over 2, and was not completely trained and reliable till 3 years old through the night.

My son was just barely 3 when he was FULLY potty trained. He was a stubborn child. He knew when he needed to go he just chose not too go. My daughter is 11 months old and has used the potty many times since she was about 9 months old. She follows me into the bathroom and I put her on the toilet. Most of the time she will go shortly after sitting down, but she is nowhere near potty trained yet. I think it is mostly luck.

I think 6 months is way too young. I did not toilet train my babies until they were ready. With that said, it was also forced upon them. By the time they were 2.5, I had already talked and demonstrated the whole process. On Christmas day, I ran out of diapers and no stores were open. I told my daughter sorry, No more diapers! and that was it. For my youngest, she was starting daycare and needed to be trained so we did the big countdown, 10 more diapers.... 3, 2, 1... all done! It worked for me but I know a lot of parents have a harder time.

The right age depends on the child. I have seen children at 18 months who were ready, and children at 3 years who weren't. It depends on the child's maturity. But on average, it is probably 2 years, maybe up to 2 1/2 years. When children start showing signs of readiness, like being uncomfortable in a wet diaper, or telling you when they have to go, it's time to start potty training. I think 6 months is too young. I have heard of a group of people advocating 'diaper free babies' here in the US, and they start from birth and never use diapers. While it's economical and environmentally friendly, I don't think it's appropriate. Babies have no control over their bladder or bowels until at least 1 year of age. On the other hand, I see your point- I don't know why people wait if their children are ready. Except because they don't want to do the work.

My daughter is 2 and she is fully potty trained and so was my 7 year old...she has accidents but she did so well. I started them both when they were 18 months and took my time and had to be really patient with them...I think some people are just lazy to tell you the truth and leave it till there child can tell them exactly when and where they can go to the bathroom. That is my opinion

My daughter took it upon herself to start using the potty just before she turned 2. I had pulled out the potty chair to get her use to seeing it, I hadn't planned on even trying for a few months yet. One day she just started using it & never needed any extra pointers, encouragement or whatever from me. My two sons on the other hand I thought would be in college before they figured it out. The older was probably 3.5 before he was using the potty more often than not, but 4 before he was fully using it. My youngest was just past 4 when he stopped having accidents. Boys seem to both not really care about having accidents and not have the muscle control as early as girls. I may be having selective memory, but I don't recall my daughter ever having an accident once she started using the potty.

3 of my 5 were potty trained by 18 months. one by age 2. the other was little hehind and he waited until 3. when they are off the bottle at 12 months and walking i started potty training mine. if ur child gets u a diaper when it does its business--potty train it!!!