How to Know When your Child is Ready to be ...

Well I potty trained my daugther as soon as she could walk and my daugther stared to walk at 7 months. She is now 2 years old and she's all potty trained and I am loving it. It is better to potty train them early so they wont be wereing pull up at the age of 5 or 7.

My Mom said she started training me as soon as I acted like I hated being in my own filth and wanted to "go big pot" so she got me my own little potty. My brothers, that was harder, they didn't seem to care. She told me it took forever to get them to care enough to even use the thing. So there must be a big variation. I know people who have 5 year olds who aren't potty trained.

I think you can start if you feel your child is ready or if you want to give it a try. I do think the earlier you start, the better but... I started with my daughter when she was about the same age. She would occassionaly go and then we ran into some problems. First, someone (a family member) flushed the toliet while she was still on it. It scared her beyond belief, she wouldn't even step into bathroom without freaking out for a while. Then, things started to improve, but we would have these moments that seemed like a step back. So, I stopped pushing her to use the bathroom, but would encourage her and put it on the toliet a couple of times a day to try. It wasn't until she was 3 (actually almost four) before she became fully potty trained. Our doctor said she will when she is ready and it honestly went that way. I always say it seems like she just woke up one morning and decieded she was ready to only use the toliet and wear big girl underwear (as opposed to pull ups)

Yeah I think it is timely that you put you baby into potty training already. I have my son started by letting him watch me pee on the bowl and let him realized its okay to do it. Slowly we played along in turns for him to do it. Then we just realized that there came a day that its all okay. A big No no's is forcing him/her if she is resisting it.

My daughter of twenty nine months started potty training at nineteen months, It was very hard.. but I am amazed because she is eager to use the potty and enthusiastic about it, in her twenty months, I can remember waking in the middle of the night because she is waking me up and she wants to sits in the potty..from that time, the use of potty is second nature to her in the morning and at night, today, she will miss only if she gets super tired playing at daytime, that no matter how I tried to wake her up for the potty time, she will not obey, I just carry her while sleeping and let her sit on the potty half asleep!It's funny but it works for us.. have a great day!

My son is 2 years old i have been trying to potty train him for about 2 months now and of course its not working as well as i thought it would. He knows what the potty is and he knows what hes suppost to do but he hasnt got the concept of taking off the pants and pull up yet. Working on that.

The earlier you start the better. It takes little patience initially, but it is worth the effort. You can tell him that passing urine must be done in potty. Use a word to describe it constantly, something like "shi shi."If you have an elder child, it becomes much more easier to demonstrate. The more effort you take, better ready will be the child.

im sorry hon, i hav no children yet so i can't be any help. but i do wanna comment though

My pedia has been pestering me to potty train my 2 year old daughter. though she knows how to express her urge to go to the potty most of the time, she still cannot completely do without nappies. I believe i should not force my daughter on this issue. I know that I will know when she is really ready for this. Children grow at different paces. Some pedia even say the older, the better. That way children can fully tell the parents that they need to pee or poop in the bathroom. Don't pressure yourself, it will just drive you nuts.

[i]Hi Sydney, I have no experience really about this but for me as long as you want to do it, why not trying? the early the better...As long as you will do it constantly, I know they will learn it to be part of their routine! Anyway, I hope you will get a great tips from Parents here, for sure, it will be more valid and reliable![/i]

Hello Sydney, I have a problem too. My son is already 2 years old and he is still using diaper. Since he is big in size, it is hard for me to find a comfortable diaper for him. Right now, he is using XXL. I tried to train him but he's still unable to do it on time. My friend's son started potty trained when he was a year plus.

Well to be honest with you i had started to potty train my son when he learnt how to sit. Now he is 15 omnths old and knows wht he has to say when he wants to make potty. he starts chanting "kaka..kaka" So i know that he wants to make potty. I think one should teach when the child is ready to accept the potty training and not forced. They would not give you signs that they want to be trained but you would have to try and see if they accept

one of the key things i was told, was when child wakes up with a dry diaper, you can try starting as this is a sign that their bladder doesnt fill up as fast..if they are still on a bottle or get a sippy cup or drink of any sort to take to bed with them, then wait. I mean you can try to train them for day time, but take it form someone who did that (i figured i didnt care if he was in diapers at night til he was older i just wanted him in underpants for school and such) its a bad idea, because then when you want them to get through the night in undies..its that much harder. You want to try and do it all around the same time, so no drinks taken to bed and if they can go through the night dry or with maybe one wetting.

The only advise that I would give you is to not force the issue or to get in too big of a rush. When the child is ready to start they will. If they can tell you that they need to potty and understand what potty is then I would say that it is ok to start. I have almost 3 year old twins and neither is potty trained yet. Only one even has an interest. The potty has been out since before they turned 2 and one has shown some interest in using it but not on a regular basis. I personally think that if you constantly have to ask them if they need to potty and are taking them in there constantly just to see if they do then your are not really traing them to use the potty but are just training yourself to take them before the pee in there pants. I personally have been potty trained for sometime now and don't need the training:) So take it slow, let them get an interest and try not to be negative if things go slow they will get it before to long it just takes time and all kids develope and learn at different stages.