Anyone for early toilet training

[LoveKermit]

Didn't this thread for a couple days and checked back in. So glad I read this! My near 18 mo old will go in another room to poop. She will disappear and then come back and clear out the room. But the stinky (and sometimes very full) diaper doesn't bother her a bit. I'm starting to use the words and definitely go myself with the door open. But I see she is far from being able to communicate that she has gone, let alone that she needs to go soon.

Thanks everyone for the help! I definitely would have started too soon!

 

[Wendybird55]

I think my son is almost ready for potty training. He'll be 21 months on the 21st and for the past few weeks goes many nights with a dry diaper. He has his bath around 7-7:30 and gets a new diaper. He falls asleep usually between 9-9:30. After he falls asleep I change his diaper one last time - sometimes it's a bit wet. And in the morning after her wakes up I go to change him and many times lately the diaper is dry - especially if I don't let him hang out in his bed for awhile. And I dont' stop liquids or anything before bed if he wants.

Also he understands pee-pee and poop. Sometimes he'll come up to me and say pee pee to be changed or go by the stairs to go upstairs to be changed.

His language skills are OK - he says words here and there - still alot of babble, but he understands everything we tell him and ask him.

I bought one of those seats to put on the toilet and he likes to play with it. I put it on the toilet a couple of times and sat him on it and he wasn't upset and just sat there swinging his legs.

I want to try training without pull ups. I agree that pull ups are too much like diapers and doesn't give much of a reason for a child to want to use the potty. I bought some underwear for him and plan on a very messy weekend with lots of laundry. I'm thinking I might try it 4th of July weekend as I am a working mom and it gives me 3 days at home to try.

We're going to Disney in Sept. (3 weeks before his 2nd birthday) and part of me is wondering if it's better to wait until after the trip for potty training. But that would be for my convenience. I'm thinking if he's showing some signs now I should try it while the window of opportunity is here. If he doesn't take to it right away - that's OK. It can wait.
But I won't know unless I try.

 

[justhat]

Wendybird, my son is the same age as yours, well, he just turned 22 months on the 4th. He was just 21 months when he started to show a sudden interest in the potty and now he's in underwear full time during the day and a pullup at night. Yes, there are some accidents, but not a daily occurrence anymore and he tells me as soon as it happens, stops what he's doing, then finishes on the potty.

We're headed to WDW next week and part of me is concerned about taking a newly potty trained kid on the trip, but I think we'll be okay. My daughter went to DL about 6 weeks after she trained and was fine so I guess we can live through this one.

So good luck with it! I fully believe in taking advantage of that window of interest, plus getting them on the potty while they're young makes it seem routine. They forget they had diapers so using the toilet becomes a way of life, not so much a change like when they're older.

 

[Momvic5]

I have 3 children, and all three were potty trained fairly early. My oldest potty trained at 2yrs. I think he would of potty trained earlier if I would of started him earlier and totally skipped the pull-ups, but I waited until he was 2yrs to even try and used pull ups. My other 2 children were completely potty trained by 18 mos old. My daughter could even go through the night without an accident. My son, though, still needed to be taken to the bathroom in the night. He was totally offended if I tried to put a diaper back on him at night so we just got in the habit of waking and going to the bathroom once in the night every night. He is 7 now and is still a frequent potty visitor.

The best advice I can give is go straight from diapers to underwear and totally skip the pull-ups.

 

[Wendybird55]

JUSTHAT - Thanks for the encouragement. It's wonderful that your son was interested so early and is doing well. And they say boys usually take longer!
I think the signs are there and even though my sons words are limited right now I think we can easily communicate potty terms to eachother.

I'm hoping if things go well 4th of July weekend with the training we'll have about 2 months before we leave for Disney to help re-inforce it.

Good luck with your trip - I'm sure your son will be fine. Good thing Disney has LOTS of restrooms.

Have a great trip!

 

[Disneygirl26]

I don't usually post in these threads, but DD was trained by 19 months, and DS by 20 months.

I believe in the "naked" potty training, and both were good after a long weekend.

I don't see any convenience for the parent. DH would rather they were diapered when he took them places because he could IGNORE them if they were wet.

My kids enjoyed their independence. They enjoyed their big kid underwear. They enjoyed being in charge of their bodily functions.

And, yes, we had a couple accidents. Life goes on. Remember, the older the child the more manipulative. They will turn this into a control issue. The advantage of early training is they learn bathrooming as a habit, NOT a choice.

I totally agree I'm going to put my flame suit on to

I did the same thing, choose a weekend 2 months before my daughters 2nd birthday, she was trained in a week my son it took him about 3 weeks to grasp it. also I don't believe in pull-ups never used them even at night, they confuse kids. I think 10months is bit early to be potty trained especially if they're still taking bottles, buit I think 3 is bit old, I think 2 was the magic number for me.

 

[carj]

I know that everyone says that girls are faster/easier to train but that was not our experience at all.
My son was 18 months and started telling me that he was going to poop so I would take him to the potty and he would poop. He could pee in the potty when I took him but he was not able to recognize the need to go before he went in his diaper, if that makes any sense at all. I didn't push the issue, I was THIRLLED that he would poop in the potty! His sister was born when he was 2 1/2 and about a month later I put him in underwear and that was that. There were a few accidents but not many. From the beginning, he was dry overnight. He never used a special potty or seat.

DD was another story. She was about 2 years 9 months and I had already tried once to potty train her around 2. I finally did the naked thing, with a plastic potty and she was finally, resistantly potty trained.

I do believe in taking cues from your children but in some instances, the child may not lead the way. Then I think that you have to step in and take the lead.

I wouldn't train at 10 months but that is just me. One reason is that public restrooms are generally icky and my children at 10 months didn't have the "ooh that is icky, don't touch" concept!