At what age can I toilet train my child? She's 13mth now.?

Answer 1

When she's ready. 18 mos to 4 years. Don't rush it.

Answer 2

I know all the diapers are annoying. You can definately takes steps towards toilet training. You can start by talking about the potty and take the child to the bathroom with you when you go. Next you can have the child sit on the potty when you sit on the toilet (diaper on). Be fun and praise. Next, After meals (5 minutes) when they are due for a potty change ask if they can sit on the potty. Let them walk around the bathroom no clothes on and if they have an accident then praise and show them the potty. After that your on your own. We potty trained myt daughter at 2 yrs 3 months. We started because she was now telling us her diaper was wet, "change me". My husband let her go diaperless for the whole day . I know... But it worked on the first attempt she was in the kitchen playing and her eyes got big and she RAN to the bathroom. SUCCESS! . Seems like kids see the diaper as more of the security for them and until you take it away they will go in it as long as they can. Get ALOT of panties and have confidence in her during the day. Don't get upset when she has an accident just tell her the right thing to do next time. Everyone is different. Good luck but you have a while.

Answer 3

At 13 months you can start playing the game and sit her on the potty while mommy and daddy are on the potty. I did that with my daughter, now she is 18 months old and she is very interested in the potty and working on potty training herself. I plan on getting her a special potty called a "Throne" that plays music as one of her Christmas presents. Just follow your daughter's cues. I don't think there is any such thing as too young because there is a group of stay at home moms that have their child "potty trained" from birth. There are some links below about the babies that are "potty trained" from birth.

I just say (again) follow your daughter's cues, I am doing it and I think my daughter will be potty trained before the new baby (wear are trying for one in or around August) gets here or a little after. Just don't force potty training or really start working with her until she is two or says she is ready (which ever comes first).

Answer 4

Well, some try as early as 18 months, but talking from experience here, I'd say to start at age 2. Then here is a method that works for me. Print it off and save it.

Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in one day with the method. Took my son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 5

Well the starting point depends on your child. Does he/she show signs of not liking a dirty diaper? Does he/she watch you go to the bathroom? Do you read books about going potty to him/her? Well 13 months is early, but there have been children that I know that were potty trained by 17 months. The reason they were trained so early, was because the child was showing signs of wanting to use the potty. Read about going potty with your child. Have them watch you go potty and explain to them that pee pee and poo poo needs to go in there. Also when you take them to the potty. I did this with my son. Take his poopy diaper and put the poop in the toilet and explain that the toilet is where pee pee and poo poo go. Also every 45 minutes to and hour take him/her to the toilet and have them sit there for a few minutes. I hope that I have helped!

Answer 6

Probably at least 2 depending on the child. You could get a potty now though and she could sit on it and play with toys with no nappy on, then if she coincidentally goes potty you could praise her. Just a thought, my daughters not at that age yet so I don't really know.

And to the previous poster, we don't train babys to use nappies, they don't know how to control things like that when they are born. All we have done is attach a nappy to soak it up. The only difference between a young baby without a nappy and one with is with one of them there is less mess on the floor.

Answer 7

Every child is different, but I do believe that 13 months is a bit early. You can start by introducing her to the potty and taking her to 'try it out', but I'm not sure if the signals to the bladder and her cognitive abilities are developmentally ready to train yet. Good luck!

Answer 8

Every child is different, although you could put him/her on a potty trainer if they will stay. I know that it took what seemed like forever for my youngest daughter to be completely potty trained, then she was still having accidents at night. It will be hard if your child is like that but what else can you do. Like I said try putting them on a trainer and see if it will be possible, the earlier the better since it can't do anything but good.

Answer 9

if she wakes up with a dry diaper during naps and seems to have a schedule for her bowel movements, you can start to introduce the idea of the potty to her. when my daughter was around that age, her bowel movements were quite scheduled, so i started sitting her on the potty right before i knew she was going to go. we'd read books and talk until she realized that the potty is where she had to go. from there it's real easy. but make sure she's ready, you'll know.

good luck!

Answer 10

Ehh. Get a potty and maybe a couple of books about it (kids love "Everybody Poops". They just do), but 13 months is probably too young; I'd say wait until at least 18 months.

Answer 11

Well every child is diffrent, but if you have a little girl it dosent hurt to start sitting her on there for 2-3 min every hour. With boys it is much harder....I pottie trained my son easy, I couldnt believe it! When they start bringing their diapers to you then it is time. I told my son that he had 3 more diapers and that was it then hed be in big boy underware. He pooped in his underware and I had him help me clean them and he never pooped his pants again! It took me 5 or 6 times of him peeing in them, but he didnt like to be wet and smell and he just stoped on his own. I didnt have to bribe him or anything. SO if your daughter starts showing signs it may be easier then to do it. If she pees in her diaper and dosent seem to be bothered at all just sit her on the toilet for a little while every day till she gets use to it and then put panties on her when she starts giving you signs that shes wanting to try it full blown