What age do you think you should start to potty train?

Answer 1

Some start at 18 months, and some start at 4. Does the child wake up in the morning dry? tha't a strong sign. They can hold their blatter for that long.

Answer 2

When your child is ready. My daughter first used the potty before her second birthday, but then refused to even sit on it again until she was nearly 3. The advice I've always heard is you can start when they're 2 or wait until almost 3, either way, you'll have them trained by the time they are 3. I've potty trained a boy and a girl, and both were trained right around the time they turned 3 (the boy took a little longer than the girl).

You can tell a child is ready when they show interest in the toilet and how it works and why you are in there. They may also start to tell you when their diaper is wet or dirty.

Answer 3

I have potty trained 20+ children. I have done daycare out of my home for over 25 years.

I believe a child should never be potty trained before they can dress themselves. They must be able to master pulling up and down their clothing. Plus they must be able to tell you verbally that they have to go. Don't worry about their age except that I believe that potty training shouldn't begin on any child before age 2. Some children mature quicker than other's.

Do not use pull-ups unless they are maybe the new feel and learn or cool ones. If being wet doesn't feel uncomfortable then they do not care if they go in their pants. You are spinning your wheels if you try to use diapers.

I prefer training pants with the plastic attached or plastic pants. Personally because I have a home I do not want stinky from urine. Plus these children are not mine so I am not comfortable allowing them to run around naked or in just their panties. Parents must decide what they prefer.

Good luck. Oh and do the "pee-pee" dance when they go. Shout and make a huge big deal about it when they are successful. I have children who have been potty trained for a couple of years still like being praised.

Answer 4

It depends on the child and if they show these signs :

1. Takes Off Own Clothes

Let’s face it. The first step to becoming dry begins with your toddler’s ability to recognize he has to go to the bathroom. The second step is his ability to pull down his pants, or lift up her dress. The third step is actually going to use the potty. If your child begins insisting on taking off his clothes then he probably is ready to begin training for the potty.

2. Talks about Using the Potty

He may say, “I want to use the potty.” Or, he may just point to it and sit down. Either case he is showing an extreme interest in the little chair. Well, what do you do if he’s interested in sitting; maybe he’ll be interested in using it. You never know unless you try. Hey diapers are expensive why spend more on them if you don’t have to.

3. Does a Potty Dance?

There are some children doing potty dance? Does your little one have a routine? Does he stomp, turn, twist, and grab his groin like Michael Jackson? If he does, then that’s his potty dance. He’s ready, ready, and ready if he has his own version and he dances it whether there’s music on or not.

4. Shows an Interest in the Bathroom or Toilet

This is the big koruna of all ready signs. The big earthquake so to speak. If your child is curious about the bathroom or toilet, then he’s ready to learn how to use it. Is he curious about how it flushes? Well, that’s because he wants to know how that giant white chair works. Why does it make that sound? It’s a noise like no other. He’s not being bad when you have to drag him out of the toilet. He wants to know what the toilet is. He wants to know how it works. He is ready, ready, and ready for potty training.

5. Stays Dry Overnight & During Naps

This is a hard readiness sign to understand. If you child staying dry overnights and at naptime that is the sign that he is ready for potty training. In any event, your child is ready if he displays this sign.

Now, does your child exhibit any two of these ready signs? If so, then get ready to do your potty training. You will never know those signs if you are not pay attention to their reaction.

I personally think that if you force a child to potty train before it is time and put pressure on them, it will take even longer in the end as they start to resist it.

Good luck!

Answer 5

UGH!!!
I think that was one of the hardest things with my son. He was 4 before he was totally potty trained. Thank God for daddy. He took a week off, and stayed home to train him. We had him throw his diapers away and took him to pick out underwear and all that bit. Then when the time came he refused to wear the underwear. LOL!! You know how you always hear that thing about " I've never seen a teenager in diapers" I was sure Mark would be the first one!! But we made it. He is almost 5 now and were a working on all those school age things.

Answer 6

I think it all depends on when they start showing signs. My daughter was potty trained at 2 but, she also has an older sibling. My son wasnt potty trained until 3. When they started showing signs like going to their special place to poop then you know they can feel the sensation to go before because there going to hide. I went out and bought underwear and had them run around in them and just kind if ask them if they wanted to try to go potty on the big toilet. There are a few messes but with patience and reward if they went potty in the toilet it worked for us very well. They never liked to use a kids potty chair, they used the normal toilet right away, they sell special seats to put on your toilet for your kids so they dont fall through. I used stickers for rewards.

Answer 7

it depends on the child. My first son was potty trained by the age of 2 1/2 but my second son wasn't ready at that age. Don't get me wrong I tried but he wouldn't have it so i had to wait on him and by age 3 he showed some interest

Answer 8

I started to potty train my son after his 2ND birthday he was ready when his diaper was soiled he would take it off, he would say pee pee, mama I stink so I made him put on underwear in the daytime and at night I would put him on a diaper. I also put him on the potty every thirty minutes after about 1 wk he was use to it and he has been potty trained every since its going on 5 months

Answer 9

the age of a child does not determine when they start potty training.As long as the child understand certain things like no or yes or come etc,you should start using words and showing objects that relate to the word.(Say potty and point the child to it or the toilet) or (Take the child to the bathroom and say to him/her pee or ......) They do understand a lot we think they don't. lol
GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 10

i have five children and it makes a huge difference if your training boys or girls cause boys are usually alot easier than girls.just start winging them off the diapers at the age of two.the best thing to do is monitor what time they ate or drank something and give them about 20 to 30 minutes and take them to the toliet.i have come to find that rewarding them for using it the training toliet kind of boost them to want to use the training pot.