hey moms and dads when did you start toilet training for your girl/boy???

Question

what age do you think is too late to leave toilet training for a boy and whats the earliest age you have toilet trained a baby to the point the baby understands when they need to go to the loo..
please share your toilet woes.

Answer 1

i had more trouble with my boy than i did my girl with potty training. its okay to start around one if they are ready they will let you know i think the latest for me would be 2 in a half but kids do this at thier own pace. if you have a boy or girl if you go to any store such as walmart or anywhere like that they have these cool tablets that you throw into the toilet and they turn into animals and when the child pees they dissolve when they pee these are things that worked with my child. they also have pull ups that huggies makes that gets cold when your child pottys in them and they grasp the concept of oh wow i just wet my self and i dont like it. personal experiance dont use regular pullups because they feel just like diapers and all honesty i know its hard but underwear are the best. lots of laundry but they are the best. good luck to you its a battle but you will win and your child will get the hang of it i promise. but dont let people critize you i tried since my son was two and didnt succeed till he was four. sad but true best of luck to you

Answer 2

It is different for each child. I have four kids two that are well trained and one that is in the process. With my two daughters I just began putting underwear on them at a 1 and 1/2 to see if they could understand. It was messy at first but they quickly got a hang of it. Before they were 2 the were potty trained. I have a son who is now over 2 and 1/2 and we are still working on it. From my expereince traing diapers don't work. I feel underwear although messy, helps children understand when they go the bathroom. Also having some type of routine helps. Take them to the bathroom with you and make sitting on the toilet a game. I have had friends who stick cheerios in the toilet and tell their kids to aim. They say it works. Don't get frustrated it may seem as if it will never happen or you may feel you are pushing but slowly but surely the child will get the hang of it.

Answer 3

girl- 2 years, 2 months- 100 percent potty-trained

boy- 2 years, 6 months- 100 percent potty-trained

used this method:
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 two days with the method. Took my 2 1/2 year old 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.

Every kid is different. Some babies are potty-trained at 18 months, some at four.

Answer 4

Your child needs to show signs of readiness... that is, they need to understand and vocalize when they are wet, they need to be able to pull down their pants by themselves, they need to be able to stay dry for extended periods of time (say, during a whole nap time), and they need to understand the use of a potty. Start practicing occasionally when your child is near two years, having them go into the potty with you (or your husband) to watch what you do, talk to them about what toilet paper is for,and why big people use the potty instead of wearing diapers. All of these things will help get your little one ready for toilet training. Every child is different, but most children are ready to try going potty on their own little potty by about 2 1/2. Boys generally take longer to train than girls, and most children achieve daytime dryness before nighttime. Just keep at it, and it will happen.

Answer 5

I started putting my now four year old daughter on the potty when she was about 15 months. By the time she was 17 months she did all her poops on the potty. She was completely trained pee and poops by age 3. The pee was harder. She would train better in the summer because I would let her run around in panties and a sundress. She'd be dry all summer and then by winter back to wetting. My son is now 16 months and he just took his first pee on the potty last week. Although I hear boys are harder and I admit that my son isn't as interested as my daughter was. I think that you can introduce it as early as they can comfortably sit on it but I think you can't really take it serious until you see interest in your child. Sometimes you can help spark interest by creating a potty chart using stickers each time they use the potty. We did that when my daughter was 2. It helped alot and also, getting the cute character panties helped too. She loved them and didn't want to pee in them. I think though if you wait too long it can be harder because the child gets in the habbit. However, sometimes, as with my daughter, it doesn't matter when you start. She was ready when she was ready.

Answer 6

I started my son toilet training when he was 1 year old by the time he was 15 months he was toilet trained and for my daughter she was toilet trained by 1year old. It all depends on the child and when there ready. Don't rush them just make sure that you take them to the bathroom every 2 hours.

Answer 7

my daughter decided a little before two that she was ready and i did not have to "train" her, she just did it on her own

the boys - i waited until they were three and it was really easy.

don't rush it or it will take longer, wait til they are giving signs of interest, when they start telling you they need to go or when they tell you right after, and when they start staying dry for longer periods.

i made my boys change themselves when they were wet - though I could help, I had everything at their reach so they could take care of it. I kept wipes, fresh undies and plastic pants available for them

By the way - no pull ups for toilet trainint, use the old fashioned plastic pants and cotton undies, though it is a yucky couple of weeks, it will make all the difference!

Answer 8

Girls are better than boys in potty training but i started when both were 2 going on 3

Answer 9

My son was close to 4. He used to hide behind the couch or somewhere else to do his duty. lol. We tried everything! We bought him the coolest potty, we put dish detergent in the big potty and told him if he aimed just right he could make bubbles, and after trying to bribe him with trips to Chuck E. Cheese, balloons, toys, and everything else, the only thing that worked was throwing the pull-ups away once and for all, and letting him sit in it for a little while until he noticed that something just wasn't right all of a sudden. lol. I explained to him that he was a big boy now and must go potty like we do if he didn't want to feel all wet again. It took about a week of that before he got the idea that I meant business, and he just took it on his own to sit on his potty there after. Now my daughter, she's 2 and a pro at it already! She loved the idea that she could do it all by herself and makes it known to everyone that it's time for her to go! lol. All she needs is a good book and she's good to go. She doesn't even like her little potty...uh-uh...she has to use the big one! She's so darn cute! When she's done she looks at me so sophisticated and says, "That's myyyy pooopie." before she flushes. lol.

Answer 10

Well I was lucky my first daughter was potty trained by 20 months and my second one is now 16 months and she has peed and pooped one time each on the potty...best thing to do is let your child play with the potty. have him watch you go and tell him that you go on the big girl potty so you don't ahve to wear diapers and more. My 16 month old hates her diapers and always knows when she has to go..She will tell me pee pee or poop po. She doesn't always want to go on the big girl potty but thats ok..I would rather her feel comfortable and safe, so I don't push her(plus the kids still really young)