Potty Training...When and How??

Question

My daughter is 14 months (Today actually) and this is my first child and I wanted to know when should I start to introduce my child to the potty? How should I get her started?

Answer 1

Try putting her on the potty before her bath, if she is not interested don't push it. She will usually start being uncomfortable in her wet nappy or go and hide when she has a poo and is able to take her clohes off. These are some of the sign's to watch for! To get her intersted in sitting on the potty try reading her a book while she sit's on it even if she doesn't do anything she will get used to the feel of sitting on it. Try to stay relaxed and don't get cross with her and praise her like mad. Good luck. But they do say that most children aren't ready until they are about 2 and a half as mosts aren't able to control their bladders.

Answer 2

Start her right now, she is old enough. I started potty training my daughter when she was 12 months. She would take her diaper off all of the time. Don't put her on the big toilet, but a regular potty chair. She will probably get scared if you put her on the big potty. Every so often take her and put her on the potty and tell her to go pee pee or poopy telll her that she id going to be a big girl and big girls go potty, not in their diapers. If she does then give her a reward like a cookie or something. Make a big deal out of it if she goes in the potty, start clapping and holering yeh big girl went in the potty. If she is not interested DON"T force her it will only make things worse she will never get potty trained. The more you force her the more she will stay away from it. She will catch on eventually it takes time and patients. Good Luck

Answer 3

I had both of my boys potty trained by 18 months old. My oldest was 12 months when I had him trained, and my youngest was 18 months. I put their little potty by my toilet, and made them sit down with me while i went. Also, if they wanted to do it on their own, I would put books, or toys in the bathroom so they can stay on the pot for awhile. Children tend to get really bored at that age, so you have to keep their attention on what they are trying to do.

Answer 4

start now ....begin siiting her on the potty even if she doesnt have to go just to introduce her to the process then slowly introduce her to underwear..skip past pullups bcuz with underwear she really feels it and let her be uncomfortable for a while and she'll hate the feeling and soon will use the potty on her own... only use pullups if absolutly needed. use the reward punishment theory if she does good be sure to reward her if she goes in the underwear then take a toy away and watch how fast she learns to use the potty on her own.

Answer 5

You're kind of tardy dear, start today.
You could include the potty as one of her birthday presents, only meant for big girls, kids love being conned.
Try to figure out when she goes and ask her. when she's home, ditch the daiper and put a pretty pair of panties on her. Yes she will water your carpet for a few weeks but it's all good. You have a long hard road ahead of you but be assured, 'all shall pass'

Answer 6

Introduce it now if you'd like. But only by keeping it in the bathroom and having her see you go potty, maybe see if shed like to sit on it ( with diaper on)

After a while she will let you know she is ready, by wanting to take her diaper off herself, or hiding to pee/poop, saying they need to pee/poop. Then you can take them to the potty every so often when u go and see if she wants to sit down with her diaper off.

I wouldn't do anything but follow her wants for potty training at this age. ( my sis was potty trained at 16mo, only because she wanted to sit on the potty when my mom sat on the potty and she would go)

My son was potty trained at 22mo. because he thought if his older Friend could then he could. He said he wanted to go potty at the age, 20mo, so I said OK, and with in 2 month he never had any more accidents. But my oldest one was 3.5 years old.

Good luck!

Answer 7

You can introduce them to it whenever you want, but never push. They will just do it when they are ready. If she isn't ready now, then just try it again in a few months and see how she responds.

My daughter was that age when she took to it. My son was 3! We tried to show him every once in a while and he didn't want to. Then one day, he decided he was going to do it and it's been good ever since!

Answer 8

most children don't even try to start tell they are at last 2 and the best way is to wait till she is ready its in portent that you not push this on her when she is ready you will know and then you just encourage as much as possible but not to pushy and try things like letting her read a book while trying to potty it helped with my kids.well hope this helped . good luck

Answer 9

You should be talking to her about it all the time.

"some day when you decide to be a big girl you will go potty in the potty"

"Big girls dont go potty in diapers, they use toilets."

Let her see you in the bathroom while you're going potty, and talk to her about it while you're doing it.

"Some day you'll be a big girl and go potty like mommy in the potty"

"some day you when you decide to be more grown up you'll tell mommy you have to potty, instead of going potty in your diaper."

"Big girls wear underwear, not diapers."

Get her a toddler potty and sit it in the bathroom next to the big toilet. Tell her its her potty, and she can go potty in it whenever she wants. When she follows you in to the restroom and you're going potty tell her she can go potty with you on her toilet like a big girl.

Dont battle her on it. She's just begining to put the parts together. She has to first realize that what she does in her diaper is what you're doing in the toilet.

After a while, in a couple months, you can start telling her more. "Ick, you went potty in your diaper. that makes your bottom dirty. yuuuck, let change your yucky diaper. Some day you'll tell mommy you have to potty in the potty."

"yuck, big girls go potty in the toilet, some day you'll decide to go potty in the toilet and not get your bottom icky."

The has worked for me, and I learned it from my mom, who learned it from my gramma. We were all potty trained by about 18 months.

No fighting, or tricks, or bribes or anything. Just talking. just curiosity, just a childs natural desire to be a big kid.

Answer 10

introduce it and keep reminding that it is there and you would be very proud of him/her. but NEVER push child to go on potty. that just makes it so much harder good luck.