How old was your child when they first used the potty?

Question

Do any of you know any tricks? Or good ideas that can teach a child how to use the potty?
My cousins Daughter learned before she was two, her babysitter taught her. My daughter is only 18 months but is very interested in the potty , so we bought her, her own. I know this is early, but The Dr. said it's good to get the potty early even if it takes another year for her to learn, but at least she will be acquainted with it.

And Also I've heard other people who have taught their children how to use the potty before age two. Please Give me all the potty tips you can =) Go On Mommas and daddys You know you want to share your success stories=)

Also do you think I should buy pull ups? If so which kind? I know there are a few different ones. =) Thanks again

Answer 1

my son was about 15 months

and NO on the pull ups

my son started being dry at night and would wet first thing in the morning
so i moved the pee pot closer to his room as soon as he got up he would go pee i told him BIG BOY and that he only had a few diapers left

so i told him use up the diapers and stay dry and no more he got so exited after that pk was gone he never used them again
we did have a few ooopsy's but it was fine

Answer 2

18 months is not too young. They say between 16 and 18 months is when they learn the fastest, so it's a perfect time. My daughter is 3 now and she's been using the potty (going and wiping by herself) since she was 2. At 17 months she was getting really interested in it, so I got her a potty and some pull-ups. Big mistake, I suggest no pull-ups for the reason that they feel like a diaper so the kid will pee in them. I just stuck a pair of kids training underwear on her and if she did do a little pee in them she felt it and got really uncomfortable and wouldn't do it again (well, rarely). I had her potty trained in a matter of a week!! Try it out and let me know how it works for you.

Answer 3

Hi Answers, My first daughter i had trained to use the potty at 20 months and my second daughter i had using the potty at 24 months. I put their potty chair in the bathroom,and any time i had to go i would say, lets go potty like mama,and i would have my daughter follow me,and she would sat on her potty until i was done. It was in the second week my oldest poo and pee in her potty chair and boy was she all excised about want she had done. I train them both the same way. I think girls are a lot easier to potty train than boys. No pull ups. They have enough things to think about while on their potty. A Friend.

Clowmy

Answer 4

With my 2 oldest daughters, as soon as they had their 2nd birthday I started the intrducing the potty. I basically took their diaper off and let them run around bare-butt, as it was summer time. I had them sit on the potty every 10-15 minutes. After about 1 month or so, they got the idea and it was set. Very simple. I have never had bed wetting problems with either of them. Now my son, he didn't start until he was 3 and had just started pre-school. Basically the pre-school helped with him. I sent him in a pull-up, and he came home in a pair of "big-boy" unders, the teachers telling me that he had been good all day to tell them when he had to go. Getting him to tell you when he had to go Poo was a problem at first, but now he's a pro. As far as the pull-ups, I have bought them for him to sleep in, only because I am afraid he will wet himself in the night, which so far has only happened about 3 times. Otherwise he sleeps thru the nite and wakes in the morning dry and ready to pee. Good luck.

Answer 5

We started introducing the potty at about 18 months. But she would have no part of it. It was a month past her third birthday before she went a whole day without wetting herself. (It was a control issue - and she was in control.)

If they learn that early, I think that's great. But I wouldn't worry about it, personally.

Answer 6

In my experience pull ups are a bad idea as the can confuse a child, are alot easier to train than boy and are usually trained earlier this is because girls are much cleaner in themselfs they dont like sitting in wet or dirty nappies. If you can do this it should do the trick, let her go around the house and garden without her nappie, up i would wait till the weather is warmer, you will find if you give her this freedom she will be trained in no time. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

My daughter was just about 18 monhts. She used to follow me into the bathroom. She wanted to sit on the toilet everytime she came with me so I would put her on it. One day the timing was just right. The best way is to wait until your child is ready for the toilet. And don't use "potty chairs". They don't have them in preschools, day cares or kindergarten so they may as well start out using regular toilets.

Answer 8

with my kids i took them to the bath room with me they had a potty chair and i used the toilet it only took a few months and they where doing it on there own

Answer 9

all my children (except my youngest who is just a few mos. old) were potty trained by 2.5 yrs old my kids would even ask me about a toilet monster their father told them about (sadly he signed off his parental rights and i filed divorce against him) well i would comfort them and angrily scold my husband for scaring the kids...anyways i would always bring them to the bathroom with me and they would even hug the toilet! but i told them to stop coz its unhygienic