my daughter is 20 months she shows interest in potty training but were do i start?

Question

we bought the toilet that plays music and the pull ups but now what? some people have said to place the chair in the bathroom others have said not to do this because of the out of site out of mind factor.

Answer 1

Forget pullups--they truly can be so confusing they are pretty much like a diaper they just pull on and off like underwear.

My daughter is 26 months and is showing interest, she can tell us when she is pooping, she will sometimes tell us that she has peed but she is yet able to really communicate that she is going, she can't get herself dressed or undressed yet and she doesn't stay dry for a good length of time consistently enough.

After spending many years teaching in a daycare I know that she has a little longer to go before she is truly ready, here are some good tips:

How should I prepare my child for toilet training?

Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.

Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.

Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.

After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.

The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.



READINESS SIGNALS

* Over the excitement of learning to walk and run.
* Able to sit down and play quietly for about five minutes.
* Able to help dress and undress self.
* Shows imitative behavior.
* Wants to put toys and other possessions where they belong.
* Able to understand and follow simple directions.
* Takes pride in accomplishments.
* Not in a period of negativism.
* Has bowel movements at regular times every day.
* Bowel movements are well formed.
* Able to remain dry for about two hours at a time.
* Able to urinate a good amount at one time.
* Aware of the process of elimination.
* Has a name for urine and bowel movement.

Answer 2

My son is 23 months old and he also hasn't shown any intrest in going on the potty. He is my 1st child, but I worked in a daycare center for almost 5 years before I had him. My experience was that if a child wasn't interested it didn't do any good to push them to do it. Every child is different. I say just try to get her excited about it, but let her decide when she is ready. I wouldn't get concerned until she is 3. I also think that pull-up's are a waist of time unless she is staying dry most of the time.

Answer 3

sounds like you are off to a good start but the easiest way to begin is each time you go to the restroom(at home) ..... place her on the chair also ...... talk with her and read with her and encouraging what a big girl she is ...... sometimes they will pleasantly surprise you and do something productive and other times may begin to sit themselves or express the need to try

be patient is the most important part

when feel ready, buy big girl panties and talk with her about the need to go and how to take care of ..... indeed for awhile you may have some additional laundry but it will all be worthwhile in the long run

know that pee pee will come much easier than the other

again be patient - reward for accomplishments and know that it all takes time dependent upon the child -
so do not worry about how competes with another child or friends child

Answer 4

i think that you should put her potty in the bathroom, when you go to the bathroom let her watch you and tell her that you are going potty. let her check out her potty, take it apart, sit on it, whatever she wants to do with it to get comfortable with it. let her "potty train" some of her stuffed animals or dolls. devote a whole weekend to potty training and keep the diaper off. she will have accidents, just keep a close eye on her and when she does, say "(her name) is going potty" this will help her be able to feel when she needs to go. there is a good Elmo video about going potty, its not very expensive, you should buy it and let her watch it. good luck.

Answer 5

i started potty training my daughter gradually when she was 17 months old. i realized that she would hold her poo until she was home and then go. she wouldn't go at the babysitters or anything! so, i decided to start putting her on the potty every time she started farting followed by pushing. and i have been practically taking her to the potty ever since then. she's 20 months old now. and she tells me when she has to go poo poo and runs to the bathroom by herself. i haven't started potty training her for pee pee yet, but she knows to pee pee in the toilet, if she's on the potty during that time.

so, try putting your daughter on the potty when you see signs of her going poo poo. you can't really hold poo poo. when you gotta go you gotta go. so if you keep an eye on her and rush her to the potty when she's in action she'll have no choice but to go.

i don't use a potty training toilet. i just use the toilet seat adapter that i put on top of the toilet seat. so that she doesn't fall through. at first i sat in the bathroom with my daughter while she read a book. but, after a while i started to leave her in the bathroom for longer periods at a time. i just didn't want her to get used to me being in the bathroom with her. i wanted her to learn to be able to go with out me and to be comfortable by herself when she has to go.

so far, it has worked really well.

Answer 6

u can get little pottys that sit next to the toilet designed for kids there rather cute too ... like a miniture toilet ... hope all goes well

Answer 7

your doing good for that age put it were ever it makes it easy for you and just ask her from time to time if she has to go potty