when is a good time to start potty training and how do i stay consistent with it?

Question

oh yah im 16 weeks with my second and would like to have him some what if not all the way potty trained by the time the next one comes.

Answer 1

If this is your first child, potty training is probably a bit of a mystery. Everyone masters it eventually — but right now it may be hard to imagine your little one doing something so grown up.

What helps:
Potty training videos. Fun videos and DVDs can help your child get familiar and comfortable with the idea of potty training. They usually feature animated characters singing songs and showing how to use the potty. (You can even find different versions for boys and girls.)
Potty training books. Since kids love hearing the same stories over and over (and over) again, try adding a potty training book to your home library. A story with kid-friendly characters who are learning to master the potty just might just inspire your child to give the toilet a try.

Tip: Once potty training has begun, let your child pick out "big kid" underpants in a favorite color or with a familiar character on them. Some well-chosen underwear can inspire kids to say goodbye to diapers.

How do I motivate my child to use the toilet?
Your child may not be as eager to be potty trained as you are to make it happen. In fact, as your child grows up and learns new skills ranging from reading to riding a bike, you'll probably find this is often the case.

What helps:

Staying positive. Avoid punishments, pressuring your child to give up diapers, or getting upset about accidents. Stay calm and supportive, and praise even small improvements.

Potty training incentive chart. Let your child put a sticker on the chart (or calendar) for every visit to the potty. A certain number of stickers (you decide how many) earns a reward.

At first, make it easy. For instance, three stickers might earn your child that coveted little toy car. You can gradually increase the goal, and the size of the prize.

Potty "targets." Flushable targets that float in the water, often in animal shapes, can also motivate kids. Targets work especially well for boys because they can "aim," but some girls love them, too. Pieces of O-shaped cereal are also great for target practice, and won't harm plumbing.

Stepping stool. For kids motivated by doing it "myself," a stool can help by letting them use the big potty and wash their hands on their own. Plastic stools are lightweight enough for a child to move from toilet to sink.

Tip: Put a few drops of blue food coloring in the toilet. When your child urinates in the potty, the water will turn green. Children are so amazed by this phenomenon, they'll want to make the water turn green over and over again!

Answer 2

I am also expecting a child soon, I have 7 weeks to go, and I have a 20 month old that I would like to start potty training. My pediatrician told me to wait until she was at least 2 1/2 and after the baby was born, because my daughter might regress back to diapers when the baby arrives, no matter how well she is trained. I had this problem with my oldest, she was completely trained then I got married and her whole world changed and back to diapers she went (this was at 2 1/2), it was another 7 months before she was trained again. If your son is interested in the potty and can tell you he peed or pooped then he is ready to start training. Don't rush it, because it will blow up in your face. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Our daughter is 18 months old and about a month ago we started potty training her because she was telling us when she peed and pooped. She did great that first week never had an accident, then the next weekend she stayed with my MIL, and that was the end of that. My MIL doesnt take her to the potty, so she pees and poops in her pull ups now. My job is temp. and ends next week hopefully then I can get her back to it. But you have to make sure that she is ready and that everyone cooperates with you, otherwise it will end up like my situation. I am also pregnant 10 weeks, I hope she is potty trained by then !! lol Good luck

Answer 4

First off, they say not to potty train just because a new baby is coming, they will often revert to their old ways and want diapers like the new baby and have lots of accidents.

The time to start is when they are showing signs that they are ready (never push going on the toilet it can make them scared to go) Some signs are:
^putting their hands in their pants after pottying
^taking off wet or soiled diapers
^telling you after they wet or soiled their diaper
^asking about or looking interested in the toilet

I always recommand starting out by saying tell mommy when you need to go potty or asking every once in a while if he needs to go.

Then taking him once an hour to the toilet and trying to go. Make it the same time each hour and every day, example always 10 minutes after the hour. Start at the beginning of the day on a Monday. I find that a new week and a new change always works better than starting in the middle of a week. (Your routine has already been established for that week.) Offer a "Good Job!", "Way to go!", or "Your such a big boy!", instead of a reward like stickers or cookies, praise is always better, it also is showing your child love and let's them know that you care that they are doing the act.

Once the going on the toilet is actually established (going mostly every time on the toilet and less in the pants) get some traing pants. Stores like Walmart and Target carry training pants that are undies with a liner in them in case of accidents. I suggest these over pull ups for the simple fact pull ups are just diapers that pull off. Plus it is cheaper to throw five or six undies in the wash than paying roughly $.25 per pull up.

Once you have hit the point were he is accident free, make a special trip to the store to pick up his reward. Big boy undies. Let him pick out the ones he wants to wear.

The pocess can be quick and easy taking 6 months or long taking a year or more, it all depends on how your son takes to the toilet and how ready he is to go. Take it easy don't, don't rush it. Go at his pace.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

A good time is when your child is interested in the potty and what's going on down there. You sorta answered your own question about how to stay consistent, you just do it! You have to!! Get a little potty chart or something. Go to www.happysahm.com and click on printables -- I think you may find some helpful sites there! :o) Good Luck!

Answer 7

I'm a mother of 5 children. It varies from child to child when to start potty training. The best way I can tell you when the child is ready is when they start taking their soiled diapers off and they can ask to have their diaper change. If they can do that, then they are ready and can learn to use the potty chair.

Answer 8

Modern diapers do not feel wet and the child learns to ignore the urge. They make training diapers that feel uncomfortable when wet. It helps make the child more aware of his/her own body functions. Until the child is aware of what it feels like to need to go they have a hard time potty training. After they start to feel uncomfortable going in the diaper, they are better able to recognize when they have to go and can tell you.

Answer 9

boys usually start potty train 2 1/2 to 3years old. when you begin get him to go or at least try every 30 minutes and when he does make a big deal out of it that way he knows thats a good thing

Answer 10

First of all the best way to stay consistant is to buy some of those cloth training undies, not the kind that are like a diaper "Pull-ups" will make you forget that you must get him/her to their pody chair.. buy a pody chair, and if its a boy, have your husband take him in there everytime he has to go to show him how its done, if its a girl, you can take her in together, and I feel about 1 & 1/2 is time enough.. I trained my girls at that age, and they were so easy to train.... In fact, i trained my oldest daughter when she was 1, not 1 & 1/2, but my youngest at 1&1/2, my boys it was 1 & 1/2 and 2 years old, for my oldest son.. he was terrified to go on the big pody, and my ex was too cheap to buy him a pody chair!! How sad is that!!?? So he took longer to learn.. Good luck to you, and I know this sounds wierd but the first time all my kids went on there own I took pictures of them on the John, and they laugh at them now... Just a suggestion!! I always tease my oldest guy, when he's being disrespectful towards me, in a "Joking way" that I'm going to show his girlfriend his picture of him on the pody!! If he doesn't lighten up on me!!HaHa!! And he always stifles, after I say this!!Haha!! Its all in fun!! Smile!!!