what is best pottty training method for a 16 month girl?

Question

She started to go to potty 14 months right before bath time now she shes does not like sitting on the potty anymor. She is going backwards. Before she seemed to know what it was and then she would sit down and pee every time before bath time. now she doesn't

Answer 1

I have 2 daughters, my first was potty trained at 1 1/2 yr old and my second was a couple months older than that when she got potty trained. The best thing you can do is NOT force her. She has to be comfortable with the potty. I use to have my daughters sit on it with their clothes on WAYYYY b4 I even started training them. So, when it came time to train, I took the potty in the bathroom with me and I would sit on the toilet and have her sit on her potty at the same time. It took one day to train my oldest daughter, and about 3-4 days to train my youngest daughter. Also, neither one of my daughters ever had any "accidents" once they were potty trained. Oh yeah, once you start the training, completely stop using pampers, it confuses the child. I may have just been blessed, but it worked for my two daughters (my mom had my brother and I potty trained by our first birthday, so your daughter is NOT too young). Good luck!!!
ps....give her lots of praise when she goes in her potty!!!

Answer 2

This is about when my daughter started potty training as long as she shows interest in then take her to the bathroom like every 45 minutes and make a HUGE deal of it when she does go and take her to the store and let her pick out her own new big girl panties. That is what I did with my daughter and believe it or not she was potty trained it about two weeks. My son took a long time a few months and he was allot older also

Answer 3

Waiting, their little minds and bodies do not comprehend the whole topic well enough to be potty trained yet. Are you rushing it for a specific reason or what? Potty training is hard. Rushing it can only make it harder than need be.
My son was potty trained in 1 day, at the age of 2 1/2 years. My sister- in- law started training her son at the same time, he was 18 months, it took her 1 entire year to fully potty train her son. Who's the smart one?????

Answer 4

I'll be honest, I don't think many 16 month olds are ready for potty training.

You can buy a little potty and introduce it to her but I wouldn't expect much for about another 8-12 months.

Good luck!

Adding: If she is resisting whatever you do don't push it. I did that to my first child and she didn't want to potty train until she was almost four. It was a nightmare. Just be really laid back about it and she will show interest again in time.

Answer 5

I used to think 16 months is too young - our first daughter wasn't fully trained till about 3 1/2, but our second daughter who is 16 months old now started going on the potty this week. She loves to do whatever her big sister does, so she now sits on the potty and goes. The challenge is for us to pick up on the signs when she needs to go since she doesn't talk with words yet, but if we keep on schedule and watch her body language, then she keeps using the potty.

Answer 6

You can start her with introducing her to a little potty. Let her see you use the potty and tell her when she wants to try there is her own potty.
If she seems eager, get her pull ups during the day. If she doesn't seem interested, don't push, just bring it up now and then.
When she gets started, don't make a big deal about accidents and praise her alot if she goes or tries to go. Keep it light. Every kid has a different time table.

Answer 7

I just potty trained my son and daughter. What worked for me was The Potty Stool http://www.thepottystool.com I started by just setting it at the toilet. My kids immediately climbed up on the stool and discovered that they could safely use the toilet. This got them very interested in using the toilet and they were potty trained very quickly. It is a no-pressure way for them to become independent and proud of using the toilet on their own.

I like that I don't have to double the steps of potty training by training them first in a potty and then training them to stop using a potty. And not dumping and cleaning a potty each time is great. The best thing is that kids use it for years. I hope this helps you.

Answer 8

Good Question:)

I have a 16 month old son & I just bought him a potty. I'm just trying to introduce him to it without being forceful.

*In my family, it is common to potty train children @ a young age. Most of my nieces, nephews & cousins were potty trained by 2. Also, my mother has 6 children & we were all potty trained by 2. It never hurts to try~My son loves sitting on his potty:) Just don't pressure or force your daughter to go, which I'm sure you won't do.

Answer 9

I'll tell you what the doctor told me. (I only asked because I dont want to have 2 kids in diapers, if I happen to get pg again).

My son is 17 months and he like to wear big boy undies some days. Children dont have a the active nerve in their brain that tells them when they need to pee. They do it no matter what, automatically. Like for grown ups we know when we have to pee and we can hold it if we're driving, you know. Children wont be able to tell when they have to pee until 2 or almost 3.

Im going to try and potty train again at 2. Hope this helps.

Answer 10

New studies say wait until they are three. If she is ready to go and taking her diaper off by herself, then I say go for it. Also I believe in get rid of the diapers all together. Going back and forth is confusing. Only use a diaper at nap and bed time. Keep her potty chair close. Take her every 15 minutes, be persistent. Reward , clap and sing every time she goes in the potty.