PottyTraining????

Question

My daughter is 18 months old. Do I start potty training? and if so how do i start? I bought a potty and she has seen it and she will sit on it but she just sits on it with her diaper on... and she tells me when to change her diaper so I figured it could be time if she's noticing when she goes. I don't know I just need help in this area cause I'm 19 she is my first kid and i have no idea what I am doing!!!

I have put her on with out a diaper.... haha its not that easy or I wouldn't be asking. She will sit on there but I don't think she understands that she should go to the bathroom on there... I even bring her in with me when I go to show her

Answer 1

the most important thing you need to do is relax. kids train at all different speeds and 18 months is pretty young. i teach pre-school and find that the children that begin the school year in diapers want to ditch them as soon as possible when seeing the other children going in the pottie....don't stress her out about it...don't make a big deal if she has an accident...she will pretty much pottie train when she wants to..i wouldn't really push the issue unless over 3 with still no interest in ditching the diapers! good luck..trust your instincts..

Answer 2

We use the bare bottom method as well. My oldest had the potty in the house for a year (anxious grandmother wanting her trained) and sat on it and would talk to me while I went ect. When she was just over 2yrs I read about the bare bottom thing. At home she would go around without a diaper or pullup. We started with the potty chair near (near not actually in the play area) where she would play where it would be in the normal path to the bathroom. As she made progress I moved the potty closer to the bathroom she would use the most during the day. Once she got the hang of using the potty in the bathroom we started trying training panties at home. We used Pull ps for trips out of the house - some experts will tell you using pullups will confuse kids because they do have a diaper feel. Some of the newer pullups are designed to help the kids feel the wetness either by just feeling wet or by getting cool. Once my daugher started consistantly telling me while we were out she needed the potty I started with small trips out in the training panties and worked out way up to longer trips.

One thing you need to remember is that once you are training you have to be willing to drop everything while you are out to find a potty if your daughter tells you she needs to go. She is still learning to use the potty so "holding it" (aside from not being comfortable) is not possible yet. And whatever you do, do not scold her for accidents. Just clean her up and move on to the next try. Accidents will happen. When she does use the potty, make a huge deal out of it. Give high fives and do a little dance - whatever motivates your daughter. I've heard of people giving a little treat. The "atta girls" should be something that will help motivate her but something you can be consistant with...I found the high fives worked best.

We are working with daughter number 2 now. Same method. She is starting to get it and is now asking to go potty when we are out and about. She isn't at 2 and a half yet and a little ahead of her sister. But they aren't the same kids for sure.

Each child is different, make sure you aren't comparing her to someone else's story using them as a timeline of where your child must be. Most kids can potty train between 18mo and 3 years old...that doesn't mean at 18 months all kids are ready.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

FYI: NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING!! LOL



I've had 2 girls that are now 2 1/2 and 4 1/2. I used the "bare bottom" method. Start this in the morning after she has her first drink let her walk around with no diaper on and about 10 or 15 min later take her to the potty. Sit her on it and see if anything happens. Don't ask to to pee on it all the time just have her sit on the potty around the time you think she would need to pee. Continue this all day and be consistent. Be advised that this will take a while and their will definitely be accidents. Trust me their will. But it's ok. They learn that their are other ways to pee then in their diaper. I would only use pull ups when you go to the store. Only for peace of mind though. Leave her diaper on at night. Night training will take longer. Most likely with poop training too. My youngest just finished training and is 100% now! After a lot of work which is normal you and your daughter will get there too.

Answer 4

at only 18mths you might have a little trouble getting her to understand exactly what its all about. I would still let her sit on the potty and watch you for now. Also talk a lot about wee-wee and poo-poo so she gets used to these words. Until she can say them (or her version of them) you won't have much success.
Don't stress about it just yet because you will be in for more accidents then successes at this age unless she is really advanced. Usually 2-2.5 yrs is average.
When you do decide that this is the time for both of you then set aside a full week where you are able to concentrate on it, strip off the diaper and just hang around at home with undies or better yet, terry towelling training pants on (no pull-ups they are just confusing for them as this stage). I used to set the kitchen timer for every 20-30mins and when it beeped it was time to go potty. Let her sit there for a minute or so, read a short story or sing a song and then start again. There will be plently of accidents but just clean them up and start again! Eventually she will pee in the potty and get the gist of whats going on with this silly little plastic bowl!
I used to use a silly sing-song voice and say "we go wee-wee in the.. pot-tee" over and over again and after a while they chime in with the pot-tee bit!
When she does go praise her heaps and make a big fuss about it, show daddy, nanna etc...

The big thing about potty training is consistency and persistence because if you are here and there and not consistent with it, it will take so much longer and be that much harder for her to grasp. thats why I say stay at home for a full week and concentrate on it before you venture out and have all those accidents!

best of luck

Answer 5

I started with my oldest at about 18 months. I didn't get super serious about it yet, though.

If she's not already wearing them, switch to training pants instead of diapers.. take her with you when you have to use the bathroom, pull her training pants down and have her sit on her potty while you sit on yours. Talk about it. Say, "This is how big girls like Mommy go potty and then they don't have big messes."

Let her see what you did in the potty if she wants to before you flush.

I know this all sounds gross, but it's really the quickest and easiest way to do it.

If she doesn't catch on right away, don't worry about it. She's still kind of young.

But she'll get the hang of it.

Don't forget to praise her when she starts doing it. Prizes are unnecessary because then they think they deserve one every time they use the bathroom. Just hug her and tell her what a big girl she is and what a good job that was.

Answer 6

It takes time and patience and consistancy. I started potty training when my daughter was 18 months. She is now 2 and still isn't potty trained. She sits on her potty and sometimes goes accidentally cuz she sat on there so long. When she does go I make a big deal out of it by clapping and saying yeah. She thinks she did something right. But you can't force them cuz then they will be afraid of the potty and we don't want that. One day they will just get it. Keep trying, have patience and be consistant in whatever you do!

Answer 7

mine girls hated the potty, so i brought a seat to go over the toilet n little stool so they could get on it, i brought them books about goin to the toilet n read it to them when they went n sat on there n if they anything then make a big deal of it, clap n yahoo etc.. i also took every time they had a drink say about 10 mins later, 1st thing when they woke up, last thing b4 bed etc.. other then that every 1/2 hr - hour, it took them over 6 months to finally get the idea of it. just constant persistance does the trick, its only a matter of time, how much time depends on girl. good luck

Answer 8

put her on the toilet without a diaper on.....duhh