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November 6, 2007 at 2:43 pm #45098
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InactiveI know that some of you might think that she’s a bit young for that but I’m just introducing the whole concept to her and if she’s really not ready for it, I’ll wait and won’t push her. Greately appreciate your helpful tips.
November 6, 2007 at 3:23 pm #45105InactiveI’d wait a few more months and then start with just putting a potty in the bathroom and letting her sit on it fully clothed whenever she wants to. Buy some potty books and/or videos to help introduce the idea of what a potty is for. When she starts to show interest in the potty you can start putting her on it without a diaper and see if anything happens!
November 6, 2007 at 9:27 pm #45130InactiveI started really young with both of my kids– don’t anyone throw things at me though the computer here, NOT POTTY TRAINING, BUT SITTING THEM ON THE TOILET!! I did it once a day before bathtime at night from 8 months on. A friend of a friend read a book, blah, blah and I wanted to see if it worked.
Don’t think I’m crazy, but Griffin started going after about 10 times– I started by just sitting him on there for about 10 seconds and then off, nothing strict. I would do it here and there. (maybe 3 days a week) Owen goes now for me and I maybe sit him on there once a week.Griffin was fully trained and in underwear just over 2 yrs old. I never read a book on it, just kind of was trying to get them interested early b/c I had heard boys are way harder than girls and I’m not a person with patience!I think the whole idea I had was doing it early so they didn’t have a chance to get scared of the toilet.NOW HEAR ME OUT!!! There a plenty of kids that are 3 and untrained and that seems normal so don’t go stressing because frankly she’s nowhere near a potty training age!I would go with Christine’s idea of getting a potty out and just letting her mess around by sitting on it etc. I know you are having a second, but having them so close together, you don’t want to be stressing over this now! Let her get used to the whole potty idea and maybe when she’s 15-18 mo she might be more interested– she’s very young!!!Good luck!November 6, 2007 at 10:54 pm #45134InactiveIt’s funny you posted this b/c I just started sitting Sarah on the our toilet last night before bathtime. She’s not interested yet. She wants off as soon as I put her on. That’s OK. Like you, I just want her to know what it’s all about…I’m not really ready to enter potty training mode yet. Maybe if I got a potty seat so she could more comfortably sit it would make things easier…time will tell! Good luck!
November 7, 2007 at 2:26 pm #45143InactiveI started early with Claire, and it back fired a bit. She wanted nothing to do with it for awhile. So, we put the potty away for a month and didn’t even refer to it. When we got it back out, we did what Erica mentioned. ‘
I would take off her clothes in the bathroom and then turn on the water for her bath and let her sit on the potty. She started going, and we made a huge deal about it. Once that became routine, I started asking her if she wanted to try at other times. If she did, great, if not, I wouldn’t push it.One day, she just decided that she wanted to go every time I asked her. I tried to ask her around when I thought she would need to go. Once she was on board, she was fully trained quickly, and only had 2 accidents…. !November 8, 2007 at 8:05 pm #45222hellbennt
KeymasterI’m not one for a little potty- I bought the toilet seat that inserts into the regular seat- it’s on a hinge so an adult can sit on the regular seat-
I let jonah be naked a lot & when I saw him starting to go, I picked him up & rushed to put him on the toilet
I also bought cotton training pants from the ‘clearance’ section of http://www.snap-ez.com/ & let him around the house in those…here’s the link to the clearance section:I started when he was about 2. I didn’t make a big thing of it- just when I thought of it/remembered to do it & he was toilet trained by 3hellbennt2007-11-08 20:07:59
November 8, 2007 at 8:18 pm #45224InactiveHA! I’m with Laura! That little potty thing is for the birds! I’d rather change a diaper than clean that thing~
I did notice (someone posted this once) that it was important to have something for Dylan to put his feet flat on while sitting on the potty so his legs were not just hanging there, though.I trained Dylan fairly late, but he was delayed and I haven’t even thought about it with carter, so I am probably the worst person to be posting here!!!Good Luck!!Ann MarieNovember 9, 2007 at 3:51 pm #45246InactiveIf you want to start early, I’d just put a potty in the bathroom and let her explore as she wants. (Though I never did this myself b/c I hate those small potties…. b/c of the mess, mainly. I bought a convertible potty, but never used it any way other than on the toilet.)
My only concern is that I know that you’re expecting baby number two, though I can’t remember when. If I remember right she’ll be around 18 months when the new baby comes. I’ve read that it’s not great to try potty training before a big transition, though I don’t know if it’s true. We were in the same predicament and waited until after Hailey was born…. quite a while after actually. We ended up waiting until she was 27 months old and she did great and got the hang of it really fast. Hailey’s really scared of pooping in the toilet b/c of her constipation, but sits on the toilet for 45-50 minute stretches so that we can have a “Dora party” when she goes. I don’t know what’s up, but after all that sitting that poor kid has never been rewarded with even a drop!Good luck whatever you decide.November 10, 2007 at 1:56 pm #45289InactiveLori, that is my biggest concern as well. Even if she “gets” it very quickly, I’m afraid she’ll regress when the baby’s born. Do I just forget it and wait until she’s used to the baby?
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