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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 10:01

To all those seasoned moms out there, when did you start potty training? How did you do it? I bought the seat yesterday and am thinking of putting her on it every morning. She is quite predictable with her morning poo about 10-15 minutes after eating cereal. She is 14 1/2 months old. Is it too early?

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 22:37

I think 14.5 months is a bit too early to start potty training in earnest but definitely not too early to start familiarising her with what a potty looks like + what it's all about. She may like to play with it, put it on her head! sit on it, put things inside it etc. So it's a great idea to have a potty or two about your home. You could start by putting a soft toy on the potty + making the right sounds to help her to understand what it's for. I started my little guy off doing wees in the potty by initially letting him take it in the bath with him. He would get into the bath + sit down on the potty for fun, the warm water around his feet would make him do a little wee + then I would praise him enthusiastically + clap etc to let him know he had used the potty for it's correct purpose! LOL, brings back memories :)

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 19:04

Maybe I am just reading too much into DD's actions, but DD is 11 months old and indicates that she wants to potty by flaring her nostrils and making a clear grunting sound (not very ladylike), we strip off her nappy and she poops in the potty and then tries to stand up when she is done. If she does not want to potty, then no matter how hard we try, she does not sit down on the potty. She does still poo in her nappy from time to time, but it is an exception rather than the rule. I believe on some level she understands the need to poo in the potty because she gives us her nose flare and grunt and then waits till we put her on the potty. only if we miss the sign or do not respond fast enough does she go ahead and poo in her nappy and then screams till she gets changed. We started doing this when she was 7 months old and it took us about 3 weeks to get her signals. I know that we still do ALL the work, but I really hope that it is a foundation for the future. Thats exactly what my DS used to do, whcih is why i plopped him on his potty. And yes, there were occasional incidents in the diaper, but rare. I think its very helpful especially when we go out, as i really dislike changing his diaper in public toilets. I'd say go ahead and plop her on her potty. :)

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 18:59

Maybe I am just reading too much into DD's actions, but DD is 11 months old and indicates that she wants to potty by flaring her nostrils and making a clear grunting sound (not very ladylike), we strip off her nappy and she poops in the potty and then tries to stand up when she is done. If she does not want to potty, then no matter how hard we try, she does not sit down on the potty. She does still poo in her nappy from time to time, but it is an exception rather than the rule. I believe on some level she understands the need to poo in the potty because she gives us her nose flare and grunt and then waits till we put her on the potty. only if we miss the sign or do not respond fast enough does she go ahead and poo in her nappy and then screams till she gets changed. We started doing this when she was 7 months old and it took us about 3 weeks to get her signals. I know that we still do ALL the work, but I really hope that it is a foundation for the future. You're lucky! I think a lot is down to personality and sort of natural habits. Both of my two were/are happy to sit in a dirty nappy without giving any signals of discomfort. That translated into DD not caring if she did a poo in her knickers, nor did she care if she was made to continue wearing her wet knickers (though we'd give that a try when all else was failing!)...

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 16:02

DS turned 3 in December. We haven't been able to potty train him as we had several set backs. New baby, moving homes twice, his surgery and then holidays. Now he's starting nursery school so I'm hoping its going to happen fast if they help implement training while he's at school.

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 12:56

Maybe I am just reading too much into DD's actions, but DD is 11 months old and indicates that she wants to potty by flaring her nostrils and making a clear grunting sound (not very ladylike), we strip off her nappy and she poops in the potty and then tries to stand up when she is done. If she does not want to potty, then no matter how hard we try, she does not sit down on the potty. She does still poo in her nappy from time to time, but it is an exception rather than the rule. I believe on some level she understands the need to poo in the potty because she gives us her nose flare and grunt and then waits till we put her on the potty. only if we miss the sign or do not respond fast enough does she go ahead and poo in her nappy and then screams till she gets changed. We started doing this when she was 7 months old and it took us about 3 weeks to get her signals. I know that we still do ALL the work, but I really hope that it is a foundation for the future.

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 11:09

Ok my DS is 20months and half potty trained. Ie, he tells me when he needs to poo, but i still have to put him on the toilet seat (he has a tiny one on top of ours) and i still have to wash him and dress him back again. He is still in his pull ups and he doesnt poo in it. However, his pee is still in the pullup. I started putting him on the seat when he was about 9months old, whenever i saw his face wrinkle up to go. And kept telling him its poo. Now he just holds his bum and comes running to me when he needs to go.. :) I personally think its an advantage if you can atleast get them to tell u to poo. Its easier to clean up. Eitherways, i dont think I will stop his pull ups till he is older. HTH

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 11:01

I think 14months is a little too young. DD at 18months was able to tell me before she would go in her nappy. However bought the potty ect didnt work. The day before her second birthday by chance she needed to go in the shower, put her on the potty and wallah she went and has been going ever since. I am a big beleiver in they will do it when there ready. I was pregnant with DD2 and was not going to even attempt it until 2.5years, DD1 had other ideas. They will do it when there ready and again i would say toilet trained is the ability to go without you asking, coaxing, and being able to undress and re-dress themselves again. It is alot of hard work if done too early. You can start talking to her about it now though. Saying wee wee and poo poo's. Teaching her the difference between wet and dry and also teaching how to dress and undress these are skills she will need when she is ready anyways. Best of luck.

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 10:54

from experience, the earlier you start, the longer it takes... or rather, regardless of when you start, by the age of 3, they'll be trained! You could start training them from 3 months old, if you so wished, but until they know in advance when they need to go, can hold on until they get to the appropriate place, get there by themselves, do the deed and clean up after themselves, it's you doing the hard work... and it is hard work (more so than nappies!) I tried starting DD when she was just over 2 and had to postpone because it just wasn't happening. 6 months later, I was still the first of my ante-natal group to start and not kidding, it took 6 months for her to have no daytime accidents. I have a couple of friends who held off until their kids were nearly 3 and waited until the child decided it didn't want nappies and they were done within a couple of days. DD is now 3yrs 3 months and self toilets and is dry at night (with one pit-stop at 22h30) With DS, I'm not listening to anything anyone says about how their little dahrling was trained at 18 months... I can't bear the prospect of a rerun of DD's training, so it'll be whenever he turns round and tells me! Also, and this is something very important to bear in mind - just with "sleeping through the night", people's interpretation of what constitutes a potty-trained child differs. The author of "Potty Training Boot-Camp", who claims to have your child trained within a week actually defines "trained" as knowing what to do where and achieving it 50% of the time. Er, sorry mate, but that's still a lot of wee to mop up!

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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 10:53

I think thats abit young...my 19 month old knows how to say poo poo but shes not informing me before hand.....they need to be able to have like a pull up nappy on and be able to pull it up and down and get your lo sitting on the potty.... I get her to do this when i go to the toilet....no toliet yet on the potty but it will soon come....My eldest didnt start using the potty till she was over 2 years old. AS soon as they are ready they get tha hang of it pretty quick.

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