Potty Training Twins
If you have twins or children of a similar age you may feel that potty training them together may seem like a time-saver, but it doesn’t always work out that way, as your children may approach readiness at different times.
A key point to remember is that not all children are ready at the same time [...]
When Did You Start Potty-training Your Baby And By What Age Were They Pretty Much Trained?
I was curious as my friend is going to start potty training her daughter as soon as she can sit up which is normally around 6 months. I just wandered when people did start potty training and how long it took to train their little darlings.
Please can i jus have answers only from people with children or people that know about babies because whenever I put a question on here I have loonies answering sometimes!!
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We started at age 5 months iwth my daughter, she is now 9 months old. And no she was not too young to start usiing the potty (let’s see how many thumbs down I get for this *laugh*! She nows poops in her potty first thing in teh morning, and then again after her morning nap. Yay for us, I’m not scraping poo off her. She poos about 90% of teh time in the potty, and 50% of her pees.
ReplyOUR STORY:
A common belief in North America is that potty training should start around age 2. Toddlers should go at their own pace and self-train. The disposable diaper industry has educated us in potty training and they now make diapers that will fit a 4 year old or older… They make a lot of profit when we wait so long to potty train our children.
I was skeptical that my baby could be potty trained as an infant. I just had to try!
My baby would often wake up dry - If I went to change her diaper as soon as she woke up, it was dry more often then not. And then, to start the day right, she would pee all over her change table before I had the chance to put a diaper back on. I don’t like cleaning up pee! At age 5 months, I bought her a potty and started sitting her on it as soon as I removed the diaper.
To my surprise, she peed in her potty!
Everytime we change her diaper, we put her on the potty (actually we bought one that goes over the toilet, so that we didn’t have to clean the potty. She is too small to sit on it by herself at this stage, so it really doesn’t matter as her feet do not touch the floor. )
When she was about 6 months we bought her a Baby Bjorn Little Potty. It was perfect for her. She i snow 9 months old and sits on her potty unassisted. She plays with toys while she does her business.
90% of her poops go straight to the potty. 50% of her pees. She still wears diapers. We are religious about putting her on the potty at each diaper change. We try and keep her as dry as possible. and hope that this will lead to her being potty trained by age 1. We are well on our way to reaching this goal. But even if we don’t reach it, it’s ok. She has a great head start.
Potty training without stickers, charts, bribes… infants don’t care about these things and are not scared of the toilet… This could be too good to be true…. Stay tuned!
The “experts” call it elimination communication - as technically, I should be in tune with my baby and be able to read her and know when she needs to go. I haven’t been able to do that. I try to keep my daughter really dry, so I check her diaper and put her on the potty about once an hour during the day. When I do this, she stays dry for 4-5 hours, unless our timing was off or daddy was playing with her or she laughed too hard *smile* I wish I could better read her cues. I’m hoping that soon she will clearly tell me she needs to go potty.
It takes a lot of love, time, diligence and patience.
We don’t expect our daughter to self-train - We don’t expect her to learn how to use a spoon on her own, just like anything we teach our daughter, we take the time to teach her, show her, and help her discover everythng that she can do.
I now tell all my friends, family and anyone who wants to listen, that my baby girl started potty training at 5 months, that she is not exceptional, she is just doing what all babies can do given a chance.
Give your baby the opportunity to pee and poo in the potty - instead of his/her diaper!
Baby learns that you want him to use his diaper as a toilet. Then we spend a lot of energy to unlearn this…
If you would like to talk to me about this, feel free to e-mail me. I would be happy to share my experience!
My son turned 2 in December and we introduced him to the potty in November. . .but he’s still far from being potty trained. We’re working on it but not forcing it. 6 months seems awfully early to me, but as long as your friend doesn’t force the issue there is no harm in teaching them about the potty, etc.
ReplyI started with my oldest daughter when she was just over 2 years old and she was potty trained by the time she was around 2 and half…6 months is way to young to start
ReplyThat’s just a dream of hers !! Trust me, her baby won’t even be able to walk at six months, never mind sit on a toilet !! Tell her to wait until her child is 36 months !!
Replystart at age 2-3 if the child shows interest in the potty. It usually takes around 6 months
ReplyIt can be done early. I once knew a 1yr old who was potty trained. I started at 2 and they were done by 2.5
Reply@Kimber:
ReplyI am with you on the 5 months thing - my little has just turned 5 months and I bought her a potty yesterday. It has been going on since she was very tiny but wees each time I change her nappy and always get it out just before I put the fresh one on! And this this week 5 morning in a row she did her poos on the changing table. This is what spured me to getting the potty - couldnt deal with cleaning that up every day, wee is bad enough to mop up. I tried her this evening for the first time with the potty and like you said sat her on the potty each time I changed her and we got 3 out of 3. I put her on the potty 3 times and we got 2 wees and 1 poo. To be honest Im still in shock I think.
My mum though I was nuts and wondered if I would do damage and confuse her so thats why im online now having a read and am thrilled to find your post!
Only difference is I have been using washable nappies since she is very small and when they are wet she feels it unlink disposibles which absorb it!
Thanks for dropping by guys great advice all around! and glad the site could help Aisha
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