My 16 month old is starting to walk into the bathroom and stand in front of the toilet, then walking out and looking up at us. He will then point to his diaper and I will notice that there is either poop in his diaper or his diaper is wet. Are these signs? My MIL told us that we should bring down his potty and see if he is interested. Could he be ready? The potty was brought down from the attic last night, so I will see how he reacts to it when we get home today. Can anyone please share advice on how I can best help him to start this transition?
Thank you,
D.
Thank you Moms for all the advice on Potty Training. I have introduced him to the potty and for now he is content with sending his Elmo doll to the potty. He clearly understands what the potty is for and when his pamper needs changing, however we are still working on getting him to sit on the potty.
Wish us luck ;-)
D.
definately, he might not be ready for he whole process, but even if he will sit on it, thats the start. just dont push him. good luck!!!
My Daughter is 16 mos old and is doing the exact same thing as your son. So we got her a potty. I think I'm going to try what one of the other moms said and every 1 1/2 go and sit on the potty. Right now I've been getting her used to the potty whenever I have to go and when she takes a bath. We'll see how this goes.
With the warm weather if you are outside bring the potty with you and put it in a shady spot. If your alright with it let him run around naked while outside and reward him if he goes on the potty. Sing, look at books or something fun while he just sits and relaxes there. My daughter was almost 3 when she just refused to wear diapers. She also had a potty outside and naked was her favorite thing! The 2yo is now interested and has potties twice!!! but I am not ready for potty training. (We have a 1 bathroom house currently with no toilet amid a remodel!!!) As soon as I can she will have pull ups when home and have a toilet! Diapers for night time and while out just to avoid the mess. Don't force it but make it FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!! A.
Definately bring down the potty and let him sit on it if he wants. He probably isn't ready quite yet but I'd encourage him if he's interested. Hey if he pees once that's one less diaper you'll have to change.
My son is 18 months old and went pee for the 1st time on the potty last night. I was so excited but we would tell him to go into the bathroom to take a bath and he always has to sit on the toilet now first lol Good luck
My kids both started at 16 mo. old. I had a seat that went on our toilet.. and they liked it better than their own small potty. So that's what we used. I would say lets go to the bathroom about every 1 1/2 hours and by age 2 they didn't want diapers anymore except at night... Good luck.. the early you start the better. Experts say that anything you want to get rid of like pacifiers, diapers... other things - get rid of before the age of 2!! It worked for me with both my children.. so good luck to you. I also gave them 2 m&m's each time they went.. like a reward.. and they loved it!!
By all means, D., go for it. He is showing signs of wanting to be potty trained. Don't force him and if you can, get him to sit on it and give him a book to look at and when he goes, praise him and tell him he did a good job and once he accomplishes it, then you can say when he poops in his diaper that that goes in the potty too, but keep an eye on him. if he shows he's going to poop, quickly bring him to the potty and see if he goes in there and if he does nad keep praising him and tell him, yess that is where it goes. Make a big deal for him. You hear people give their child candy or cookies and I did andrealize that is not good and healthy. give him stickers to put on a chart (you can create one) and make it a happy face stickers, or animal stickers, characters, whatever he likes. Every time he goes, you can do that. Don't expect him to do it all the time all at once. Give him time and eventually he'll do it all the time. It's never too early to start, but you need to be patient and persistent and if he's ready, go along with him.
16 months is when I started with my girl. I just got the toilet out for her to associate with. Whenever Mom went potty, she went and sat on her toilet. When she took baths she would sit on the toilet. Now at 2 she goes frequently. Your child has to associate the feeling of being wet and knowing they have to go to the bathroom. My daughter goes poo on the toilet more than she pees. It's knowing the feeling of having to go.
If they are interested then by all means, let them sit on the toilet.
