Potty Traning W/ Girl

sixteen months is a bit young, but how I potty trained was to take them every time I go, and if they go, then I rewarded them with a few M&Ms. I know some moms thought I was awful for using candy, but it worked.

I have five kids 17, 15, 12, 6, and 3, and married to my husband for 20 years.

Honey, She is interested because she just realized it's there. She sees you doing it and wow that's cool. Until a child can manuever the peddles of a ride on toy. (ie tricycle) they do not have the muscle control to hold their urine all the time. The only one's potty trained are the moms. Until she can go into the bathroom and potty she is not potty trained. Of course, overalls etc are different but until she can pull down her pants and get on the potty and go the only one trained is you. Relax and enjoy this precious time because once it's gone there is no returning. each stage of my soon to be 9 year old guy is so great that I am excited for each new stage and mourn the one lost. Yes even the poopy diapers and all. This is such a great time of seeing and learning and adding vocabulary and so many other things that diapers are a minor thing. let her sit on the potty, go if she wants, see what you did etc. but don't try to train her. I promise that any mom who started too early or pushed a child only ended up frustrated and upset and it took longer than if they had just waited until their baby was ready. good luck

My daughter used to go with me to the potty, partially because I didn't want her out of my sight. I never let her sit in a wet diaper, so she didn't like the feeling of being wet. She started showing that she new what had happened by grabbing her diaper after it happened. (at about 16 months) We bought the potty then, explained what it was for, and kind of let her do her own thing. When she'd grab the diaper, we'd direct her to the potty to see if there was anything left to come out. Eventually, she started catching the feeling before she wet the diaper, which we praised to no end! Once she got the hang of that, we let her wear dresses around the house with no pull ups or underwear, so she had easy access, and nothing to soak up any drips if she had a problem.

I guess we pretty much let her train herself. We just provided her with the potty and explained what it was for, then gave lots of praise when she used it properly.

In my opinion, taking them to the potty at certain times of the day may help them not have accidents, but I don't think it teaches them that feeling of urgency or need to release. I think that's the important part... them recognizing the need to go and getting to the potty before it happens. Good luck!

I am potty training my 21 month old and he is showing signs of knowing when he goes potty. I had my first completely potty trained by 2 years and 3 months. what i looked for is if they start grabbing their diaper and looking down at the same time in a none playful way, and all of the sudden. Also when your kid comes to you after they have gone they have been ready to be potty trained for quite some time. my youngest will be two in october and he has already been inroduced to his potty chair. we do not sit on it until i change his daiper and i tell him, "when you need to tee tee or poo poo you go in the potty and he shakes his head. He also comes to me and says kinky (stinky) and that means he knows what it is to go potty. or now after only a week of the potty introduction he runs to the potty with his diaper on and sits and says tee tee. there are many things to let you know when they are ready. I gave my son a book and let him read and it would relax him and once he really understood I gave hime a peice of candy every time he went. then when he got tee tee down i told him that he only gets candy now when he goes number 2. he adapted very well. another thing, im glad you noticed early alot of people dont know signs of potty training. Kudos mom!!!!

My daughter just turned four. After just going through this myself, my very best advice is to relax. Do NOT stress over this, and don't get onto her. Trust me, that won't work, unless she's just not going on purpose, and she's way too young to do that. Mine never showed 'interest' and she made it fine. If yours is anything like mine, it will seem like she'll never get it, then one day, boom, something clicks.

Other things that worked for me: no liquids after 7, take her to the bathroom at certain times of the day, but at the same time i.e. when she wakes up in the a.m. and naps, and when she goes to bed. Be prepared, there will be accidents, so don't try to prevent them. But most of al, relax. No kid ever graduated high school not knowing how to go to the bathroom.

Read the book "Toilet Training In less than a Day" by Azrin and Foxx.

Hi I started training my son at around 20 21 months n it took him awhile but I was consistent n he's almost 3 and he's been going by himself for about 4 months he stands to pee n sits to poo n says mom come clean my butt please before he went by himself he knew to tell me but he could not reach at all standing up too short so he had to learn sitting down n at nite no liquids I couldn't understand why he. Was peeing his bed till my mom told. Me to take away liquids 2hrs before bedtime n that helped a lot people told me to take him every 10 min man I was going crazy so I took him every 15 20 n it was a big deal if he went but if she doesn't take to it she will my friends son started showing his own intrest at almost 3 she had tried earlier n he was not at all into it but now he's goes so like everyone else said she will learn how just give her time n if U think she's showing signs try differnt stuff off here every childs different what worked for my I don't think is giong to work for my 2 he's "different" stronger mind of his own u know anyways hope this helps

Go for it, When my daughter was about 6 monthes old and could sit up well alone, i would sit her on the potty when I went to the bathroom. By the time she was 9 months old she was not wetting her diaper at all. So she always understood what the potty was for and never strayed from that. Some said, "Your wastinr your time", but it worked. She has never wet the bed, nor wet her panties. She is going to 9 in September and she is still wonderful. Good Luck

A healthy toddler is very curious by nature but that doesn't necessarily mean she is ready to be potty trained.
Is she waking up from her naps with a dry diaper? I she vocal enough to let you know she needs to go? Does she understand instructions and follows thru?
She will cue you in when she is ready.

She is rather young and there is no hurry for this so my advise is to treat it gently. You can buy her some panties or just take off the diaper and tell her what to do. Then see if she can learn to do it without too strong an expectation that she will always go in the potty. So if/when she has an accident say something like oops, you didn't make it, lets clean it up. Some mothers try giving lots of fluids on the first day so there will be lots of opportunities for practicing the new skill - that is up to you. I think it is great that you are noticing she seems ready even if she is younger than most children, so go ahead and try it. I think some parents wait too long to try potty-training and then you sort of miss the window of interest, although I do not think you are in danger of doing that. (There have been many mothers on mamasource trying to figure out how to potty-train 4-year olds who seem to believe it is their right to use a diaper - gotta try potty-training before that mindset has a chance to develop.) It is important to not expect more than the child is physically able to do and some are ready and able before others. So if you try it and find you or she is not comfortable with her progress and it is easier to go back to wearing a diaper, it is not a failure, just try again later. I would recommend keeping her in night-time diapers until you know she is able to either hold it through the night or wake up and get herself to the potty on her own. I do not think children are fully potty trained until they can not only recognize they need to go, but get themselves there (or ask you to help find one in time to make it when you are away from home), then undress, wipe, re-dress, flush, wash hands, etc. Of course she will need help for a long time, especially when away from home.

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Shes probably very curious about the potty because realizes you go on it all the time! my daughter started wanted to go with me to the bathroom to watch at around 18 months....so we started just kinda putting her on the potty and reading a few books....nothing ever came about this and soon she started resisting it....so we backed off....right after she turned 2 years old I started introducing her to the potty again and she took to it right away.....going pee at first and then maybe a week later poopy too! Thats when you know that they are ready...when you dont have to force her to go! All kids do the potty training thing on there own time but girls are usually a bit easier than boys! It took my abby about 2 weeks to be fully potty trained diring the day....shes still in a pull up at night because we cant get her to wake up to go but Just relax a little and let her lead....if not she can end up really resisting potty training....my sister did that with her oldest and he REFUSED to go on the potty til he was around 4 1/2!

When you do start taking her to the potty just kinda let her sit on there after a meal with a couple of books(thats the normal time to use the bathroom)! GOOD LUCK DEAR!

Good Morning J.. I hope I'm not too late with this response. In order to make it easier on both of us, I'm copying a response I'd sent to a mom named Jaclyn who was also potty-training her little one. Take a look. Maybe this will help you in some way.

Hey Jaclyn! It doesn't sound strange at all. Lots of moms have no clue as to how to begin potty training. It's most commendable of you to ask for assistance. My babies were potty-training at early ages of 9 mths and 10 mths, which happened to be when they were off of their bottles, walking, and learning to speak. EAch one completed his/her course prior to turning one yr old! They've always been ahead of themselves in everything, which can be both blessing and torture for me as the mom! lol...
Ok so you have already begun by having her sit on the potty when you go into the bthrm. Now you remove diapers. Do not switch back and forth from training panties in the daytime, to diapers in the night. That is confusing for little minds! It's training panties all the time from here on out! Use plastic panties over the trainers for nighttime or a plastic sheet cover under the bedsheet, for mattress protection purposes. The child will become wet during the night at times and that's ok. Second step is to take her into the bthrm several times a day. And ask often are you wet or are you dry? Demonstrate which is wet and which is dry by having her feel her panties. IF she is dry, say something like, "Oh my goodness you are DRY! What a big girl you are. YOU are DRY!" Emphasis on dry...Then take her into the potty to sit for some minutes asking if she needs to make pee-pee. It may take time for something to trickle out. Regardless if it's one drop or alot, praise praise praise! Clap hands, congratulate, reward with hugs and kisses. Wipe with tissue, empty potty into big potty Together, then wash hands together! All of this is reinforcing the procedure to follow for being a big girl. Talk as you work together, reminding her she was a big girl for making her peepee in the potty.

Bring books into the bthrm and leave them there to be used while she sits and waits for peepee to arrive! My kids were so advanced, by the grace of GOD, I had to have books and some small toys in the bthrm. WE learned the animal names and sounds they make reading the same book over and over again. WE also learned to open and close the barrel that contained the smaller barrel, that contained the smaller barrel and so on down to the tiny monkey in the smallest barrel. That was a twist on, twist off lesson. It was fun, challenging, and kept the mind occupied so the peepee would flow without effort. Time flies when you're having fun while you wait for the peepee. WE said good bye to the peepee as we flushed it also. It was a fun experience everytime.

When you discover them wet, do not fuss to humilate! Simply ask are you wet or are you dry? Make her touch her panties and tell you Wet or Dry. Then say, "Oh my you are wet. Feel these panties. They are wet with peepee. The peepee must go in the potty like a big girl, not in your pretty big-girl panties. Now let's change into some dry panties and go to the potty."
Never assume just because the panties were found wet there is no more peepee to follow for awhile. Chances are she found herself unable to hold all of it so she wet her panties. THERe is always a trickle more to come into the potty. Just take her there and be patient. If too much time seems to have passed and NOTHING, then leave the bthrm, but return shortly thereafter. Making regular trips and small intervals of time throughout the day will ensure rapid training success!

A child this age should be in bed for the night by no later than 8 p.m. So I strongly suggest she not have anything to drink beyond 7:00 - 7:30 pm and is brought to the potty no less than 3 times between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m. before being placed in her bed for the night. That will help to ensure a dry mattress in the morning! Remember to praise the dry panties you may find in the morning. Praise the dry panties whenever you find them dry! I've potty trained not only my 3 now grown children, but also my two cousins daughters! They call me the PottyTraining Queen for my successses! I have also been a preschool teacher of 3 yr olds in a school for gifted and talented children. And I was teacher of 2 yr olds in another preschool when my babies were preschool ages. I've had lots of experience with babies and often times wish I could have more babies. I love them so much! Mine are ages 25, 27 and 32 yrs old.

GOOD LUCK! If you need help throughout the process feel free to contact me directly. ____@____.com take care and GOD BLESS YOU and the fmly!

J.,
I potty trained my daughter just like I did my son (I sent my son to the bathroom with my husband every time he went). Everytime I went to the bathroom, I took my daughter along. I even made a game out of it because, like your little girl, sometimes she showed interest and sometimes she didn't. When I made a game of it, it became fun an easier to potty train her. If I hadn't of done that, there's no telling how long it would have taken me because girls are harder to potty train, break from the bottle, etc., etc. I've had both and this has been my experience. Good luck.
G.

If she is not dry in the mornings, she is not ready. She is still pretty young to potty train. My daughter was 20 months and fully potty trained. No diapers at night. When she woke up from a nights sleep and her diaper was dry, then I began putting panties on her. She would not use a potty seat of any kind, only the full size commode. She would some how lift herself on the seat and wanted no help. I just made sure she went to the bathroom as soon as she woke up and at intervals during the day. She was completely potty trained in about two weeks. You just have to stay with it.

Good Luck