When to Start Toilet Training - Sarver,PA

No, it does not mean he's ready for potty training. It just means he doesn't want to wear clothes and stuff. Has nothing to do with bladder readiness.

When his diapers stay dry longer between wetter, or is less wet then that is a sign.

Try duct taping his diapers on at night, unless his a skinny kid then he'll weasel right out of them, lol. You can also try putting his zipped pajamas on backwards but if he can slip out without unzipping then I'd resort to taping his diaper on. Put waterproof pads under his sheet. Nothing wrong with disciplining him for taking his diaper off when he knows he's not suppose to.

K. B
mom to 5 including triplets

Sounds like me at his age...per my mom. He is not ready unless he is staying dry or has gotten used to the idea of what a toilet is for. Has he used the potty at all? If not, you can try, otherwise you need to be creative on how to keep his diaper and clothes on.

After meeting an 18 month old boy that was completely potty trained I decided to train my 22 month old daughter. The boys' parents recommended the 3 Day Potty Training Method. I did it while I had a week off of work so that we didn't have to worry about going somewhere and her not being completely trained. To be honest, the training says no pull-ups or diapers ever, but my daughter just couldn't get the hang of it at night time. She still wears a pull-up at night. She was prettty much potty trained during the day within the 3 days though. It sounds like he is ready, IMO.

We had 6 in the house at one point. Potty training begins at about 2 years old but if they start that whole taking off the diaper thing before then, it begins before then. The trick to it is to be consistent and time bathroom breaks. You know their bladders are small so there is really only so much they can hold. Monitor intake then you will know in about 10-15 minutes after it is time to go. First thing in the morning, it is time to go. Good luck to you but here's some encouragement, my 9 year old neice taught my son how to use the potty in a week between Christmas and New Year's Day. So if a 9 year old can do it, I know you can.

Side note - I was working all day at the time and my sister had her 5 and my 1 and my 1 was the youngest in the house at the time.

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We had 6 in the house at one point. Potty training begins at about 2 years old but if they start that whole taking off the diaper thing before then, it begins before then. The trick to it is to be consistent and time bathroom breaks. You know their bladders are small so there is really only so much they can hold. Monitor intake then you will know in about 10-15 minutes after it is time to go. First thing in the morning, it is time to go. Good luck to you but here's some encouragement, my 9 year old neice taught my son how to use the potty in a week between Christmas and New Year's Day. So if a 9 year old can do it, I know you can.

Side note - I was working all day at the time and my sister had her 5 and my 1 and my 1 was the youngest in the house at the time.

The fact that he is taking of his pants and pamper is definately a sign that he is ready. Maybe you can purchase an inexpensive potty just to try it out. It couldn't hurt. The sooner you can elimate the purchase of pampers, the better. Good Luck! Keep us posted.

It couldn't hurt to introduce a potty chair/seat for toilet & have him try a couple of times a day (before/after nap, bathtime, etc) , with no pressure other than something cool to try. Then see what the interest level is from there. Also, I would suggest a visit to your local library/book store to pick up some books about going potty, to introduce the concept & get him curious about it if he is ready.

Here is a link to an interesting post from Parents Magazine this week that might give you some more insight. http://bit.ly/gdldRH

Fun times ; ) Good Luck!

Here's a most excellent site that gives some great "readiness" checklists. It offers sound advice on several different approaches to potty training, each starting at different ages, what they entail, and their advantages and disadvantages.

You may find a system that fits your son, your parenting style, and your expectations: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...

ADDED: taping his diaper on may be very irritating for his skin, or perhaps even toxic. Most tapes have ingredients in the adhesives that are NOT made to be in contact with the skin, which is a highly absorbent organ!

Hi, J.:
Usually training begins the summer after the child is 2.
I don't know the reason he's taking his clothes off.
Maybe someone else knows.
D.

I agree with Colleen - it is definitely possible before 2, and may even be easier at that age than waiting until later. (2 year olds can really dig in their heels, and it only gets worse when they're 3!) My older daughter needed pull-ups at night (she was a bed wetter until she was 5 though - night time potty training is not the same as daytime). My younger daughter never needed night time pull-ups, she was just potty trained day and night at the same time. I agree with the 3 day potty training advice as well - that is what we did and it worked really well.

He is ready! Two year's old is a good age to start training them. My daughter was potty trained 3 weeks before her 3rd birthday. I kept stressing about it because I would push it on her to be potty trained until one day on her own,she went in her bedroon drawer and got her "elmo" undie's and put them on without my knowledge, and she just simply started going on her own, I literally had tear's of JOY! Now, there will be acouple of times where they are going to have accidents so it takes alot of calmness! lol... But he definately sounds ready, all he needs is so motivation! Have you tried "Pull-ups" for him and see how he would react to those? Tak it as a blessing! Now you don't have to spend $20 something on a package of diapers anymore! Good Luck!

Get a waterproof bed pad.
For now and later.

I got 4 of them from online. And I rotate them as needed.
I still use them with my kids at naps and bedtime.
It really saves the sheets from getting soiled and makes it easier to clean up.
I got mine from Amazon, back when my daughter was a Toddler.

Your son, is at the developmental 'stage' of being more prehensile with his fine-motor skills.
THUS, at this phase, they do take things off, undo things, un-zipper things etc. They like to undo things, at this age.
It may or not be... directly correlated to his "potty" training readiness.

At that age, my kids were undoing all sorts of things too.
But as for potty readiness, that was another separate thing.

But whether for now or later, you might want to get a potty chair. I used the Baby Bjorn one.
Just leave it around in the rooms he is in. It gets them used to it and seeing it around, and more 'friendly' with it.

all the best,
Susan

Almost 2 is plenty old enough to start training. I'd go for it!

This was my Mom's checklist for readiness: they can pull down their own pants, they can say "potty"!

All of my kiddos did this. mine were potty ready at four and three and a half...my almost three is doing the i take my diaper off whenever whereever thing with me right now.

IMPO...they will be ready when it just happens. my four year old just got it. i listened to years of my MIL getting after me for not potty training them sooner, both eased into it. with out preaching and cleaning up accidents or even a score card. Potty training was the one thing when i found out i was preggo scared me the most. My mom told me when i found out it was a boy..good luck i trained girls. MIL having trained a boy never offered up help.

As for the pjs I am sure it has been posted for you already, if nto here you go. turn there zip around. so they cant get the zipper. you may even get a good chuckle out watching him try and undo it!! saw he can get them off without unzipping...duct tape??? thats more a joke. i dont have answer for the pj problem i thought i did.

good luck..and know once they are trained...you are good as gold!!

Good luck!!

My hunch is that it could be a pase -- my DD did it for a few weeks then stopped. Someone suggested to me duct tape!

My son started training at 18 months. Just put him in pull ups and introduce him to the potty, and let him set the pace. Good Luck!

I think he sounds like he could be ready as long as he is able to communicate when he wants to be put on the potty. If he can't say "potty" it will be very difficult. My son is 23 months, I started training him at 20 months and he's basically been trained for me at home since day 3. School has been more challenging, but I think it has more to do with him not wanting to leave the fun and walk down the hall to the potty. He has about 1-2 accidents per week there. My advice is no rewards (other than praise), no punishment at all, no pull-ups except at night (and nap if he's a really heavy sleeper during the day) and no forcing him to sit on the potty. We used a 3-day method that puts all the work on the parent. You have to get him to the potty as soon as he starts to pee and after 2 or 3 times doing that he will recognize the feeling and start to tell you before he has to go. My son is very "independent" or at least he wants to be and it is getting worse each day. I think if I'd waited much longer to train him he wouldn't have been out of diapers until he was 4. At 4 every child should train themselves, it doesn't mean you can't help them out and accomplish it earlier.

My son started potty training when he was 18 months., He is now 2 yrs, 2 months and completely potty trained. Hes trying to tell you that now is the time!

Duct tape! (around the diaper, not the child! lol)