Okay my daughter will be a year old in 15 days!! One of her grandparents is bugging me about potty training. They feel I need to be putting her on the potty and starting her in potty training. I have heard of some young children potty training but she seems too young to me!! I can't even imagine her being able to hold her blatter let alone a bowel movement. Does anyone have any feedback on what age to start potty training my son didnt start until two. Also what do you say to pushy grandparents??

I've heard that girls tend to be a bit easier than boys...but our daughter wasn't trained until she was 2 1/2ish..haha...now our son on the other hand....he just turned 3 and if I even suggest using the potty, he looks at me like I am out of my mind. He wants nothing to do with it. My mom always told me that kids will potty train when they are ready...so I just watch them and follow the clues...when they start telling you they wen to the bathroom or asking for a diaper change...or wanting to sit on the potty. It all comes in time...I'm not worried about my son never potty training...although...sometimes I wonder..haha

I think in order for potty training to be successful, the child has to be ready. My son was two when he was potty trained. He started showing signs. If he went to the bathroom in his diaper, he would walk to me with his legs spread and a horrible look of disgust on his face. He was ready. He may have had one accident after I put him in big boy pants.
My daughter is 21 months and she is not ready. She is starting to show some signs of interest, but she won't sit on the potty. Although, she does like to have her own wipe to try to wipe her hiney when she gets her diaper changed.
We will try during the summer when she will be running around half naked anyway.
As far as pushy grandparents, good luck. They always think they know the right way. My children have four sets of grandparents(both mine and my husband's parents are divorced) that live really close. (sometimes too close)
Plus my grandmother, God love her, is not without opinion! If we don't agree, we ignore. They raised their children. We have to raise our's.

I am actually re-reading a book called Toilet Training in Less Than A Day. Basically, it sets the foundation for potty training so that you are not spending like months and months setting the foundation. The book advises that children be around 20 months or older. So, there u have it And that's coming from some experts. At one, I think they are probably physically incapable of holding their bladder. So, you could probably try and try all u wanted to, but at 1, you probably wouldn't get anywhere any way.

um, my oldest is 3, and we still don't have it completely mastered! One-year-old does seem a little young, I mean, they're just walking around that age. I've always heard you should start around age two. As far as pushy grandparents, perhaps tell them that you appreciate their concern and value their input and opinion, but you need to go with what you, the live-in, hands-on parent, deems best for your child.

And by the way, how'd it go with the two year old boy? We're having to practice a lot of patience with ours. He's OK with #1, but #2, forget about it. Does it get better when they are in school more? Maybe around other kids that have aced the potty training hurdle? Any helpful hints are very, very welcome.

Well, we are about to start doing the Toilet Training in Less Than One Day. I was going to hold off because we just brought the new baby home and I didn't want to stress him out. But, he is showing all the signs. Taking his diapers off constantly, doesn't like to be wet...That, and I think he rather enjoys the attention right now. So, I will let you guys know how that goes. I think we are going to spend an entire day on it either Saturday or Sunday.

That's so funny because I had just read a comment on some web site related to the weather, and it said you better stick to indoor activities this weekend. I was all bummed out because we were going to take the kids to Busch Gardens this weekend, and decided not to b/c of the rain. So my DH, the wonderful SAHD, suggested that we work on potty training this weekend ourselves...it certainly qualifies as an indoor activity...well, most of the time, tee hee!

Can you tell me, is there any major, sure-fire tip that book offers on one-day potty training? We're so close.....yet so far....

When I thought that my son was ready at 2, we played "sink the fruitloop." I would throw a fruitloop or two in the potty and he would have to try to sink them with his pee-pee. He got so excited when he would start to pee-pee. Sounds kind of far-fetched, but it was fun for him to try and we all know that it has to be fun or kids aren't going to do it.
I got the tip from my step-mom and I passed it on to friends that have been successful. The #2 part just came with getting to flush the potty and wave "bye-bye" to "little poopie."
Oh the fun we have as parents!!!

Hey TripleAMom:
Well, there are some things that you need to do the potty training in one day. They are:
- a doll that wets itself
- underwear for the child
- lots of snacks and juice/drinks
- potty chair (ofcourse)

So, here are the general steps.
1. Child teaches the doll to potty: "You use the doll that wets to teach your child by imitation what specific actions he should learn in toileting. Have your child guide the doll through the motions of toileting and have him give the doll approval for the correct actions. Have your child give the doll a treat for pottying. (They say this step should take more than an hour. You should be done when your child can place the doll on the potty and empty the potty chair.)

2. Give lots of drinks: You should give at least 8 ounces every hour, beginning even before the training begins. Offer the drinks every few minutes, offering them as approval for something your child has done (ie: they have dry pants or went potty) You should praise them verbally and then offer the drink.

3. Prompted potty trials:
So your child has taught the doll to potty, has learned to empty the pot correctly and has been given lots to drink. Now, you are going to prompt a potty trial. You will instruct your child to walk over to the potty, pull his pants down and sit for several minutes. You should do this every 15 minutes in the beginning, decreasing the frequency as training progresses.

4. Other tips:
- you should praise your child as soon as they begin to pee.
- they should be relaxed on the potty. Achieve this by praising them. If you are stressed, they will be stressed too.
- After the potty, give them verbal praise and a treat. You should actually over react. Make a really big deal when they potty.

Okay, I know that's a lot of info., but maybe it will help you in some way. I will be doing this this weekend.

Wow, I think one is too young! My mother-in-law likes to brag that she was trained at 9 months. I really don't think that's possible! I think her mom was just bored and probably put her on the potty a lot. I think that may have been a trend back in the day. I consider a child potty trained when they can tell you when they have to pee and poop. My two older sons weren't trained until they were 3 years and 4 months. I waited until they were fully ready so I didn't have months or even weeks of agony. It only took a couple of days, then even within a week they didn't need the nighttime pull-ups. My oldest was trained for a while when he was two, but regressed. My youngest, who turned 3 in February doesn't really care too much about it. I figure I'll try it in a couple of months when he's 3 and 4 months! I wouldn't stress about it. Just tell them that you don't plan to send him to school in diapers!

Thanks a lot you guys!!! I thought she was a bit nuts!! LOL Love her to death but 1 yrs old and potty training thats just insane. Or what I would be trying it out My son was two when he started potty training and #1 was mastered easily. #2 took actually YEARS to master. He was afraid to poop on the potty so it was a rather long and agonizing event. Lots of dirty laundry!!! The doctors said ignore it and he will not want to be in dirty under pants so un true he didnt care. One day his dad was fed up and made him go to the bathroom with him and showed him over and over its okay to go on the potty and all of a sudden he started doing it. Strange but thankfully the nightmare ended!! Hopefully my daughter will be easier.

I was lucky with my first. My MIL had her during my stay in the hospital with my second (she was 26 months) and she was potty trained when I went home. YAY! If you can get someone else to do it, that's the BEST way LOL

My second started showing signs at 2ish. She followed me in the BR, was interested in the toilet, loved flushing, took off diaper, etc. So I tried pullups. Really they're just diapers because they're just as absorbant. Unfortunately, she wasn't ready and just refused. So we waited a few months and like some kind of little miracle, she started on her own. I think we laid the foundation and she just decided when it was time. She's still in a pullup at night and most naps. Of course, she was about 2 and a half when she finally made the decision.

I also disagree with TripleAMom...I think potty training quailifies more as an outside activity....I'd rather have them pee in their underwear when they're outside so I don't have to keep my carpet cleaner out all the time

Well, we tried on Saturday but I ended up super stressed out and crying. It was the war of the wills. Even though he knows how to sit on the potty, he doesn't do it when I tell him to or when it is the right time to. I finally said forget it. We'll wait a few more months. Maybe there is too much going on right now, for he and I. All I know is that I cannot have a repeat of yesterday, not for at least three months!

I think you all ready have a lot going on and maybe you should wait until everything smooths out a little more. He is still having attention issues with the new baby and the other children. All he wants is mommies time alone!! With my son the doctor told me not to put to much pressure on the subject. Just let him do it at his own pace. Potty training in one day is a bit much for any child and mother!! I took my son to the bathroom every time I went and just said lets go potty and while I went he sat on his potty and if he went great if not there is always next time and finally he took interest and started doing it!!! Give him time he will come around. He is still trying to find his place in everything!!

Yeah, I think I realized just that on Saturday. I am going to let it go for a while and when it happens, it happens. There IS too much going on right now, for the both of us.