Early toilet training . 12 - 16 months?

My daughter was fully potty trained by 16 months! She was really showing an interest in it, so it was really easy for us (I thank my lucky stars every day for that!). Her babysitter swears that younger toddlers are easier to potty train, too (all three of hers were potty trained by 18 months - including a set of twin boys!). I say it's worth a try. If he isn't showing any interest in it, or isn't picking it up, just don't get frustrated, and try more seriously later. For our daughter, we bought her a potty for her first birthday, and let her play with it for a while so she wouldn't be intimidated by it. We let her come in the bathroom with us so she could see that it was a normal function, and then we sat her on the potty at times when we knew she would have to go. If she went, we cheered and high-fived. If she didn't, it was no big deal. We kept it really positive and really laid-back, and within a couple of weeks (maybe not even that long!), she was telling us "potty" every time she had to go. We used pull-ups (which I swore I would never use!), because we weren't really thinking that she was going to be able to train that early, but by 16 months, we were throwing away dry ones, so we switched to panties, and have never looked back!

Best wishes to you!

EDIT: I don't consider "myself" trained - unless you mean that I'm trained in the sense that when my daughter says "I have to go potty", I take her. She doesn't go to the bathroom alone (and she probably couldn't, but even a 2 or 3 year old would need help wiping anyway, so I'm not really sure what the difference would be). She has been potty trained for 6 months now, and I have only thrown away 2 pairs of underwear because of accidents (both times because we couldn't get to a bathroom on time). I'm not sure why throwing away messy panties would be so much worse than trying to change a 3 year old's diaper, anyway. I do save money by not using diapers, and for that I am eternally grateful. As for "bragging rights", I never tell people that my daughter was using the potty on her own free will at 16 months, unless it is for the express purpose to help others in their quest for toilet training. As a matter of fact, I usually avoid telling people because of their weirdly judgmental attitudes.

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Wow, if you can do that, more power to you. I have a 16 month old now and to be honest, I just don't see her understanding the concept of using the toilet right now. I know every child is different though, and she does watch her 4 year old sister use the toilet and seems intrigued. I started my 4 year old right at her second birthday because #1 I found out I was pregnant again and #2 I thought she was ready to learn and it literally took us about 3 or 4 days and she was out of diapers completely! It was amazing. I probably could have tried to start her a little earlier, but between 1 and 18 months I think would be really hard, but go for it if you can! Good luck

When they get to the point where they acknowledge that they have to go, or that they have gone and are uncomfortable it's usually a good time to start. There really is no set age as every child is different. We are currently working on that with my daughter now and she is 2, however my niece was only 18 months when she was completely potty trained. I put my daughter in undies throughout the day and in pull ups at night or if we are going to be out for an extended period of time and I know she will have limited access to the potty. They have accidents at first, but they quickly learn that going in your undies is not comfortable at all and they learn to tell you when they have to go (accidents still happen but not as frequently). I also started giving my daughter M&M's every time she went, especially when she pooed because it seems that she doesn't realize that it's ok to both poo and pee on the potty yet. Listen to your daughter, you're the only one who really knows her and if she is ready. It sounds like she is regardless of her age. You could always try now, put her on the potty when she wakes up and after she eats/drinks and give her plenty of praise. If it doesn't work then there is nothing wrong with giving up for now and trying when she is a bit older.

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i started my daughter at 15 months and my son at 18 months it only took a few weeks for both.

if you have to ask them 15 times a day if they need to go...then take them...then help them wipe their butt and wash their hands...

thats not potty trained, thats 'mommy trained'..

15 month old's shouldn't even be in a bathroom alone...

but u will save on diapers, u'll just be replacing all those pairs of underwear u throw away cuz thry pooped in em...ewww

eta: ashley - the statistic u stated is directly correlated to the use of cloth diapers v. disposables. which a child will have the same reaction after switching them to underwear...however, though they may want to avoid the obvious wetness associated with peeing their underwear...its not safe for any toddler that age to be alone in a bathroom - worst case scenerio...they drowned in the toilet or eat some toilet bowl cleaner or what if they just eat some toothe paste (thats poisonous to a baby!)....so ur teaching the child to do something that completely depends on the caregivers availibilty and willingness to assist..for what? to save on diapers and bragging rights..

eta..truly, i'm not judgemental of what other people do with their own children...i'm sorry if i came off that way...i think i've met 1 too many mommy's who gave me a weird look when i didn't seem hell bent on potty training my son by 'such and such' age....what does it matter- imho..u trade in 1 chore for another...unless the child takes to it naturally and REALLY wants to...i feel so bad for the little kids who get yelled at, spanked, or even just frowned at cuz they had an accident...when its the mom's hang up, the kid shouldn't even be trained yet...if u don't do that...more power to ya!

btw, my son is 3.5 and totally potty trained..i waited till he was ready and he went from diapers to pottying on the toilet consistently without help in literally a week or less...i tried at different points before that and felt like i was doing all the work...which is what i mean by mommy trained. no thanks, i'm responsible for enough. and girls always train earlier than boys...they 'generally' can focus earlier.

baby's usually arnt ready to be potty trained until they are 2-3

but if you feel the need to force it on your 15 month old then more power to you i suppose.