How old was your little one when they got potty trained?

Most of the time your child will let you know when it's time. They will either squat to potty, hold their genitals, shiver while trying to hold it or take off their diaper when it's wet. Another indicator is a dry diaper when they wake from a nap or even a full night's rest.

My daughter was dry after a nap, took her diaper off in the morning and squatted to pee. This started at about 13 months.

I bought a potty and put it in the bathroom. Every time I had to go pee, I took her with me. Every time she squatted I took her to the potty, even if she was already wet. I also went potty each time I set her up on the potty. Once she started peeing, it was easier to get her to poo in her potty.

Some kids do better if you place them on the toilet with a potty seat, some prefer a potty and some will go if you hold them up on the toilet. My daughter preferred a potty chair on the bathroom floor.

When she went pee in the potty, I praised her but I didn't make a party out of it. I just told her that she did a good job because she is supposed to pee in the potty. My mother wanted to give her candy, but I didn't want her to expect candy each time she went potty for the next three years or more. Sometimes if you over-praise or use gifts like stickers or candy, they will expect them. Then if they don't get them, they might not want to use the potty or they might get upset that they aren't getting their treat.

My cousin was a boy, and his mother took him potty. She didn't use a potty, she just got him to step on a stool and pee right into the toilet. She took him after meals and naps whether he was showing he needed to pee or not. Either method works, it's what your child seems comfortable with.

Just remember that if it doesn't seem to work at first, keep doing it. changing things every time they don't work will delay the process. The only time you should change the potty lessons are if the child is afraid of something or it's hard for you to keep up with. My daughter was afraid of the big toilet and of flushing sounds. I didn't teach her to flush until she was done training.

Even after potty training, you should bring a change of clothes when you leave the house. You should also line the car seat with a water proof pad. Putting them back in diapers can sometimes reverse what you taught them. for bed time, I used thin, underwear-like pull-ups until she was dry n the morning. Then I used a pad under the sheets. If she wet them, I had her help clean up.

Also, if they don't make it or aren't getting it, don't scold; gently correct and encourage.

My 1st son was potty trained before he was 2 yrs old. My 2nd son wasn't so easy he was potty trained but then went back to using the diaper but he was fully potty trained around 3.My 3rd son well he is almost 2 and the doctors said he might be ready which is what I thought. Because when he goes in his diaper he takes it off and gives me a knew one to put on or he will come up to me and tell me he needs a new diaper but I just cant get him to use the big boy potty he has been like this for the past 9 months.

Well you need to sit her on the potty and make her sit there there for 15 or 20 mins and out some pulls ups on her and some big girl undies on top she will think she is only wearing big girl undies and tell her if you went theese you will be wet for a long time and shes not a big girl for doing that and if shes three she needs potty trained you needed to start for a little while ago and praise her and tell her if she keeps having accidents then she gets a time out and praise her as much as you can and put her on the potty when you are drawing her bath water and take her every 30 mins or so and also give her gifts from the dollar store and tell her EX:if she dosnt go on the potty then she dosnt get to go to ballet class...try anything get her a video of elmos potty time and make her watch it every moringing and night and aslo keep an eye on her and turn the water on when she goes and try everything you can!!!! good luck

I am a mother of two boys and one girl, my oldest is four and i potty trained him a little before his third birthday. It worked like a charm he had two accidents and never again, even night potty trained within one week. I don't think that 16 months really is a good time to start. Your babies are only tiny for a little while so you might as well enjoy it while it last. My next one is just at 2 1/2 and he has just now been telling me "potty" when we take him he never goes but he is learning earlier then my first. My youngest is only 17 months old and i don't plan on teaching her until after she is two. So basically its really just up to you when you want to do it. Don't let people pressure you into doing it, your baby will potty train when they are ready.

My daughter was 3 1/2 when she was fully potty trained. She was afraid to go for some reason. My middle daughter was 2 and well my son he's 2 1/2 and my wife has attempted but he doesn't seem interested. We try every 2 weeks. Its up to the child.

my son is 20 months and ive been trying to find time since he was 15 months old ,

hes intrested , but were are never home long enought to get thru the first inital steps ..

my mother potty trainned myself anf my 3 brothers all by the age of 16 months ( thats day and night trainned , it wasnt the timed training either , we told her when we had to go )

I total disagree with ppl that say " they arnt ready , their too young ".

from birth babies are taught that going in ur diaper is wat ur supposed to do . And no one gives them credit to how smart they really are . And they can "hold" their BM , just not as long as what an older child can ( my son holds on to his now ) you just need to have a potty always near them .

Did you know that the diaper companys paid doctors to "inform" parents that their child wasnt ready till they were at least 2.5 yrs old ? They did this so they could expan their market .

Before disposable diapers , most kids were completly trainned by 12 -18 months .

i think that a child should learn to use the toilet/ potty before they learn the word " NO " , because before that stage they are so willing and eager to learn new things .

I really believe every child is different and you, as the parent, will know better than anyone when your little one is ready for potty training.... they'll show interest in you going, they'll hate their nappy being wet etc.

One of the Mums from my Mums' Group did the 3-day potty training (website below). Have to say I was a real cynic about this but recently had bub no. 2 so thought it time to get my 25 mth daughter out of nappies to save time AND money. I bit the bullet and did it. You basically throw all your nappies out, don't leave the house for three days, put your LO in undies and don't let them out of your sight. Whenever they start to 'go', just calmly take them to the toilet and explain what you're doing. As warned in the literature, there will be times you feel like you're getting absolutely nowhere, but lo and behold, it really did 'click' on day 3. The system recommends waking them an hour after they go to bed to take them to the toilet - well with a 10 week old baby in the house too, there was no way I was going to wake up a beautiful sleeping toddler, so I left her in nappies for nighttime. She understands that she's a big grown up girl in the daytime who doesn't need nappies but that at nighttime we put one on 'just in case'. Yes we had lots of accidents and cleaning up for 3 days - and there was still the odd accident for a few weeks afterwards. I admit I didn't throw my nappies out - they're expensive!! If I don't use them I have heaps of people I can give them too.

I think what makes it easier is if your child is able to verbalise to you, or somehow communicate to you, that they need to go. So if your bub is talking and you believe he's ready, choose how you're going to go about it and why not give it a try? But if everyone's happy why rock the apple cart. My sis-in-law took the approach of 'why take three months to do something at 2 y.o. when I can take 1 day to do it at 3 y.o. - and that's really only how long it took to train her 3 y.o. - one accident and it never happened again. I used heaps of praise... and our toilet walls are still covered in great colourful stickers which were her reward and really worked. Reward charts are great too.

So I guess my answer is... only every Mum knows the answer as they're the only ones who really know their kids back to front! What will motivate them to do it... are they ready?? Good luck with whatever you decide though.

my son is 25 months old. we are almost done with week 3! the average age is 2-3 years old, but around 18 months old is a good age to start introducing the basics through media (elmo's potty time and once upon a potty are popular), and showing by example (taking your child to the bathroom with you when you have to go and narrate what you are doing, label everything). it took a while for my son to warm up to it regardless of his readiness signs, but with consistancy and patience he's doing really well.

I had my dtr potty trained @ 18months, but unfortunately, the daycare she was in would not transfer her to the next room until she was 2 yrs (room with the potty's)..so we had to 'start all over again' @ 2, which by that time only took her a few days...

my daughter is 28 months old now. she was potty trained shortly after her 2nd birthday. her ped doc said the average age of kids potty training now is 3 yrs old. my nephew is going to be 4 in august and still isnt potty trained!