Is 15 months too early to introduce the potty?

I started potty training my now 4 yr old at 15 mo. She was totally daytime trained at 18 mo, nighttime at 20 mo.

I just let her go when I was going, took her if I thought she might need to go, and eventually she was going on her own.

I't not too early to try.

She's showing al the classic signs of being ready. I'd recommend allowing her to follow you into the bathroom a few times to see what you do in there. She'll get excited about trying it too, and being like mum. Then, at the times you usually notice her poo during the day, try saying, "Do you need to go poo? Lets go put it in the potty!" When she starts to notify you about needing to poo, add in peeing. During the summer, it's really helpful to take off her diaper, let her go around the yard half naked (with the potty out there) and when she starts to pee or poo, bring her to the potty. Some kids respond to cheering, or rewards when they successfully go (we used gold stars for my brother). You're doing the BEST right thing by not forcing her or stressing her about it. Keep it casual, but consistent when you start. If she were my daughter, I'd start her now. Good luck!

To your main question, No it certainly isn't too early. But you should make sure she is ready.

However, since she is only 15 months old, don't push her. Show her where the potty is, and if she tells you she has to go, show her the potty. Tell her "This is the big girl potty. Go poop on the big girl potty!" But if she doesn't, then don't force her. :)

That's a really good start to start so young.

Assuming you don't hide and close the door when you use the toilet -- it's been introduced. She gets the concept, at least as much as she's going to get it at 15mo.

Mentioning pee/poo after/during the fact is not a sign of readiness; you will get nothing but frustration. There's just no point to trying to start now with zero signals from her.

If you wait until there is clear interest from her -- WANTS underwear, happy to go around naked without making a mess (will request a diaper as needed), etc -- the whole thing will be instantaneous. Or you can start "training" and pushing for it before she's ready to go, and the whole thing will take months if not years, and will happen at the same time, except with loads and loads of "accidents," possibly for ages after she's out of diapers.

She may not even want to use a potty; lots of kids go straight to the toilet. I wouldn't sell it too hard. The average age for training is so far away from 15mo that cleaning a dust catcher is going to get tiring; I would put it in the closet and re-introduce it when she's ready, when it will be an exciting big-girl thing instead of a visible nagging reminder of the pressure that exists to do this.

All kids are different.. but if she's able to tell u when she needs changed then I think introducing the potty now would be fine..

My daughter started showing signs around 10 months old.. she's now 13.5 months old and wears panties during the day at home and pull ups when we go out and at night..

Best of luck

It is ok to indroduce the potty at her age, make sure that it is interesting, dont make her sit on it when she tells you that she doesnt have to go. Everytime that she make it to the bathroom before she pees or poops, not even to the potty, you could give her an m&m or a gummy. everytime that she makes it all the way to the potty she could have a cookie. Let her shape her own timing, dont push her she is still young.

No, in fact, up until relatively recently, parents introduced the potty at less than 12 months (and I think they should revert to the old methods here)

Anyway she's signalled she's ready - so start training, and don't let her change her mind.

She needs to be able to tell you before she starts peeing or pooing, and she needs to be able to hold it. If you train her now, you will have to push her and put her on there and try to get her to understand the concept of BEFORE. In some instances it can take a very long time, and you could be wasting a lot of valuable learning time, that could be spent teaching her other things. You have to decide whether you want to push her and whether you want to run the risk of possibly spending a lot of your time training yourself to put her on the toilet at the right moment.

Decide how hard you want to push her, and how you want to spend your time with her.

Not at all! First all since u dont remeber lol girls r way easier then boys! Boys dont mind to much sitting in a dirty diaper( not much change lol) but give it a whirle!! Does she see u go potty? that may even encourage her even more! Most girls I nannied were ecstatic to use a big girl potty watching thier mommie and daddie or older siblings! Good luck!

I think she may be ready, as long as she's walking and can tell you when she needs to go, then why not. maybe just show her how to go on the potty, and give her a little reward like a small chocolate every time she goes, she should eventually get the hang of it after a while. but if she defiently doesnt get the hang of it, just wait a little while.