Potting training

I've done potty training with my first but that was 11yrs ago and I can't for the life of me remember what I did but I do know she was out of daytime Nappies by time her 2nd birthday came around but looking at my 14 month old I know she's nowhere near ready at all

@Kate maybe it’s because my little one seems so little that it seems so young ha

Yeah 14/15 months is really early. Normally when the child knows he/she is doing a pee or poo is the time to do it. X

Yes I feel the same.. 14/15 months is quite early for potty training. My LB does indicate that he is pooping and not when wants to poop.. hahah.. he will give this weird expression when doing it.. anyhow I feel it is early and not planning to potty train yet.. maybe as you said when they can actually indicate that they want to go to the toilet or want to poop.

I was seeing the same posts so I got a potty and tried her with it but I just can tell she’s not ready she can’t tell me she needs the toilet or show signs of that, isn’t able to pull her trousers down herself etc so I’ll be waiting a bit longer there’s no rush xx

14/15 months is very early. I’ve been arguing with my council over bin size and they’ve agreed to give us a bigger bin until Milo’s out of nappies and they’ve told us that averages at 3 years!! You just have to follow ur babies cures . They’ll start noticing when they wee/poo, have dryer nappies longer and will hide especially when pooing and I believe thats when you potty train (that’s what my mum with 5 kids told me 🤣) Milo’s started finding the wipes and bringing them to me when he’s pooed and grabbing his Willy when he’s weed so he’s definitely getting there but he doesn’t walk so I don’t want to even think about potty training. I think we’ll aim to potty train around 18 months as long as he’s walking but it all depends on Milo

I’m a year behind so it’s a long way to potty training, but… Based on my friends’ experience it is not too early… They start as early as baby can seat and it works through encouraging baby and trying near meal times. Based on my observation, it’s just things tend to be later in UK

My lo defo isn’t ready, so I won’t be any time soon

You will know when your little one is ready for potty training. And trust me waiting until they are ready makes the experience so much easier. My boy has struggling with pooping and always has. I've been told by the pediatrician that this could make potty training hard as he may start holding his poo as he will start to realise that pooping hurts. But hopefully as we progress the milk ladder it should become easier for him to poo. So I'm focusing on the milk ladder and potty training will come when my boy is ready x

A quick Google will tell you that in 50s in the west, most babies were out of diapers around 1. Many Asian cultures still do that. Then disposable nappy came and the psychologist behind delayed potty training (forgot his name) originally suggested training by 18m. Then he got hired by pampers in early 80s and changed recommendation to 2-3y. Obviously, Pampers wants babies in diapers, it's a huge business. Where I come from, most babies used to be out of diapers by 18m (my generation), babies these days go a bit longer, but not as long as in the west. We started using potty at 7.5m out of curiosity and my girl took to it. I'm not gonna wait another year when I've changed maybe 20 dirty diapers since Christmas. she now sometimes asks for toilet and is dry 90% of the nights, so we will go for it soon. Everyone should do whatever works for them, but if someone decides to potty train early and baby is happy, why not. Like with everything, if you work it into routine, they will learn

Also, my girl always pooped first thing in the morning, since she was born. It's normal that everyone goes to the toilet when they wake up, so to me it wouldn't make sense not putting her on the toilet if I know that's when she will go. I've never claimed I've potty trained her, I said on those posts you don't have to go all in, but you can get your kid familiar with potty if they're happy to 🙃

I’m going to do it when they are ready obviously I’m just not pushing it as I do r want to cause problems in the long run, there is no rush

*dont

What problems do you think it will cause? Its not like I've ever forced my girl to sit on a potty/toilet. If she puts her hands out, she goes off that second and if I ask if she wants to go toilet she either goes towards bathroom or says no.... Why would you assume someone is pushing their child? As someone up mentioned they tried potty, baby not interested, away it goes, easy as that

I've done some reading on training and my lad is not there yet, he makes a big song and dance about a poo and I've been using the word 'poo' while he's doing it to try and teach him what it is but no other signs of ready. I'm not expecting to worry about it for a good while yet.

@Lenka didn’t mean it in a bad way or implying you or people were, just I know it can cause issues with going to the toilet in the future not always tho - but I worked with children before I had my little one for over 16years and I have seen parents push their child that’s all. My mum also thinks that my bladder issues I have had since childhood could be down to early potty training and lots of accidents (as nothing physically wrong) and professionals have mentioned how it could be an ingrained psychological thing possibly from childhood: I never planned to cause arguments. Like everything potty training is a personal thing for parents to decide.

I get it how pushing your child could easily bring on issues and when we tried I did it with the thought of if she doesn't want to sit on a potty, we're not trying, but she took to it right away. I agree it wouldn't be good to push/force them. I think if parents are curious, they can buy potty try - within 5 seconds they'll see if their kid wants to sit or not

I think it is also culture dependent, in my culture babies start using a potty by 8months. So by 13 months, nappies are used only at night or when the baby is not home.