At what age you LOs became potty trained?

Hi Moms,

I believe my kids should be potty trained by now.

Is it too early now that they are almost 18 months?

My twins doctor told us not to try before they are 2 years old otherwise they risk becoming constipated once they are older!

At what age your kids became potty trained? I really don't know how to proceed. I appreciate any advice or tips.

Thanks a bunch.

Tina

 

Some people might disagree with me but I think for a majority of kids, expecting them to be potty trained by 18 months is unrealistic. I have not heard about waiting until age 2 or before that the child might become constipated. When I went for the kids 2 year WBV, our pediatrician suggested waiting until they were closer to three or when they started to show interest in the potty. At 18 months, I introduced the potty chair to them so they could explore and see what it's for. My DS started peeing on the potty right around age 2 and then stopped for a few months. He is now 2 years and 9 months and within the past month he started going again on the potty and has been doing really well. I'd say he's about 90% potty trained (we are still working on him being consistently dry at night and nap time but that comes later and takes time for most kids) and my DD started peeing on the potty around Feb/March and I would say she is just about completely potty trained.
All children are different, some children train early and some will not train until they are good and ready and that might be after age 3.
Here is a link to a great potty training readiness quiz that might help you determine if your two are ready.

 

I feel 18 months is a bit early. I think the majority of people are going to say between 2-3, before then you're just training yourself to look for the kids' signals, not training the kids what a full bladder feels like, or what it feels like to have to poop, when to go to the bathroom (not too late or you have accidents).

That being said, only one of mine is PT'd right now, the other has decided that he wants to wait.

 

My dd was PT'd at 2 years 9 months and my ds at 3 years of age. :good: I tried earlier but they weren't ready... once they were ready, both were PT'd in 2-3 days.

 

My mom swears that all 4 of her kids were potty trained by 18 months, but I'm wondering just 'who' was trained!
My dd came up to me at 22 months and said 'potty.' Quite the feat since she had speech issues. She and her brother didn't potty train until they were 3 yrs, 1 month. They just were not ready before then. As it was those first few days was torture for me! My last child here is 2.5 years old and he is still in diapers. He is not ready. He will sit on the little potty chair, but not go.
I've never heard of the before 2/constipation thing.

The before mentioned link of potty readiness is good. Watch for signs or you will get a lot of frustration along with your hard work.

 

With my first child, we started training at 2 years, wore pull ups for about 1 year and then one day, magically, she didn't want to wear pull ups anymore...went to undies and till this day, only had 1 accident. I'm sure it won't be that easy with the twins...nothing is (sigh).

 

My boys started training a little before 2...wearing pull ups (not because of me, but because my DH thought they should be trained by 2...I laughed at him because I knew they weren't ready). On their 3rd birthday, we had a talk about big boy underwear and I knew they had the skill and ability at that time, and they've been trained ever since. My baby girl (will be 2 in November) started wanting to go on the potty, mainly because of her brothers, around 15 months. She's been in pull ups since 18 months and she's about 50/50 on the potty. Each child is different, and I'm sure some easily are trained before two and others after. I never did hear the constipation thing though.

 

I agree with Nancy. I believe, before the age of 2-3 yrs, it's not the child that is potty trained, but the parents who are trained to watch for signs that the child needs to use the bathroom.

My oldest ds was trained just before he turned 3. My oldest dd was 3.5. Neither was ready earlier, despite many attempts. But when they were ready, it was like a switch clicked and they were both trained within a couple of days. My ds wore pullups at night for a couple of months afterward but was mostly dry at night, and my dd went straight to undies at night.

I have no intention of pushing the twins, we'll figure out when they are ready together, and going by my older kids, it'll likely be closer to the 3 yr mark. I'm dying to be done with diapers, I had 3 in diapers for a year before my older dd was pt'd, but I also have no intention of racing to find a bathroom with my 19 month old if we are out and about

 

I asked my pediatric urologist what the average age was when we were there a few weeks back. He said for a girl 2 1/2 and 3 for a boy. He said not to even bother before 2 and he recommends closer to 3.

 

I just finished potty training my twins. They were 22 months old when we started training them. I just woke up one day and decided to go for it. I put thick Gerber underpants on them with vinyl covers. One month later my son does not have accidents, but my daugher does occasionally - perhaps once a day. It's still better than changing diapers! I didn't use pull-ups since I thought they were a waste of money and gave me an excuse to just let them go in them if I was busy. I do believe children are ready earlier than most on here would say, but that is my personal opinion. It takes a lot of work to potty train one child, let alone two at the same time, so if you are ready for the challenge, I say give it a try. I must admit that after the first week I was beat and almost ready to give up but my son was staying dry for four hours at a time at that stage and I felt I shouldn't give up for that reason alone! I was staying at home to be close to the potty for them but then I just put a potty in the van and now we go just about everywhere without fear of an accident. I hope it goes well for you when you do decide to go for it.

 

we did it just after their 3rd birthday,

 

Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much for all your input :thanks: I'll take the quiz, though I feel that I can start teach them to the "concept" of potty. I mean they understand when we say them NO or Bravo, etc. So I strongly believe that they can understand to use it provided I teach them how.

I visited a relative this summer and found out that she trained her daughter to be potty trained since she's 6 month!!!! The baby girl just give the alarm to her grand-mother with her voice...

Anyway thanks a lot again. I hope to post something soon that my boys are potty trained! I am fed up changing diapers and dread the idea to do so for another 1year and a half. I am fond of my boys more than anything else in the world and wouldn't mind the diapers changing before, but now I am realllllly fed up with it.

 

ditto this except my daughter was 2 weeks before her 3rd birthday and said she wanted to ditch her pullups, I told her she couldn't pee in her pants anymore and she didn't! my son was 3y 2m when he trained, and again it took less than a week...

if you want to get potty chairs at this point to introduce them thats great but don't expect much more than wanting to wear them as hats!

 

My husband is 38 and some days I wonder....



My oldest didn't even show interest in the bathroom as a room until he was 2. We had him trained by 2. The one thing I found out was that until he showed an interest, I could "train" him all I wanted and he would just smile and do his own thing. For PT, I would follow your babies' cues and you will see when they are ready.

 

My 2 don't seem even close to being ready to start to potty train. Hannah can say "poop" but only if I say it to her first. She's never come to me to say she has a poopy diaper. I'm not really planning on even trying until they are 2.

 

My boys have no interest in being potty trained and show no signs of wanted to pee in potty...that said, I think it is too early for them anyhow, i have read all the signs to watch out for and they have NONE of them. Kudo's to all the Moms who have toddlers wanting to learn early, but I do not intend to try until they are 2.5 or so...GL to all...we sure have our work cut out for us...and I heard it's harder to train boys than girls...

 

One of my DDs showed interest at 18 months and I bought potties and let them sit on them. She peed every time she sat for about 4 months and then lost interest. I kept the potties out and they sat on them before bath, but weren't interested in wearing undies or being PT'ed until right before their 3rd birthday. Once they were ready, one of my girls trained in 2 days (while having a stomach virus!), and the other (who showed interest at 18 months), trained in a week. It was pretty much stress-free for us and them.

 

you can definitely teach your children to use the potty at any time, but whether or not they're potty trained depends on your definition of potty trained. for me, i wouldn't consider my girls potty trained until they can go to the bathroom more or less independently (this would mean pulling down their own pants, wiping their own bums the majority of the time, pulling up their own pants, and washing their own hands). while a 6 month old might pee while you hold her over the potty, for me, i don't consider that potty trained since you have to take her to the bathroom every time she needs to go. i do have friends IRL who have done elimination communication (not using diapers) but they don't consider their babies potty trained - they consider it to be a diapering alternative. they have said it makes the transition to independently pottying smoother because they're already used to using the toilet - it's less of a change to their routine.

for myself though, until my children essentialy demand that i potty train them, i'm not going to bother. it just seems like a lot of work until they can do it themselves. ardon: i make no apologies for being a lazy mother.

 

Another lazy mother here. :wavey: My boys are 33 months and show no interest in PT. They will say "poo-poo" when they have a BM but that's about it. They will sit on their potty chairs before going in the bath and then will proceed to pee in the bathtub. :headbang:

Until they show an interest I will not even attempt to PT.


I have noticed as they get older, I change a lot less diapers. We usually have one poopy diaper each a day and 2 wet diapers each.

I would much rather change 6 diapers a day than have to clean up urine/pooped soaked sofa's, carpet or bedding.

 

2.5 they are pee trained 3.5 before they were potty trained 4.5 both were night trained(jessy had been bight trained since 2.5. She likes to do things backward)

 

My girls have been fully day trained since 2½, and Kylee has been night trained as well for the last month. Kaylyn is still not ready to go all night.

 

Both me and my sister were completely potty trained by 12 months. Actually almost all toddlers are, back in Russia and Ukraine where I am from it's the standard to start at 10 months and absolute requirement for the child who needs to be in daycare otherwise they will not be admitted.

Having said that, I plan to start at 18 months. My daughter (15 months) already shows signs: she goes away and hides when she poops and then comes to me and pulls her diaper or points towards her diaper, or goes beside the changing table and cries. I believe that is the proof that she understands what happens and therefore soon will be able to "tell" me when she needs to go, with some guidance. Also, she recently started to pee as soon as the diaper goes off.

 

I started when they were close to 24 mo. old... I kinda did it haphazardly for a few months and then at 27.5 mo. I bought that ebook for 3 day potty training. I really liked her program, it really focused on getting the child to tell you when they needed to go. we went full force w/o diapers for day or night at that point. like pp said, for me its better than diapers... we still have some accidents, but mostly they are trained... they are great for going out and about and its almost when they are home that they get a little lazy. though I will say my ds is just now showing signs of going #2 on the potty... finally! hopefully he catches on to that soon.

I know many moms swear that if you start PTing at 2 you'll be finished at 3, and if you start at 3 you'll be finished at 3... probably... but for me its still better than diapers.

good luck with what you do. we say a lot of "pee and poop goes in the potty" and "tell me when you need to go, good job for being clean and dry"...

 

My twins were fully day trained at 27 months. It only took about 5 days to accomplish. They were night trained within another 3 or 4 months.

My Amelia (who is now 19 months) knows when she is going. She likes to sit on the potty. I'm thinking of starting to train her soon.

 

DD1 was 2.5yo and dd2 was two weeks away from being 2. W dd1 I used pull ups b/c I had just had dd2 and was nursing, it was crazy. dd2 I just used underwear and she was fully trained, day time and night time in 2 weeks. I really don't have expectations for the boys, but know I won't do it until I have the time to dedicate to training them, I hated the 6 m it took to train dd1, it seemed like all we did was potty train.