Potty training

Has anyone started the process yet?

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I just potty trained my first who turned three in April but not even a thought in my mind about potty training my November babe.. pretty early still.

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We have. And I haven’t changed a poopy diaper from him in 4 days!

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Very loosely. As in I have her sit on her potty when she follows me into the bathroom, and before and after the bath. Just to introduce the concept

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right! I thought the age was more 2.5-3 but My MIL told me all her kids were potty trained by 18 months so kind of got me thinking lol

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we are kind of doing it loosely as well. We leave him in just a t shirt during the day and he goes in his potty as he needs. We aren’t pushing too hard since we just brought home his brother a month ago and we are moving in a week.

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I believe 18 months is the earliest the recommend starting but honestly most aren’t ready by then. Depends on the child. I was in no rush so I just waited my son turned 3 in April and we started about two weeks ago. We did a three day method. Just underwear, no pull ups not even for naps and night time.

Day one was awful and day two was a huge improvement. I set timers on my phone to play a song he picked every half hour and he would run to the potty and try to go and if he did he got a treat. By day three I was comfortable enough to go out in public and now he rarely has accidents after only two weeks.

Do it when you’re ready!

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thank you for this!!🤗

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Those who have started, do you feel it’s better to get them they’re own training potty or to just a toddler seat for the regular toilet and practice with him on there?

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we have both. Some days she prefers the little potty and some days she wants to sit on the big potty with the toddler seat

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