What age did you potty train your child? Any advice?
My daughter is 18m and I think she’s quite verbal and understands alot for her age. I’ve brought a potty and she can say the word potty and sits on it clothed and puts her stuffed toys on it
My question is - how old was your child when you potty trained
- how did you know they were ready
- how long did it take
- how did you do it and any advice
Sorry for so many questions - she seems really intrigued with the potty and I feel she understands the concept. I’ve shown her the ms Rachel potty episode and the book I’m also reading to her
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"Peak" time to potty train is 20-30 months. You can start earlier if she's showing interest. I highly recommend BigLittleFeelings Potty Learning course. Its a 3 day, naked method. They walk you through readiness, ALL the steps, and give you scripts for any struggle you might encounter. I used it with my now 3 year old at 26 months and she was in underwear on day 3
We started loosely from around 18 months. Spent a few months taking it very slowly/casually to get used to it, then around 22/23 months decided to go for it. She did her first wee and poo on the potty in the same week, and by her second birthday was reliably day trained. She’s nearly 3 now, and has been consistently day dry for almost a year, very infrequent accidents (less than 10 total). Still in pull ups for naps/bedtime but not in any rush to push this.
Started when my daughter was 2 but it was more putting her on the potty when she looked busy. I don’t look for signs of readiness as made that error with my asd son who never showed any signs! My daughter was severely speech delayed which why I waited to properly train her although it was quite quick.
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