https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:25:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1950025 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:04:47 +0000 Skadi 1950025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought this article was interesting: <a href="http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-age.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-age.html</a></p> <p>It talks about various studies on potty training and age, plus the common "signs of readiness" and why they might not necessarily be applicable to your decision to start potty training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1950020 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:51:00 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1950020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1949986 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:34:06 +0000 DisneyBee 1949986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like other posters...letting them run around the house naked worked like a charm. My DS was potty trained over a weekend. We started with underwear, but he peed through all of them before lunchtime. We had laminate flooring, so it was easy to clean up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1949971 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:04:38 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1949971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it really depends on the child. i think we could have trained charlie at 18 months. but we just trained olive at 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1949967 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:00:50 +0000 irene 1949967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't hear this advice, but it came from yours truly haha.</p> <p>I think no matter what, the "Potty-trainer" MUST keep a straight poker face. Or a sensitive "Potty-trainee" may be stressed out, thought he did something wrong, and regress.</p> <p>My DS (2.5 years) used to unwillingly, yet still cooperate to use the bathroom in public. I didn't know how to train him standing up so he always sits down on the potty when he pees. One time, his pee shoots out (to my direction) and I sort of had a minor "freak out" reaction. He refused to use the public potty for many, many weeks because of that. The worst is he wouldn't even pee / poop in his pull-up. It was finally resolved until I really worked on it with so many professionals (pediatricians, teachers) to turn it around. Now, if his pee dripped on his pants in the public bathroom, or his pee is shooting out (which doesn't really happen anymore because he stands up in public bathrooms now), I just keep a straight poker face as if I didn't see it or nothing happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946615 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:35:45 +0000 mediagirl 1946615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let her decide when she's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946591 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:55:36 +0000 shopaholic 1946591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend just finished PT'ing her twins a couple weeks ago, just weeks from 2 y/o. She told me they spent 3 weeks with them naked any time at home. I guess naked time and access to potty is the key. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946535 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:40:35 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1946535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Mrs Jacks had a post about potty learning vs potty training, it was really helpful to me! DS1 is now trained at just over 3yo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946428 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:39:31 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1946428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let them be naked sometimes to put together the feeling and action of needing to go, and remember it's a process. Don't think of it as something you are doing or can fail at-- it's their gig. Make it available, and help them when and as they are ready. But don't stress if their timetable is different than other kids you read or hear about, and don't feel like a failure if they aren't in underwear at age two. Ellie was pretty early (right at 24 months), and Lorelei is a potty guerilla (still in diapers, but has all the mechanics down; to the point that she will revenge pee in places if she's mad about something). It'll happen. Promise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946379 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:48:52 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1946379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eek. DS is two - he'll be actual 2 in Jan (preemie), but I don't plan to start for a long time. He's only readiness sign is that he talks about tr potty a lot.</p> <p>And he's pooping in the bathtub like crazy. Is that a sign? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946167 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:45:20 +0000 luckypenny 1946167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. Be naked. Dojust quit diapers all together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946155 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:30:16 +0000 Lindsay05 1946155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let them run around naked! I was terrified of doing this but after only a couple accidents, she figured it out! She was around 23 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-potty-training-advice-you-ever-received#post-1946139 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:06:24 +0000 twoofeverything 1946139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What's the best advice you ever heard on potty training your LO?<br /> Also added a poll on when you started.<br /> Our twins are 2 on the 30th. DS uses the potty to pee every night before bath and will basically go on command. And yet, he shows the fewest actual "signs" of readiness. DD dutifully sits on the potty each night before bath, as well, but she has only peed once and pooped once, both (I'm pretty sure), on accident. She, on the other hand, shows almost all the signs of readiness, and I know from experience that girls usually train earlier. </p>