https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:09:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533948 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:20:41 +0000 MamaG 2533948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: same as @oliviaoblivia: never a problem with the dress/skirt. Pulls it all to the front and high. We've had the problem of not pulling underwear down far enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533932 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:38:07 +0000 rattles 2533932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid is 3, and she has been potty trained for about 6 months. She needs help wiping after number two, but she's otherwise self sufficient. We have a stool she uses to wash her hands and one of those two-in-one seats on the regular toilet. Every now and then she has to be reminded to wash her hands or I notice she skips wiping to get back to playing, but usually she takes care of it all. She wears dresses a lot and has never had a problem keeping them out of the way. Stretchy pants/shorts are key too. It's a crapshoot (ha) whenever you do it. I hope it goes smoothly for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533902 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:20:04 +0000 yellowbird 2533902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: my daughter has never peed on her dresses and she wears them allllllll the time! Sometime she'll ask me to take her dress off if she's pooping and going to be on there for a while. </p> <p>We still help her wipe now for poop at 3.5 though she's been trained for well over a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533791 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:09:49 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2533791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: she is super particular about picking up her skirt. She pulls it tight in the back, gathers it in the front and pulls it up. I can't remember having a wet skirt, she did have trouble not pulling her pants down far enough a few times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533762 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:23:03 +0000 Bluebonnet 2533762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: It took her a week or so to understand how to hold up her dress. Maybe twice she peed on her skirt on accident. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533758 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:20:08 +0000 Foodnerd81 2533758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Follow up question for those with girls- if they are wearing a skirt or dress, how are they at holding the dress up? Or does the skirt get peed on a lot? She loves wearing dresses anyway so i figure that will help when we are at home.<br /> @daniellemybelle: @Bluebonnet: @Charm54: @delight: @autumnlove: @Cherrybee: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533712 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:22:53 +0000 daniellemybelle 2533712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was trained at 22 months. At 2.5 depending on what she is wearing, if it's pee or poop, and what kind of potty she is using she can do it start to finish with some supervision. So, if she is wearing a dress and looser panties, and she's peeing, and she can use her little potty that doesn't require climbing up, and if her stool is positioned just the right way in front of the sink so she can wash her hands... then yes, she can do it.</p> <p>So what I'm saying is that it has happened maybe three times ever.</p> <p>Reading your original post again, I will say that when I babysit once a week (11 month old) she does really well about doing most of it on her own. I usually will help her pull her pants up and down but she will wipe, climb up to wash her hands, etc. I just have to be present in case she needs help but I'm not orchestrating the whole thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533304 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:41:04 +0000 Pumuckl 2533304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just to give you another positive expierence:<br /> My DS trained at 2.5 and was going by himself mostly about a month after first starting. I still need to wipe when it's poop but pee he manages himself. Also he flushes and washes hands himself. We also use a step stool just like @looch mentioned and have used showers and bidgets for handwashing. We stick to "no button" pants so he can pull them up himself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533293 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:21:49 +0000 looch 2533293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gosh, we missed the window at 2.5 years old and I regret waiting...but when we trained at 3, it was still a long road to being self sufficient.</p> <p>One thing that I institued before we used a step stool at the sink for washing hands was to wash hands in the tub. sounds insane, but he could reach it, we had an easy handle etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533240 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:41:45 +0000 Bluebonnet 2533240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @JoyfulKiwi: training LO when they are ready is the biggest key to success. Everyone I know that waited ended up having a really hard time potty training. </p> <p>We potty trained LO1 when LO2 was 5 months. To make it easier, first I focused on making sure LO could pull up/down her pants by herself and could wash her hands. Wiping won't be perfect for a long time (3-3.5ish??), but don't let that deter you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533206 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:19:54 +0000 honeybear 2533206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trained at 2.5, completely self-sufficient at 5.5 (unless he's sick, which is extremely rare). He's a super meticulous kid, and we definitely worked on wiping well before then, but ... no. Just no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533195 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:04:07 +0000 lovehoneybee 2533195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E will be 4 in Aug and I need to help him wipe still (he tries, but constant skid marks). I also sometimes need to remind him to try to go, but he's pretty good about knowing when he needs to go and going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533172 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 19:27:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 2533172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: yeah this is why I'm thinking we should do it sooner than later. She knows when she is doing something, though she often says she's pooping when she is farting or peeing. :silly: </p> <p>@Charm54: this is good to know- if she could go and pee as soon as she needs to and just need my help at the end, giving me time to put the baby down, that sounds doable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2533065 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 12:24:05 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2533065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: it sounds scary, but if you catch her at the right time, it could be relatively painless! This is anecdotal, but I was talking to my neighbors yesterday and they had decided to wait on potty training their older child because they had a newborn and thought it'd be easier to do diapers. But now baby is 6 months and the son is 3 next month and they are struggling hard to train him. He just doesn't care if he's in a dirty diaper and has a hard time "listening to his body" about when he needs to poop. The mom told me she regrets waiting. I think it can be hard no matter when you do it! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532929 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:14:04 +0000 Charm54 2532929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 2.5 she can do a lot by herself - I still help with wiping (She tries but doesn't do a great job) and washing hands. But it's much less labour intensive than it was a few months ago when I had to do the pants, put her on/off the potty, etc. If I'm busy with dd2, she can and does go by herself - I just rewipe and wash her hands when I get a second afterwards </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532919 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:27:21 +0000 skipra 2532919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3.5 and we still help with wiping and washing hands but he is capable of doing it by himself at school. We don't have a stool in the bathroom because they tend to be used for causing trouble but otherwise would be fine 100% of the time for just peeing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532890 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:36:22 +0000 delight 2532890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a little potty in our family room that DDnis self sufficient at using. She definitely goes pee by herself. We still help with wiping after poops though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532863 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:46:52 +0000 Ms maths 2532863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1, we started around 26 months. He's 30 months now and does sometimes use the toilet independently at home, except for handwashing. (I think he always uses it independently at daycare.) </p> <p>But we had a rough couple of months of potty training, and we still have moments where he wants help but requests that his sister not be in the bathroom, which--if there is only one parent home--generally means there is a sobbing LO2 outside the bathroom door.</p> <p>Good luck figuring out what to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532824 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:04:56 +0000 hilsy85 2532824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He needs help washing hands, and needs help wiping. He goes independently, but sometimes also needs help getting pants down/up. I think no matter when it happens, it is inevitable that the older one will need the potty at an bad time for the little one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532817 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:19:26 +0000 autumnlove 2532817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still help my 4 yr old wash her hands because she can't reach the faucet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532815 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:11:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2532815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: you have just described all my fears about this, thanks. Though I do think E might be even more willful than C.<br /> @JoyfulKiwi: and yet that is my fear about waiting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532795 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:02:30 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2532795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son was 2.5 when he trained. He mostly used the potty at daycare, but they'd ask him to go every 2 hours and he'd do most of it on his own with minimal supervision. At home he was able to put the little seat on the potty and climb up using a stool when he was 3. He's 3.5 now and we "check" him after a BM and usually end up helping him wipe, but he only poops 1x a day. I think with the right routine it won't be too bad. I will say that our son's Twos teacher told is that missing the window really sucks in the long run because it's harder to train after the fact, so if she's ready it might be worth it to just bite the bullet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532762 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:43:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2532762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 (3yr 3mos) has been trained for nine months now. I still wipe after #2 and have to help her wash her hands because she can't reach the tap.</p> <p>I don't see that changing anytime soon.<br /> She has been going and using the toilet alone since we started, but she needs my help when she's done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532760 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:41:37 +0000 Cherrybee 2532760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E started potty training about 3 months ago. Now, she can pull her pants down and go by herself, but she cant wipe properly or pull her pants back up without help, and forget hand washing! Of course that doesn't mean she *does* go by herself - she frequently uses "needing a wee" as a way of getting attention, and wets/craps herself as a means of protest. My hands are red raw from all the washing I need to do to manage this and a newborn. And don't get me started on the trips to the toilet when we're out and about, with a newborn in a pram that doesn't fit in the toilet cubicle, and yes she does wait until S is eating or crying before announcing her need to wee. Its a nightmare, keep C in nappies as long as you can! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532757 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:33:47 +0000 mamabolt 2532757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3y9m and still needs help wiping after poop and reminders to flush and wash hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-your-lo-need-help-with-the-potty#post-2532752 Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:27:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2532752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old was your LO when they potty trained, and how long did they need help using the potty- for pee and for poop? What about washing hands? </p> <p>My 2.5 yo is giving us all sorts of signs that she is ready for potty training, but we also have a 4 month old who takes forever to put down for naps, so I'm dreading starting potty training and having to drop what I'm doing 30 times a day to go help her. But I also know it has to happen some time. </p>