https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:15:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2056897 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 02:50:59 +0000 Mrs squirreld 2056897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: We are doing a potty "learning" approach. I sit him on there after meals and naps and read him a book to keep him entertained and tell him he can do wees or poos and make a fuss if he does. If we have any nappy free time during the day and he does a wee on the floor or in the bath or whereever I NEVER tell him off... I just say neutrally "your doing a wee E. You did a wee." so he associates what he is doing with that word. Seems to be going ok so far. I would LOVE him to be trained by the time bub #2 is here but not fazed if he isn't.... I'm not worried about regression... there is always "something" that could trigger regression and there is a chance there will be no regression at all! :-) Goodluck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2056890 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 01:45:20 +0000 QBbride 2056890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! My son (19m) has been asking for the potty and peeing on it!! 4 times today!!! He has never pooped on it though. I wanted to take the no pressure approach but I'm sort of wondering whether I need to just go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2056061 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:22:29 +0000 littlejoy 2056061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: Aside from the occasional pee/poop on her potty, not much. Their daycare needed to get her into the toddler room, but they needed her to be potty trained. They tried it, and it worked! Best wishes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2056038 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:05:22 +0000 jetsa 2056038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for the thoughts everyone, it seems that I just need to jump in and try it without pressure and if it doesn't work right now oh well. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055941 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:13:51 +0000 mamimami 2055941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's possible! We were playing around with the potty at that point but not really training. I would wonder if an 18 mo can really pull pants up and down successfully.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055843 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:35:56 +0000 BandDmommy 2055843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: seems early but if you think he's ready, go for it! Of course, trying to train a child that isn't ready is very frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055833 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:33:18 +0000 sarac 2055833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a potty at that point as just a fun thing to play with. She'd get it and pretend to sit on it and we'd all have fun. It was still a full year before she was ready, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055691 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:36:28 +0000 babynumber1 2055691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: She was taking off wet diapers because she couldn't stand them, watching others use the bathroom, able to understand pee and poop. </p> <p>She was the only one in her class trained. The teachers thought we were crazy until she came in on Tuesday potty trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055653 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:16:24 +0000 Smurfette 2055653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced the potty at almost 22 months, home and day care. She loves to sit on it, but has only gone once, which was a fluke. She isn't ready at all. I mean no point in training her when she can't pull her pants down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055647 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:12:52 +0000 jetsa 2055647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: thanks, it's actually not dirreha the dr just said after trying everything that it must be a combo of sensitive skin and a teething enzyme...so just highly annoying lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055608 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:51:55 +0000 LuLu Mom 2055608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter started to show interested around then, we sat for fun/ect. but nothing serious. We didn't day potty train until she was 25 months old and knew she was ready, she would tell us most times when she had to go at this point. </p> <p>Honestly, if he's suffering from diarrhea from teething (guessing this is causing the rash) I don't think he will have the reaction time necessary to get to the potty and you will be dealing with a LOT of messy accidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055550 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:34:28 +0000 NeekieRose 2055550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have introduced the potty to our 15 month old. She sits on it most nights before bed/bathtime. She has peed in in a number of times but we are more just trying to get her used to the potty. Daycare doesn't do any potty training until she moves up to the next room but when I'm on maternity leave (DD will be 17 months), I am going to try to get her potty trained, without putting too much pressure on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055478 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:06:41 +0000 jetsa 2055478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babynumber1: what signs did you look for? I figure we'll start gradually introducing it and then jump in with the 3 day method in a month or two </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055476 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:05:22 +0000 jetsa 2055476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Somebunny: yea he goes to an inhome and she would put him on the potty if he was trained.</p> <p>@Mama Bird: that's what I figured, I've got to start somewhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055415 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:26:49 +0000 Mama Bird 2055415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried at 18 months, it was kind of a fail but we could tell DS is almost ready and tried again at 20 months... it worked! It's never too early to start. Even if you put him on the potty and he does what he should sometimes, it still adds up to him being in wet or dirty diapers less, and so less rash! Day care was pretty supportive, hopefully yours is too and you can ask them to also start getting him familiar with the potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055402 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:23:47 +0000 Somebunny 2055402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's possible! We potty trained DD at 15 months using the 3 day method. It doesn't always work for everyone, but a lot has people have used it with success. And it isn't always the case that girls are ready earlier than boys. I've worked daycares for the past few years and have seen some boys train early and some girls train late. It depends on the child not the gender. If your son is interested in the potty definitely encourage his interest!<br /> If he was trained before 2 would his daycare have a potty available for him to use? It can be hard to potty train if you're not getting support at daycare. He'll need consistency in both places. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055382 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:18:59 +0000 babynumber1 2055382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was 20 months when we potty trained, so not much older. She was just ready and displaying all the signs. We did the 3 day method and it worked like a charm. you never know until you try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055355 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:00:48 +0000 luckypenny 2055355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot of my friends introduced the potty at that age but it seemed more like they were able to tell when their kid was going to go than the kid proactively asking for the potty. Not saying it's impossible, just really unusual. I think 2 is a better age to start actual "training". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055342 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:50:43 +0000 jetsa 2055342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: yes, I've heard this repeatedly. What signs of readiness was she showing do you know?</p> <p>@Silva: @Maysprout: thanks guys.</p> <p>@blackbird: yea, I know lol.</p> <p>@Bao: What signs of readiness do you watch for before you began training? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2055108 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:31:45 +0000 littlejoy 2055108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our neighbor's daughter was potty trained at 18 months. Girls are easier than boys? (or is that an old wives tale?) ... She did something called the 3 Day Method (something like that). It's worth a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2054807 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:43:47 +0000 Silva 2054807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Potty at regular times throughout the day. Spend like 10 minutes chilling and reading on the potty especially at typical poop times (my daughter always goes after breakfast).</p> <p>That said, my (21 month old) daughter has been peeing and pooping on the potty several times a day for months, but still goes in her diaper or undies occasionally. We did "potty learning" so it has taken much longer than any "3 day method" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2054796 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:38:35 +0000 blackbird 2054796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girl you crazy ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2054787 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:35:48 +0000 Maysprout 2054787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 15 months and I stick her on the potty regularly. She asks sometimes but I also just stick her on sometimes when she wakes up and between diaper changes. She's a twice a day pooper ( though never at the same time of day) and will go several days with them all being on the potty (but the opposite happens too- getting less frequent though). We did the same with my older daughter and she poop trained first and slowly did more and more of her pee pees on the potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2054770 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:27:55 +0000 Bao 2054770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard of people trying at this age but I have no experience. My LO was no way ready at this age though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-at-18-months#post-2054762 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:25:13 +0000 jetsa 2054762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is super interested in the toilet and he has chronic teething diaper rashes so I'm just wondering if this is a thing. </p> <p>Daycare says they'll wait until 2-2.5 but I'm sick of these rashes and seeing him in pain!</p> <p>He doesn't tell us yet if his diaper is poopy or wet so that is holding me back. </p>