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We potty trained with a newborn and it was totally fine. My first I remember just being on the couch for hours but baby #2 I tried to put down if he was asleep, or I just carried him around. The potty training was really just a moment in time and I don’t have bad thoughts about it. We just were very on top of prompting to go. My second was born when my older was 2y4mo and we trained at 2.5. Basically I think potty training would have been the same amount of difficulty with or without a newborn. I specifically waited until after the baby though because I didn’t want to deal with any regressions

@HappyBaker: I agree about being pregnant! I’d train with a baby over pregnant

We potty trained DS1 when DS2 was 4 months old. He was ready before that, but we had just moved, had the new baby, and transitioned him out of his crib in the 6 months before that, so we waited until things were a little more calm and (hopefully) less stressful for him! FWIW, he was REALLY easy to PT. And two in diapers wasn’t bad at all!

ETA: DS1 was 2.5 when we potty trained

My son will be 2y8m in May when baby 2 is born (so he's almost 2.5 now). He's really verbal but otherwise not showing a ton of potty readiness. I'm planning to wait till this summer (he will be 3 in August) when baby is a few months old. I hope it will be smoother sailing then.

My inclination with LO2 (just over 2 years) is to wait, but if he were really ready, I would go with it and start potty training. I just go by the kid's readiness. That would be my answer for MIL too.

When lo2 was born, lo1 was a few months shy of 3 and had been periodically using the potty for almost a year, knew when she was going, could communicate that she was going, and was basically ready, EXCEPT, it was a flashpoint for power struggles that were just unnecessary. Her teacher phrased it that she wasn’t emotionally ready, and her pediatrician agreed not to push it near the baby’s birth. So we didn’t push it, just let her wear diapers when she wanted, and just kept asking. Finally it clicked when she was about 3y3m and she’s been wearing undies since. The good thing is she barely had any accidents (maybe 2?). Bad thing was it took forever, but I tend to go with the flow with my kids on these things.