Advice on Potty Training My 16 Month Old Daughter?
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Tricia
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try this site http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/ I'm going to start when we finally move!
Unfortunately, you are way too late to go diaper free. That would have needed to be established within the first 4-5 months (I have the book, and know several moms who did this). Otherwise, your daughter is WAY too young for you to even be thinking about this. There is honestly nothing for you to do. Every child will train themselves when they are ready. I didn't learn about the whole diaper free thing until my daughter was 9 months, so I was too late. She trained herself completely by 2 1/2. We kept a potty in the bathroom. She would come in with us when we went. She familiarized herself with the potty. You can get a book if you like. But pushing it on them will only damage them psychologically. By her second birthday, she was asking to pee on the potty. Within a month she was pooping on the potty. By 2 1/2 she was in undies at night too. The only time I've ever sat her on the potty without her asking is either right before bed, or before going out. What a breeze! The best advise I ever got on potty training was to do NOTHING. If you try to push it before they are ready, it will be a BIG struggle, and can actually cause sexual problems for the child later. And if they are ready, there's nothing *to* do. Good luck.
She is too young!! Let her be a baby!
Potty training at 16 months...it seems too early to me, i kno a kid who is just starting to potty train and she is 27 months!
Don't bother. She's too young. Her body doesn't have the muscle control to hold it in just yet. Look for the signs. She will begin to tell you as she is peeing, then she'll begin to tell you right before she does...That's when you train her. Not before. Good luck.
Wait until after her 2nd birthday. The earlier you potty train the higher the chance of setbacks.
she is a bit young yet for potty training don't you think. i would say 2 at the earliest, although i do know of people potty traing at a year and a half. be careful if you push to hard you will make her not want anything to do with it. good luck i think potty training is a pain in the butt and have no good techniques.
take her in the bathroom with you so she can watch you and she will learn how to use the bathroom by her self.
Well, she needs to be ready first and foremost. I'm in the process of training my daughter who is 4. She is FINALLY getting it! I got into a routine with her, when she gets up, after she gets off the bus, every 15 or so minutes depending on how much fluids are taken, right before bed. Really praise her when she goes or even when she just sits on the toilet. Read to her or play games or sing songs while she is on the toilet to make it fun for her. And be consistent. Once you slack off, you will have to start all over again! Good Luck!
Wait until SHE is ready to be potty trained. When she shows an interest in sitting on the toilet (REAL toilet not "potty chair" they don't have "potty chairs" in day care, pre school or elementary school so she might as well learn how to sit on a toilet from the start.)
If this is your first child, wait. She will probably be closer to three when she trains. Especially is you will have another baby anytime before her third birthday. Do not even start to train her if you plan on getting pregnant while she is training. She will be back in diapers as soon as you have the new baby. Let her 'tell' you when she is ready. It seems to me that most girls I know were closer to three than two when they went into panties. Your second child, if you have one, will train much faster thanks to your first. My older daughter taught my younger. I hardly did a thing.
Those little potty seats that fit over the regular potty seat are better than a potty chair. They look like the part of the potty that the guy lifts up, except they have handles. You just place it on top of the regular potty seat and the kid sits on it. When they get big enough they go on the regular seat. No messy potty stools. Mine had Sesame Street. They looked forward to using it.
Good Luck!!
Don't punish her if she doesn't do it.. you have to encourage her and make it fun (using kandoo products really helped my friend's son). I personally think that she is a little young to try it right now. I think you should wait until she gets closer to 24 months. She will do it when it is her time.. she is not really young enough to control when she does and doesn't go.
She's to young yet! Do you expect her to do miracles? Give her another then try to get her interested. Can she even talk yet, probably not. DUH!
Wait til she's two! My son will pee on command sometimes but nothing we push. More of a game. He likes to pee in the tub (kinda yucky at the beginning) so I started putting him on toilet after taking off diaper and asking him to make peepee. And he does. I just hope this leads to easier potty training one he passes his second b-day.
When she get two and she still not using the potty, when she use it on herself put her in a pub of cold water every time she does it. My brother had the same problem when he was young, my grandmother told my mom to do it and it worked. You have to show some tough love sometimes it want hurt them, they will get over it. lol
Put your child on a schedule. Every 3 hours take your child to the potty if he or she goes reward him or her by claping and making a big deal out of it all.
You can potty train for a year or for a weekend. Take your pick. When she is ready she'll do it. Just have it out and let her know what it's for. Too many bribes or prizes will possibly put pressure on her (if she is a competitive child). Not because you are pressuring, but because that may be her personality. You have to wait til she has good muscle control and the self motivation to do it. If you think it is fun you can work for a long time on it - use prizes and treats. I personally, did not enjoy it and chose to spend our time reading and playing games. She was still trained before 2.
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