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jessberr31 (890 days ago)
My mom told me with my oldest that I couldn`t force him to do something he`s not ready to do. So I tried anyways, but it didn`t work out. I waited a while longer and after a few months he started showing more of an interest in his potty chair and the whole peeing and pooping on the potty thing. I`ve potty trained 3 out of 4 kids so far and I tried early with them, but found it went so much more smoothly if I waited until they were ready. The 3 older kids were all completely potty trained between 24-30mo. My DD was done the earliest. She was very easy actually. The boys were a lil harder for me. But I know some people with kids who had bladder control problems, under developed bladder, etc who had a hard time and others whose babies were completely potty trained by 18mo! So every baby is different and unless your doing EC, which I think is totally cool and if I had the patience for it I would do it, then all you can do is try and if shes just not taking an interest than justwait a while and keep reminding her about the potty. One day she might surprize you and just go on it! Thats happened to me a couple times! Oh, and my first three kids are 2yrs apart each and I had to do 1 in diapers and 1 in pull-ups for a while, a few months, and it wasn`t so bad. Ha! I changed diapers for 7 years straight, until my dd was potty trained! Then I had a lil break and now I have my lo who is 7mo old now. I plan on him being the last I have to potty train! Good luck!

absoluties (890.1 days ago)
I started putting my baby on the potty since he was 6 months old, and he loves it. now (15 months old) he`s on the toilet seat with the adapter. At 6 months it was easy to tell the signs. but now his face doesn`t show, and i have to count on him saying potty, which he does most of the time. After he asks and poops in the toilet, i reward him with naked time! he loooves it! but he`s still not 100% diaper free. I hear that girls are faster to learn than boys though. Try to make a routine for her every morning, put her on the potty after she has ate breakfast (or drank the bottle), and call the #1 with a cute name, as well as #2. With my son, we imitate the pushing sound, and he laughs while he does it, and sure thing, if he wants to go, it makes him go! a cartoon character on the potty helps to distract her, also giving her a toy or item she really wants, while you`re trying to seat her. If I were you, I would go straight to the toilet seat and skip the drama of cleaning the pots. they have nice handles now. the key is the reward. the naked time works with my baby big time! If he does it in the diaper without telling me, while changing him, i show him the dirty diaper and tell him where this goes, then ask him so he answers me `po` which is what he calls the toilet. I don`t show him any cute face with this, but a very serious one, and speak with a serious tone. he knows this is serious business, and no room for joking. Now I have to carry his old potty in the car for when we`re at grandma`s, so he doesn`t slack there. My new baby is due in 6 weeks, and i feel your anxiety,so best of luck, and most of all, try your best, but don`t let it stress you, you have enough to stress about :)



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