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Question by amh_90: Is it to early to start potty training?
My son is 15 months old, and here lately he has been bringing me a diaper and his wipes and lays down on the floor for me to change him. I have been told that there is no way that he is ready to be potty trained, but this makes me think that he is. If it is to early, at what age is best to start trying?
Best answer:
Answer by Mara
If you think he’s ready, then it’s not too early. You know him better than anyone else. Just start out on one of those little plastic potty’s and see how he does. Worse comes to worse and he isn’t ready, then just give it up for a little while and then try again later. But it won’t hurt to try now. 
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November 28th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
see if he wants to try the potty. ask him.there is not limit (young or old) for when to train ur kid, it depends on them.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
I think your right, when they know what they are doing, then it’s the right time to introduce them to the potty. The earlier you start, the earlier they are trained.
November 28th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
my son is potty trained except for at night because he is still in his crib and cant get out he just turned one they r never to young to try
November 28th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Typically, yes. Boys generally do not potty train until they are at least two, sometimes three. If he already recognizes when he has gone potty he is definitely on the right track. The catch is he needs to know before he goes potty. I would wait until he is closer to 2 or 2 1/2.
November 28th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Just talk to him right now. Help him identify that yes he has wet his pants or pooped in whatever words you choose to use. Tell him that you are happy that he doesn’t like being stinky and wet and that soon you will be buying him a “big boy potty and pants so he can go like mommy and daddy do”. Don’t do anything but put the potty on the floor and let him examine it. When he is ready, in a few months he will probably want to try the potty chair. Don’t make a big deal out of it if he asks to have the diaper removed and go, then he has basically trained himself. I wouldn’t expect him to really be able to do this before 18 to 20 months.The key is to let him be in control on this one and not make it a battle because you really can’t win if he digs in his heels and sees it as a control issue.
November 28th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
My sister told me to wait until 2, and 2-1/2 is even better. She said a friend of hers started her son before age 2 and it backfired on her because he started intentionally holding his stool because he was afraid to go. They ended up going to the hospital a few times because he was impacted with stool. Every child is different, but this made me decide to wait until our son is 2 at the earliest.
November 28th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
It is never to early to try. My daughter was trained at 10 months but my son was right at 3 years. I was a daycare teacher and potty trained well over 100 kids and could not get my son to train until he decided that he was ready. But it never hurts to try, just don’t force it.
November 28th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
nope, not too early!
i’m potty training my 13 month old & she goes in the potty chair more often than not. my mom’s advising me–she had both me & my brother fully potty trained by the time were 18 months old. imo, if you wait too long, then you can end up with a battle on your hands! start early, make it part of the routine, no big deal.
November 29th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Every child is different. I have heard of stories where children have decided they no longer want a diaper and won’t have anything to do with them. Before I had kids, I thought that kids who weren’t potty trained by 2 was because of lazy parents who didn’t take the time to teach them. With this in mind, I was intent on training my daughter at 15 months. She wasn’t ready and all it did was cause alot of frustration. I spent the next 16 months fighting to get her to tell me when she had to go.
To top off my husband’s frustration, during that time, we had gotten a kitten and were potty training it. Our daughter was able to tell us “Kitty has to go potty” and put the cat in it’s box, yet she still could not tell us she had to go!
I would suggest trying it for a little while. If it works, great! And by works, I don’t mean he instantly starts knowing what to do. I mean, if he is willing and trying. If it doesn’t hold off for a little longer and try again in a couple of months. My son cries when I put him on his little potty, so I’m waiting a bit.
November 29th, 2011 at 1:16 am
If he is interested, let him try! Get him a small little potty to sit on and give him plenty of praise
November 29th, 2011 at 1:58 am
Our daughter is 13 months old, and does the same thing, so we are getting ready to try it out ourselves. We, luckily, have a babysitter who is also on board with helping to teach her (she has twin boys of her own, and both were potty trained by the time they were 18 months old – she knows what she’s doing!). Anyway, I came across the article linked at the bottom, which is basically the same technique our babysitter told us she used with her children. I can’t attest personally to whether it works or not, but it seems like it’s worth a try!
Best of luck to you!
November 29th, 2011 at 2:02 am
I think you could at least try. It’s never too early/late to start!!!!
November 29th, 2011 at 2:14 am
Cameron’s smart… he’ll figure it out soon enough.
If he’s not interested in it now, just wait a few months and try again!!