Has anyone toilet trained earlish (under 2) and would do so again? Any advice?

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My dd is 21 months. She does 19 out of 20 poos in the potty and has for ages but she's in nappies all the time. She will sometimes ask for a big girl wee wee/poo poo, even when we are out. But it is really inconsistent. First baby and I am confused by all the different approaches, many say wait wait or make it difficult but...

I am talking myself around to training her next month when I start my maternity leave before new baby arrives - good idea or bad idea? I'm afraid I'll delay for ages if I don't have a go then. She will be 22-23 months .

I'd go for it. I started training dd1 the day after her 2nd birthday. She didn't have any particular signs of readiness, except she did a wee in her potty every evening before bath from around 18mths. But I wanted her trained for a trip away we were doing so I persevered. Took about a month for her to be reliably dry, but once she was there she barely ever has had an accident & was dry at night too. Just take her to the potty often & persevere!

I think she is showing you she is ready, which is more important than her age. It is nice to have only one in nappies. My DDs were both trained at that age but DS was later.

She sounds pretty ready - DS lost the knack when we moved, and now I've got to wait for him to decide to use the potty again - so I'd jump on it while you've got the time.

I'd say go for it. As a nanny pretty much 95% of children in my care have been dry before 2. Usually start around 22 ish months and has been pretty quick

One tip- I have never trained on a potty always straight on toilet ( with a little trainer seat)

I think it helps as they learn quickly that you can't just whip out a potty for them everywhere and they have to wait until toilet is available ( obv at first it's just at home but they learn they can't go and demand a potty right this minute but have to wait a min until got to toilet)

Having one child in nappies is so much easier and if you leave until after baby you prob wit have the willpower to do for another 6 months or so

Also make sure they drink lots as bladder grows and learns to hold more

yes dd1 was trained by 21 months, she did all poos on potty from 18 months and a wee before her bath, i put her in pullups for a month so if she asked for potty she could go but if not there was no mess, then when her pullups were staying dry all day i spent a few days in the house with potty nearby and she got it quite easily.
i would do it again but dd2 is 20 months and has only done 1 poo and 1 wee in potty despite having lots of nappy off time so clearly not interested yet.

my eldest trained at 18mths, he did it himself! we always had a potty around and he had nappy free time everyday and he just started to use it!

your dd is def showing signs she is ready and its lovely and warm at the moment, so yes get the nappy off and see how she gets on!

my next 3 were all older as they simply werent ready, some are, some arent, your dd sounds like she is :)

My now five year old DS was day trained at 21 months. He had a bad nappy rash so I left his nappy off for a few hours and suggested the idea of using the potty if he needed a wee. We'd read some books about potty training which he'd enjoyed. I saw him getting a bit agitated at one point so suggested the potty, he sat down and did a wee - he was so excited by it and then refused to wear nappies in the day. I made clear my expectations - ie it was fine to wear big boy pants but he had to remember to try and use the potty and he did - we had a few accidents but I approached them in an "Oh dear, better luck next time" way and within a week he was pretty reliable. He regressed a little bit when the novelty wore off about 6 weeks later so we had a star chart for a few days to reinforce it and that was that. The nurse doing his two year check was very surprised when I said that he was dry as it's pretty unusual especially for boys. All of my boys have been easy to PT though so they obviously develop the readiness earlier than average.

She sounds very ready.. and if you can go for it in a really casual way (as it sounds like you are anyway!) you may well if sorted before the stubborn 2+ kicks in

3/4 of mine trained themselves before they were two..and it was sheer luck. No1 hated feeling wet and at 23 months just sat on the potty I had bought to show her for the future, and that was it..she trained herself in a matter of a week. Ds1 was a year younger... and copied her..dd2 a year younger again..copied him!! I think they were simply neurologically 'early' in that respect.

They were also at a less stubborn stage! DS2 however has ASD and was a WHOLE different matter !!!!

two of my children trained at 19 ans 20 months - go for it but don't look back ;)

DD1 potty trained herself at 15 mo when she had bad chicken pox all over her bottom. She was highly verbal and very competent. She later regressed wrt potty-training at 2.3 yo and wasn't dry again properly until over 6. Nothing wrong with her physically- she had loads of tests etc which showed nothing. She just got bored with the potty.

Well OK I am going to psyche myself up for this. So I need to lose the nappies in the day and just keep persisting asking/trying with potty/toilet until she gets it - was that your approach? And ideally stay in the house and garden whilst for the first few days? I think this is what my SIL did but he was a year older.