potty training from 6 months

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what do u think about idea to start pottytraining from 6 months onwards. my baby is currently a bit under 5 months. he can sit already. and he is developing really fast. But he has this big problem with booing. we can see how he trys to do it, he crys and pushes. we stand always with him and smile and say how good he is doing to encurage. thought we could just make him to do it in a potty instead of nappy soon. wondering about opinions in this topic

You can probably catch it in a potty by knowing the signs that he is about to do a poo. But he won't be able to control his bowel movements yet. When he needs to go, he'll go.

i just read about a baby who does it all to potty whn 6 months old

You could probably train yourself to recognise when your ds needs to poo and in this way, you could establish some potty ground rules. No harm in trying. I had a friend who had her dd doing everything in the potty by 9mths old but once she was mobile, it was necessary to put her into nappies and she was potty trained properly at about 2.6yrs old (so average).

There's a difference. At 6 months you can recognise the signs of a poo and put him on a potty for it, but he won't be able to tell you in advance, like an older child can, and you can't tell when he's weeing. So, that's not potty trained imo. True potty training is your child knowing when they need to go, and telling you in advance so they do it in a potty/toilet. This isn't going to happen at 6mths. (my ds is 18mths and denies all knowledge when I tell him he's pood, so we have someway to go, even now!!!)

don't let poeple put you off using the potty - doesn't matter whether you are actually 'potty training' if it is more comfortable for them to do it in potty, then do it. people are very patronising and say oh, they cannot control bowel movements- actually some can to a certain extent. Also, some parents can easily tell if their cild is weeing/pooing. i do agree that at a young age they cannot tell you in advance. However, i take dd fairly regularly to potty ie at nappy changes and she often has a dry nappy. i am not just showing off but at teatime ,dd 2 usually needs to poo and you can see her think about it. If it is convenient, i take her up and put on potty and she then does it there, sometimes she has done a tiny bit but obviously stopped so there is a degree of control. They do not necessarily wee constantly either, as most people think, dd would often go for a couple of hours without and then do it on potty. she is well hydrated and does almost clear wees so it is not dehydration. she obviously chooses to put her energy into this area of development, others choose other areas!

Good Luck to you if you can!! I am still trying at 3.6yrs
It would be great to have that all out of the way and under control.
Hope it works xx

I want to start potty training my 6 month old but everyone around me disagrees and thinks I should wait! She’s got an obvious poo face and I truly believe that we could do it! She sits up unaided also. I don’t know what I should do? Has anyone else’s potty trained at 6 months? I know it isn’t going to be a walk in the park and she isn’t going to be fully dry for a while so am I just going to waste my time?

You can put them on a potty or hold them over a toilet at the right time and learn a rhythm and save hundreds of nappies which is what we do, ancient cultures use this method of tuning in and it’s absolutely right that they can control when they go even from a young age. Look up ‘elimination communication’ if you want to try . I’ve done it with all 3 of our DC and currently our 5 month year old pees on cue when needs to (and his poos are easy to catch. He literally will wait until he’s in the right place and for me to make a ssssss noise for him to go . It’s not ‘training ‘, it’s learning their cues when they need to go and then using a sound they associate with it. Cues can be different for every dc but the easiest place to start is straight after a nap as they will always need one then. Our DS pauses when feeding when needs a poo and waits until has his nappy off. And fidgets or cries when wants a wee as prefers to go out of his nappy. He wears boxers often when I’m at home! Keep it positive and never mind any misses.

millie2022 my reply above might help but my main advice is do it very positively and gently. For example our eldest went through a stage of not wanting to stop playing at 12 months so I simply put her back into nappies for a bit without bother as wanted to keep it positive and went back to pants when it felt right . She was dry night and day so early like our DS, and always kept a sense of when she needed the loo despite her pause in EC as it is called (elimination communication). It sounds new and odd to most people but it’s actually far older a method than nappies, disposable or otherwise!