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Is 10m too young to start potty training?

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kittyfish · 22/02/2006 20:39

My dd is much happier sans nappy (like most babas I guess) and cries when she has pooped. I hadn't even considered PTing yet, but my mum suggested it and it got me thinking. What do you all think? Give it a go or forget it for a year? My dd is sitting up and crawling btw.

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MaloryTowers · 22/02/2006 20:41

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Feistybird · 22/02/2006 20:42

Very unlikely to be successful

lucykate · 22/02/2006 20:42

is this a joke?

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nononsense · 22/02/2006 20:42

way

muma3 · 22/02/2006 20:43

be fun to see how you get on !!
its not going to hurt even if i dont think you will get very far for a while getting dd used to it can only be a good thing surely?

Isthisme · 22/02/2006 20:43

erm......think so.

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Angeliz · 22/02/2006 20:45

dd1 used the potty very young as she used to 'go' at the same time each morning but then she refused and was properly trained at 2. If she doesn't object i don't see trying it can hurt but can't see a baby so young getting trained. Let us know though

Mistymoo · 22/02/2006 20:46

I used to put my ds on a potty for about 10mins in the morning if he was watching cbeebies or something, just to get him used to it at about that age. He sat there fine. If he did something I made a song and dance of it but wasn't bothered if he didn't.

He was then potty trained at about 19 months. Some may think thats too early but it worked for us.

tissy · 22/02/2006 20:46

Far too young, I'd say! Your dd won't be able to tell you her nappy is wet, get herself to the potty, pull her pants down....I'd leave it just at the moment< TBH. She probably doesn't like sitting in a pile of poo, but that doesn't mean she has any control.

I think it can be possible to "train" a baby to have a routine, e.g. always poos on potty after main meal, or just beore bathtime, but that is really training the parent to be aware of the routine, rather than the baby to be aware of the sensation of needing to go, and then having some control.

Try googling "elimination communication" and see if you can be botheed with that- it does involve being around your baby 100% of the time though.

Good luck!

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biglips · 22/02/2006 20:46

yep

fastasleep · 22/02/2006 20:46

OMG this isn't a joke!

No, don't do it! The fundamental thing with potty training is doing it as soon as they understand when to say 'I need to go to the toilet'.... MILs and Mums are terrible at remembering this kind of thing..

Gallavanting sans nappy is great for your DD not so great for your floor, if you don't have adequate floor coverings you could go to a fabric shop, it's quite easy to find some kind of waterproof fabric (plastic on one side type thing), and get it cut to size...

Blandmum · 22/02/2006 20:47

yes!

blueteddy · 22/02/2006 20:47

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inkyminky · 22/02/2006 20:47

I heard in India they start them when they are a few months old... (they probably dont have carpets as nice as you though!)

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kittyfish · 22/02/2006 20:48

No it really isn't a joke, unless my mum was taking the proverbial. I have heard of elimination training but seemd too faffy for me.

You might like this snippet - I know someone who started potty training her son from the day he was born, poor little mite. She would give him a feed and then hold him on the pot until he did something. So really I think 10m is quite old.

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DumbledoresGirl · 22/02/2006 20:55

I know where your mother is coming from kittyfish as my mother claims when we were kids, it ws the norm to start training at about 10 months. However, it is not training, it is doing what Tissy describes, putting the child on the potty at a regular time and hoping something comes out. That isn't training, it is lucky timing.

Howver, if you want to have a go at that, who am I to stop you?

personally, I always think parents did it earlier in those days as terry nappies were the norm and washing machines were not.

saadia · 22/02/2006 20:56

MIL and mum insist that we were all potty trained by a year old. I try to convince them that they must have just let us sit on the potty for hours until something happened and called that potty training, but they are adamant that it can be done. They do agree that it wasn't a case of us letting them know when we needed to go so I can't call it actual potty training but they still see great benefit in letting babies get used to the idea of the potty.

I think it is worth trying.

Angeliz · 22/02/2006 20:57

APPARENTLY, dp was changing his own nappy at 1. My mil is off her rocker!

Rhubarb · 22/02/2006 21:01

They call this "potty-timing". Babies this age have no control over their bodily functions, but you can sometimes set your watch by them so if you want to catch it in a potty that's fine! The benefits are that they get used to using the potty so when they are able to control things, potty-training can happen a lot faster.

If your dd is uncomfortable after she has pooed and she lets you know, that's more than most babies do! My ds is 26 months and I don't think he's happy unless he is sat in a pile of his own stinky poo! Take advantage of it and save yourself some nappies!

Socci · 22/02/2006 21:01

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CaptainCavemansMummy · 22/02/2006 21:03

Haven't read whole thread but basically the nerve pathways from brain to bladder/bowel aren't developed until around 2. So to start potty training earlier will usually end in tears or frustration (or both!)

roisin · 22/02/2006 21:04

These threads always remind me of a potty my MIL showed me. It was a sort of potty chair with bars - so you sat the child in, then fastened them in with a bar across their legs, and then the bar was locked in place with a padlock

That's how the baby got used to sitting on the potty until they performed!

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