So... all those grandmas who potty trained by one year...

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when did they start, and how did they do it?

You'd have your kids potty trained by this stage if you were washing terry nappies in an old boiler....

why would you want to when they can't put their own clothes on and off anyway

no point doing it till they can ask to go to the toilet and pull up pants and trousers in my opinion

.. bugger will have to do DD this summer I suppose

IMO there is no point doing it until the child is absolutely ready - I'd wait until they are showing the signs - sometime after 2 yrs and it is nice weather. That way I've got them dry day and night in about two weeks of concentrated focus - it's just like puppy training! It is definitely worth waiting.

They didn't potty train their child. They trained themselves to put their child on a potty after a meal or drink, and in between times as well. And had lots of accidents in between. And so-called potty training took weeks, instead of what can be, if you wait until your child is ready. a few short days.

They are either fibbing, have a warped memory or did as SueW says - just sat them on it anyway. A friend of mine did this with her dd at about 14 months - it went on, and on, and on, and on, and on......because everytime she caught a wee in the potty she thought she was getting there but it was just a fluke!

I waited till 2yrs 9 months with the boys and cracked it in 3 days flat with no accident following.

dd2 was dry day and night at 15 months, didn't do anything really it just happened..she followed along with dd1 who is 16 months older

but they do seem to say they were dry by one year??

because they're senile

but seriously, I wouldn't mind if ds was dry by one year even if I had to put him on the potty quite a few times a day!

Potty training was prestige in those days. You still see people claiming they have potty trained children now. They put training pants on them just in case they have a little accident

what an utter waste of time - is it really that big a deal to change a nappy? if you do it too early you have to carry spare pants, trousers, socks with you everywhere you go, you can't relax in case they leave a puddle in soft play - it's a nightmare - I've seen it and that's why I didn't go there!

FM - my friend did that - her ds was 'trained' dontcha know, but she put him in pullups everytime they travelled in the car or went to Wacky Warehouse! mADNESS!

so was that true with all these grandmas? And how often were the accidents?

Im a grandma, admittedly a young one, and I didnt. My kids were trained at a very average 2, and nearly 3.

My mother on the other hand did me early (apparently) and was a nervous wreck I think. I say I think because everytime our kids made a move or a gesture she was on my back "does he want to wee?". I think any early training was basically timing and catching, plus I dont think they used to give kids as many drinks as we do.

I trained DS at 2.2 and plan to do DD at something similar - maybe 2.1. Possibly if I had a different lifestyle - ie SAHM I would do it at a younger age.

well I am a SAHM, so am quite prepared to, tho' don't want to be a nervous wreck!

One of the things that is putting it on hold for me is that I want to wait until DD is in the next room at nursery with other children of potty training age.

I waited until DD was ready, and then waited until a convient time...and then she took over and did it anyway, with little help needed from me :) She was 24 months and was completely dry by day 3. Much easier than having to take her and out her on a potty every 20 minutes or so just in case.

I was getting alot of this from my mil about dh who was trained at 1 and why wasnt i training my son who is just 3. Have since trained ds and is doing really well but now shwe wants me to do night time at the same time.

So is that what they do - put them on the potty every 20 mins? I really would like to know what they did!

Me, my DSis and my DBro were out of nappies by a year, but even my Mum will admit we weren't actually potty trained. Mum says we were very predicatable, and she could usually tell when we needed to go. Too much stress for me I'm afraid, mine were done at 2.7, 2.10 and 2.2.

I assume it was very similar to what is now termed elimination communication, but probably less formal and without the fancy name.

we're following the baby whisperer's advice (kind of) and have been putting our 10 month old son on the potty at least once a day for the past couple of months. don't know if it's a coincidence, but he's got quite good at performing once put on the potty - even if he's only just done a poo. and he does seem to find it easier to poo on his potty - doesn't pull nearly so many silly faces! :)

(he's still in nappies all the time btw - not an attempt to potty train - don't feel the need to compete on that one! :) )

I'm kind of part-time ECing with my ds, but we're late starters at 14 months, we've been going a couple of months now.
He is making the connection about the potty and a lot of the time, drags the potty to me when he needs to 'go'.
For me it's a great thing. I just leave him nappy free after brek, lunch and after bathtime, which are also the times he is most likely to do something.
We are using two or three nappies a day when we do it, obviously more if we go out.
He is prone to nappy rash, so the fresh air and no skin contact with poop is doing his bum the world of good. That makes it well worth it to me, sparing his poor little butt.
EC is trying to understand when your baby/toddler wants to go, by observing their body language, if they are older they may sign or let you know verbally.
I usually just stick him on the potty after a meal and he might watch tellytubbies and do a pee, then we go and flush it and make a big deal, which he loves.
You don't have to go the whole hog all at once, even if you just try them at the obvious times they do pick up on it.
Yes there have been 'accidents' so you need to have a spray bottle with vinegar and water and a cloth ready. My ds actually 'helps' clean.
Also they might not fancy it somedays, so you just leave it so as not to pressurise yourself or them.