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My DD is 15 months is it ok to potty train her?

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Darciesmum · 07/07/2006 20:22

She is a very clever girl and i think she is ready but not to sure. some Ppl say 15 months is to early what do you girls think?

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popsycal · 07/07/2006 20:22

i personally would wait

popsycal · 07/07/2006 20:23

i am not even thinking about it until at leAST THIS time next year with my 16 month old
ds1 was 2 years 8 months

YellowFeathers · 07/07/2006 20:23

I would wait too.
No harm in leaving a potty about though and letting her investigate.

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cleaninglady · 07/07/2006 20:29

I would wait as well - seems v young - my dd was 2.4 months - my ds is 1.10 and i think i will wait till he begs me to take them away!!

PinkTulips · 07/07/2006 20:30

dd is 17 months and did her first poo in the potty the day before yest! she understands to a certain degree but still pees all over the place.

and before anyone starts on me i'm not really potty training, shes very prone to nappy rash so spends alot of time with no nappy anyway so we bought her the potty just so she could be getting used to it before we start properly in a few months.

your dd might be clever enough but i'd wait until she can ask clearly when she needs to go for your sake as well as hers. and it'll be a long time yet before she can go the night without peeing about 5-8 times so yoú wouldn't really be able to do it fully anyway unless you want to be pulling her out of her cot that many times a night and cleaning endless wet sheets.

misdee · 07/07/2006 20:34

my dd3 is 16 months and showing a big interest in the toilet. she was wandering about going 'wee wee' today and tugging at her nappy. she will try and climb on the toilet at bathtime. but has no control at all.

WigWamBam · 07/07/2006 20:37

Being ready for potty training has nothing to do with being clever, it has to do with recognising the signals that mean she needs a wee. If she knows she needs one then she's ready, if she doesn't then she's not.

The other thing to bear in mind is that it will be very difficult to train her to use the potty if she can't undress/dress herself - she needs to be able to take her trousers and knickers down herself if she's to take herself to the potty reliably. Otherwise it's you who will be trained, not her!

Charlottesweb · 07/07/2006 20:41

I so hate the word trained it sounds like your child is a dog

My ds is 18months and says Poo when he has poo'd and pulls at his nappy, but he's not ready for potty yet..actually I am quite scared about teaching him to use the potty, I'm not used to boys!

EmmyLou · 07/07/2006 21:08

I'd wait. Mine have all been at leat 2 yrs 8 months. But getting a potty so she can sit on it when she happens to be bare-bummed would do no harm. You might get frustrated with quantity of accidents if you start too soon and no one wants to set their child up for failure, and no matter how clever she is, if she isn't pysically able to recognise the signals with a little bit of time to spare, you will get a lot of mess...

SoupDragon · 07/07/2006 21:11

Just stick her in pants for a few days and see. It's the only way to tell.

Personally I think you're a little over optimistic.

lua · 07/07/2006 21:17

You will know best, if she is ready.

FWIW, Dd got trained very early - and yes, it took more than 3 days! But not more than a month. And the money I saved in napies has bought me some nice clothes and have saved a tree!

Give it a try! Is hot, leave her outside with a potty. It won't hurt to let her experiment...

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Darciesmum · 08/07/2006 15:28

she runs around with no nappy on most afternoons and has a potty so knows what its for and does actually sit on it, but i think sometimes she has stage fright!

She can actually undress her self, top and bottoms so no probs there.

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zippitippitoes · 08/07/2006 15:40

it's possible but unusual for them to be independent of nappies at that age..my dd2was dry and clean day and night at 16 months..

I put dd1 in pants at 32 months and dd2 just copied (16 month gap between them)

suzywong · 08/07/2006 15:43

my MIL sayas her kids were trained at 13 months, but then she had a servant and it was always hot so not much work for her

As others have said, give it a try as there's only one way to tell, and have a think about how much work you really want to give yourself

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Darciesmum · 08/07/2006 15:45

Thanx girls will have a go but i'm not going to push her.

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 08/07/2006 16:13

I'done some some EC (or early potty training) with my DD and had some great success initially. Nowadays, however, she just doesn't want to sit on the potty anymore. She tells me just before she does something or immediately after, but just won't sit in a potty. I've bought one of those toilet seat things too but she won't sit on that either. She's 16 months old now.

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