I know NOTHING about potty training, so tell me... is 16 months always too young?

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I only ask because DD seems very on the ball about her nappy needs. She says "poooooo" when pooing and then tugs at her nappy to ask for a change. If I ask "Do you need a change" or "are you doing a poo" she nods her head vigorously. In the evenings she runs around naken before her bath, then just before she gets in she stands by the edge of the bath and often pees while watching the tap run. When this happens she watches it and says "wee, wee, wee".

In the morning she sits on the potty while I am on the loo and sometimes poos.

Does anyone think I should try training now? Or might it cause her stress before her body is ready?

If I should try then is there a book you would recommend?

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not absoultely always too young

but 99% of the time it is much too young

Sounds just about possible that your dd is one of the very rare natural early potty trainers.

Can't offer any words of wisdom because my two dcs were fairly late (but not horrifically so, both under 3! lol) but if I were you, I'd buy a potty and have it hanging around where you are during the day, and every now and then ask her if she'd like a try on the potty.

Don't push it right now. I've known well-meaning mums who tried to get their dcs trained early (usually before second dc comes along), and they were the ones who were still wetting constantly at age 4.

I also have friends with early potty trainers, but none, absolutely none, have managed before age 2.

However, you and your dd may be the ones to throw down the gauntlet. Good luck!

If you want an easy life leave it later and leave it till summer then she can have all her accidents in the garden!

my dd1 was like this from 17mths and am just now training her at just turned 2 and to be honest she is doing ok but is stubborn. I have actually considered putting dd2 on potty while I am doing it as she is 1 next week and more interested in the potty than dd1 at the minute..lol

there are a couple of websites about in regards to something called IP which is infant potty training..might be worth a look for some info.

Thanks all. I don't want to push DD before she is ready. I certainly don't want to put her off the potty. At the moment she sits on it quite happily.

I will google infant potty-training and see what I can find out.

Does anyone on here have a DC who was dry before 2???

sorry it is called EC ing

and to add so far ds and dd have been 2.2yrs and just 2 when I started..however another mner I know has a dd who was 2 in oct and is reliably trained and has been for around 4/5mths

My dd is 2 in a couple of weeks & we have slowly started only really because dd is showing signs & now HATES nappies so the sooner she is out the better. She knows when she is doing a wee/poo she knows what a potty/toilet is for & always tells me when she needs her nappy changing.

I just say go with the flow, i did with ds & it was very easy with him he was done by about 2.3 months night/day.

BTW everyone says girls are easier than boys. I didn't find that. But then my DS was ready to start in warm weather (so left him unclothed from waist down) for a couple of days.

Whereas for DD, bless her, potty training happened to coincide with the arrival of a baby brother, in September. So she had a lot going on and I really couldn't push it. Was glued to sofa breastfeeding all the time so unable to offer all the help and guidance she might have needed at the time.

Timing is all with these things, I feel. If you have the time to concentrate on it, then that really helps.

I have a DD who has been dry and clean and out of nappies since she was 12 months old (now 15 months)

That said, she isn't traditionally toilet trained and won't be for years. I have to help her on the toilet and on/off with her clothes etc and we have the odd wee accident. We use backup cloth nappies at night, though she is often dry.

ECing works best if you are relaxed and gently encouraging your child, there is no force or punishment.

Here are some links on Elimination Communication.
EC Links

HTH

my dd is 17months and hasnt pooed in her nappy since 7 months old. she usually tugs at her nappy to tell me when she needs to go. i thought it stupid not to encourage her if that was where she was at in her head so bought a potty and she was always very happy to use it. we then started to put her on the potty for wees as well as it seemed a natural progression. i only read about infant potty training way after we did it.
she is just starting to walk now though and we get a lot more accidents than when she was shuffling along on her bum. i think its a developmental phase and that there is a lot more going on for her now, so she sometimes forgets about needing to wee. i have found her in her room wiping the carpet with a fleece liner when she'd done a wee on the floor, which was super super cute.
how can anyone tell you its too early to put your child on the potty? if they do it in a substantial part of the rest of the world and if your child is clearly ready, then why AREN'T you doing it?
good luck.

One more quick question. Since my last post I have put DD in pants rather than nappies while we are in the house. I have explained that when she needs a poo or pee she must tell me and we will go to the potty. I have also put a potty in each room.

In a week she has had no poo accidents. She shouts "pooooo" and I have a 30 second window to help her sit on the potty properly (she can't pull her own trousers down). Pees took a few days to get the anywhere with but for the past two days she has started saying "wee wee wee" about 10 seconds before she goes, she also runs to the side of the potty laughing. Unfortunatly that is rarily time enough for me to get her pants down and her bum on the potty.

Do you think this means she is nto ready yet? As I said before, I don't want to push her.

Bump for my one teeny question in my last post below .

Keep going, you are doing really well.

The 10/30 second window before the elimination appears will expand. So you will eventually have a much longer time frame to pop her on a potty in due course. Don't forget she is using and toning muscles which she hasn't been using properly before.

Could you perhaps keep her naked on the bottom half whilst you are home. As this will avoid the mad undress race before she can get to the potty, that will increase your wee catch rate

Your DD sounds very happy and I loved hearing that she runs to the potty laughing. This shows that you are being positive and relaxed with her, which of course is the best thing for ECing to work. i.e. Loving, positive support from mum.

Keep us posted on how things go

Keep going, you are doing really well.

The 10/30 second window before the elimination appears will expand. So you will eventually have a much longer time frame to pop her on a potty in due course. Don't forget she is using and toning muscles which she hasn't been using properly before.

Could you perhaps keep her naked on the bottom half whilst you are home. As this will avoid the mad undress race before she can get to the potty, that will increase your wee catch rate

Your DD sounds very happy and I loved hearing that she runs to the potty laughing. This shows that you are being positive and relaxed with her, which of course is the best thing for ECing to work. i.e. Loving, positive support from mum.

Keep us posted on how things go

Opps, sorry about the repeated posts

my friend's dd was dry day and night by 13 months so it iscertainly possible.