Potty training

[justamum98]

my sons is 22 months old and I’m thinking about starting to potty train him.
he doesn’t talk yet but kids his age are now learning how to potty train.
the difference is they talk. Quite a bit.

! (before anyone asks. Yes I have had this checked out. And yes he is fine. He is just not in a rush to start talking) !

how has everyone started potty training? And do they need to talk before you do?

I would wait if I were you. I didn't train mine until she was 2 and a half and she could tell me when she needed to go to the toilet. She was very obviously ready and showing an interest in the toilet and an understanding of the process! She took 4 days to train and we've had only a few accidents since.

Friends who have tried too early have struggled and it can become a stressful process with lots of accidents and frustration on both sides.

I agree with the above. Did my daughter at three in three days and no accidents since because she was ready and has great communication!

My little boy is 22 months and doesn't talk yet either. I am absolutely no hurry to start potty training him yet. I tried with my first child at 2 and she clearly wasn't ready, so it just caused stress for both of us!

Unless he shows interest before, I'll probably wait until the summer and even then only if he starts showing signs that he's ready/interested

It's on the young side for potty training. That means it's likely to take longer. Maybe wait for warmer weather? It's no fun changing sight trousers at the playground when it's still chilly....

My eldest is 25 months. She's shown an interest in me using the toilet for a few months. She sometimes says poo poo but most the time doesn't.

She doesn't talk other than single words

No way she's ready yet! I will wait until she's speaking properly and very aware of every time she's done a poo etc. Which may well be another year or 2

It is definitely possible to potty train a 22-month-old. They always did back in the day (me and my sister stopped using diapers around 21 months).
Now people say later the better but I don't think it's necessarily true. Yes, it is easier when they can talk but they can always communicate with sign language or their own language (as a parent, you will know these). I would try and see how it goes.

Don't do it just because other people are. All children are different and there is a huge age range for potty training.
What signs of readiness is your child showing?

Hey did you start? My son will be 3 in April and he's into really started talking in the past couple months. We started potty training on Friday and it's now day 4. Unsure of whether to continue or not. He has a few times kinda let me know he has to go but has had quite few accidents too. I'm not too stressed as he doesn't need to be potty trained until September but I don't want to just give up and confuse him all together!🙈

We took a gradual approach to potty training. She wasn't the best communicator we did 1h at first then built up from there. After a few weeks we offered her the choice and if cooperating could easily do 4h with accidents. Once she was happy to have knickers both when she woke up in the morning and after her nap we moved to full time potty training. She has toddler diarrhoea and we had a hard time getting her to know when she needed a poo as she didn't get a lot of notice but we got there.

She has taken a watch and wait approach to learning most skills. Not doing something until she has fully mastered it in her head. She stubbornly refused to do any walking on your fingers and similar until the day she decided to walk and the next day she ran. For me I wanted a potty training method to kind of fit in with this ethos and it worked for us and I never felt stressed or pressured about it and hopefully she didn't either.