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Potty training at 19 months: persevere now or pause for a while?

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Jodierosemarie · 02/05/2026 11:56

My daughter is 19 months and we've been trying to potty train her for a few weeks now, at first she got it after three days and was running to the potty herself, clapping for herself and saying wee wee
Then she just completely regressed, just stands there while peeing, sometimes says weewee but mostly won't

I have a theory it's because I was putting her in nappies to go to friends houses and shops, someone I spoke to was saying "when you're potty training that's it, youve gotta dive in" and now I think I've confused her

I'm at almost a week of her peeing on the floor, she's stayed dry when going to the shops but I think that's just luck?

She's stupid smart and can say multiple words, she's climbing, jumping, dancing and learning specific dances, so I feel she's ready but people around me automatically tell me "she's so little it's okay to give up for now" and I'm not really getting any advice :/ is there anything I can do to keep my sanity? Should I give up for now? I feel like I've put in so much time and effort it'd be a huge step back to stop

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harrietm87 · 02/05/2026 17:19

CarCarTruckJeep · 02/05/2026 17:00

I fully agree with your last sentence. But I don't necessarily agree with the first part. This is something that lots of people who potty trained youger say, usually when they have no direct experience of potty training and older child. But anecdotally I know many families whose children were toilet trained between 2.5 and 3.5 very easily. One of mine included though they were close to the 2.5 rather than the other end of the scale.

Well anecdotally in my experience the people who struggled were whose who left it later 🤷🏼‍♀️.

The question really is why wouldn’t you potty train as soon as you can? It’s cheaper, better for the environment, and means you don’t have to change nappies anymore. There are literally no benefits to leaving it later. Barring SEN children can be trained at 24 months, as they all were in the past.

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