DS2 - 15 months and giving me enthusiastic signs...

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DS2 who is only 15 months...

*tells me he is doing a 'zee zee' and his nappy is warm!
*he watches his older brother pee.
*obsessed with putting pants on over ALL his outfits!!!
*today he did his no.2 business on the loo on nice padded loo seat, totally led by him.....
so should i even attempt to go further??????????

I am sure i hear of the odd story my parents and their generation of friends tell of very early potty training - positively clucky that they did it so early etc. but....not sure if this is TOO early even for my standards...

P.s My DS1 successfully trained day and night at 2 years old...i feel i was late responding to an obviously ready and eager little boy.

But would i be mad to even think about this now? DS2 does seem to enjoy hanging out in the loo sitting on the toilet and pretend to wipe etc...would it be bad of me to ignore or should i take the bull by its horns?

No harm trying, just stay none stressy and go back to nappies if it doesn't work.

i think you would find that in previous generations it was not the odd case of early potty training but the norm, but in a different way to how we understand it. There are a few of us on here who do a relaxed form of elimination communication, basically leaving nappies on but offering potty or toilet at each change and whenever requested by whatever 'sign' child uses, and seeing training as a continuum, not something to be done in one week when the child is three. Don't ignore his desire but in my opinion it might be best to leave nappy on till you have had a few days of dry inbetween changes. Just be relaxed about it and see every wee in toilet as one less that has to sit next to his skin- can only be positive. For what it is worth, my dd3 is eight months and doing at least 2 wees and one poo a day on the potty (not boasting, just info! I know it is not a sign of future intelligence!!)

WOWWWW to dd3 horseymum! thats cool!

Not much has happened since my above post. I have signed with both my boys from early age and am 100% sure that this has helped along with my unhealthy amount of 'toilet-talk'...

DS2 still tells me and role-plays using the potty ...all the time...but leaving his nappy off meant he was scratching his poorly private part excema a lot amd he made it bleed and weep! : ( - another good reason to really work hard at offering the potty - the sooner the nappies go, the happier his private parts will be - far too much excema down there poor chap.

That is really cool horseymum. My kids weren't even sitting at that age :)

horseymum I would like to know more about elimination communication, but I'm scared that the EC people will be evangelical about it, to the point of it being a turn-off. Can you tell me more about your 'relaxed form of EC'. I'd really like to know. What "signs" does your DS give you when he's ready to go? My DD is 7.5 months but is very regular: I know she does her big poo at about 11am and a wee about 20 mins after a bottle or breast....
I've been following Baby Whisperer routines with DD since day 1 (which has been fab) and in that book the author is very keen on starting them slowly on the potty from about 9 months. I'd like to give it a try without being militant about it. Mostly because we use reusable nappies and a reduction in laundry would be nice.