When to start potty training? Moving house

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My DS is 2.9 years old and I think he’s been showing signs of readiness for a while. He always hides when he goes for a poo, often tells me when he’s done a poo and sometimes when he’s done a wee. When naked before bath, he’s started to wee a couple of times and been able to hold it until we’ve grabbed the potty and then he finished going in the potty. But we’re due to move house in around a month. Do I start ASAP and do it before we move or should I wait until after? Just conscious it could take a while to settle in so could end up being 3 before we even start. Wish I’d started sooner but stress of house move has made it tricky.

What would you do?

I would start tomorrow and do it in the month before you move. Don’t wait to start til after the move that just delays things and you will have a different reason not to do it eg unpacking or painting

I’d start now. We tried with DS and he wasn’t ready but a few months later he instigated it and we were like “ah okay, we’re doing this”. Just go for it. I know PP says “do it in that month” but as a warning: it takes an average of 6 months to potty train. That’s not to say your DS won’t get it in a month but if he doesn’t then that’s fine. Boys take longer too. My DS got the idea in about a month but he wasn’t reliably dry until a year plus. (People have told me he wasn’t ready but he was, he was very determined, he just got distracted or overexcited)

Do it now and save the floors of your new house

You have to do it when they are ready, it gets harder if you pass that moment.

Do it now. I don't know but my son mastered it very quickly... less than a week!

Yeah I'd start it now...I would say though from my experience, it kind of coincided with some challenging stuff behaviour-wise, not directly related to toileting but a general increase in tantrums, defiance, tears, over tiredness etc. This was certainly initially and for perhaps a few weeks. I put it down to it being a fairly significant developmental step for them, possibly their brain is working hard and making some big steps forward etc...maybe this won't be your experience but something I'd have liked someone to have given me a heads up on.