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Too early?
I bought a potty for my boy. Hes 14 months and after christmas id like to get him use to it, sitting on it etc but is it too early? Im not planning on pushing him to use it as hes still so young but i did read somewhere that you should start potty training around 15 months?! I really thought it wasnt until they were about two but I spoke to my mum and even she said I was having dry nights and days by the time i was 2!! When is the right time to start?
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IMO 14 months is too young but it depends on the child. ?For example does Jayden verbalise his needs enough to you to know when he needs to go?
My friends mum has potty trained 4 kids and umpteen grandkids by doing this from when they could sit up and they've all been dry by the time they were 18 months - 2 years old.
Potty is still in the box though because what with keeping a food diary and coles reflux it was just one too many things to deal with, and at the moment nappy changes are a fight so I don't think that one will work. I do want to get the potty out soon though to start getting him used to it as he does know when he's wet (always got grumpy with a wet nappy! fussy boy!) - and I don't think it can possibly do him any harm getting him used to sitting on it.
A friend waited till her kids showed interest and they were both about 3 1/2 when she finally got them out of nappies.. I have no intention to be changing nappies for that long!!
As for cleaning out potties - the one I got is a seat thing with a lid and the middle just lifts out so can be tipped down the loo easily and I don't think it looks too difficult to clean out - I'll probably get some disinfectant spray or something. Oh and some rubber gloves..lol.
Tbh I think it depends on the child and their level of understanding as to when you start - Cole understands very well being praised and he's likely to just sit on the potty if I tell him clever boy and make a fuss and clap him which is all I'd expect at the moment. I don't see the harm in trying - if its too much for the lo then you can always put it away for a bit.
My friend had been talking to her mum about it and she was saying that back 50 odd years ago (when her eldest was born), most kids were out of nappies by 2 cause they trained them early so that there would be less work to do - I think with disposables being so easy that people have started to leave it later and later as its easier.
Might just have to have a nosy in the prima baby mag though to see what it says