Here’s why I thought Baby C was ready to potty train.
- Though it could be said that she was practicing for that moment she’ll run around the bonfire naked in college, I think her streaking is really due to how uncomfortable she is in a wet diaper.
- When wet/soiled she needs to be changed stat.
- She grabs at her crotch area just moments before she pees and squeezes her legs together
- She is grasping the concept of holding it. For example, I took her to WalMart, she took a nap, then had a playdate and it had been about 3 hours since her last pee.
Pull-Ups has an article titled Signs of Readiness. Here are a few tips from the experts:
No matter what your mother told you, there’s no one right age to start potty training. Most children show signs of readiness sometime between the ages of 18-24 months. Some children are ready at 18 months. Some hold-outs aren’t ready at three! Once you do get started, potty training takes about eight months, on average.
The Signs of Readiness
Whether the start of potty training comes earlier or later for your child, you’ll get your cues on “when it’s time” from your child. That emerging independence starts shining through. “No” isn’t the answer to every question. They’re eager to please. Now is the time to start actively watching for these signs of readiness for potty training:
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Your child can stay dry for two hours at a time during the day or is dry after a nap. | |
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Your child is uncomfortable with soiled diapers and wants them changed. (pronto!) | ||
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Your child shows increasing interest in the bathroom. | ||
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Your child’s b.m.’s are regular and predictable. | ||
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Your child wants to wear Big Kid® pants. | ||
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Your child can indicate by words, facial expression or body language that he or she is about to go. |
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Your child can follow simple verbal directions. |
If your child shows two or more of these signs, it’s a good indication that they’re ready to start potty training.
Click here to read the full article and decide for yourself if your kiddo is ready to take that next step.
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Kylee had 4 of the 7 cues mentioned above. But when we started the whole potty training process she was only showing 3 of the 7. It took about 3 weeks of actual training and she got it. Before training we just left the potty out and had her sit on it when she wanted, talked about it, sang about it, etc. Now at just shy of 22 months she is fully daytime trained. She wears a diaper still for nap and bedtime. Mainly because she’s not ready for nighttime training AND she’s still in a crib. But most of the time she wakes up dry from her 2-3 hour nap. Pull Ups did not work for us in the beginning before she was potty trained. She just treated them like any diaper and did her business in them. Going naked is what worked for us.
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