There is a magic window between about 18mos and 2 years, when kids are interested in potty stuff, amenable to taking directions, and have the physical maturity to learn to hold it until they get to the potty, pull pants down, etc.

It’s a longer glide path than doing a 48 hour bootcamp with a 4 year old, but soooo much easier without the battle of wills. You do a little bit of diaper-free or underwear time each day, and slowly extend those periods. Both my kids (boys) were clean and dry during the day (including naps) by 2.5; dry at night by 3.

Before disposable diapers 18-24 months was when 90% of kids were trained. Not too early at all, but much more inconvenient as you then have to plan a lot of potty breaks into your daily life.

Probably a little early we trained our son closer to 3 . Our son was a wiggle worm also. We used pampers cruisers 360 slip-on diapers.

Anonymous wrote:Not too early. My son refused to put a diaper on at 18 months and that was that. He had little to no accidents and definitely none after 2. We weren’t prepared at all. We were on vacation and had no underwear for him even.

I trained my daughters at 20 months. One took to it immediately and the other took 6weeks.

I liked 3 day naked. No pull ups.

I saw the person above say her kid was verbal. My son wasn’t. He quickly figured out a word for potty though and would let us know.

Not too early. My son refused to put a diaper on at 18 months and that was that. He had little to no accidents and definitely none after 2. We weren’t prepared at all. We were on vacation and had no underwear for him even.

I trained my daughters at 20 months. One took to it immediately and the other took 6weeks.

I liked 3 day naked. No pull ups.

Anonymous wrote:My DD trained at 14 months when we trained her 3 year old brother. I was shocked the first time she did it. She wanted the m&m. Totally initiated by her. It started by requests to change her diaper and then she climbed in the potty and went before a bath.

She was quite verbal too which helped.

It’s not too early for every kid but I don’t knwo for your kid.

My DD trained at 14 months when we trained her 3 year old brother. I was shocked the first time she did it. She wanted the m&m. Totally initiated by her. It started by requests to change her diaper and then she climbed in the potty and went before a bath.

WAAAAAYYYY too early. Especially for a boy. Can he even talk? Tell you he needs to potty? Pull his pants up and down?

No.

My 17 month old son will not hold still for a diaper change . I'm tired of chasing him around the house . I trained his sister closer to two . It's definitely a workout getting him to hold still . Any ideas to make this easier or should I start training him to go potty ?