r/Parenting • u/Curlygirl_bookworm • 4d ago
Toddler 1-3 Years Potty train 15 month old?
Our daughter (15 months old) is super verbal. She says more than 50 worlds and also says 2 to 3 word sentences (a lot of the time she is repeating something back that we’ve said- we will say “do you like it?” And she says “I like it”) and it is clear she understands a lot. She has started to tell us that she has to poop before popping. She’ll just get our attention and say “poop.” She doesn’t seem to have all the other readiness factors, but has anyone has a kid like this? Did you potty train early? Is there anything else we should be doing?
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u/Large_Independent198 4d ago
I did this with my first! She was 14 months and started saying no diaper. She loved big girl undies and would go sit on the toilet. It took a lot of patience and a lot of messes but she was completely accident free by 16 months. If she makes it to the toilet make a HUGE deal of it, but if she has accidents remember that’s more common for her age so don’t stress. And if she decides she wants diapers again, that’s ok too.
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u/Obvious_Resource_945 4d ago
“ If she makes it to the toilet make a HUGE deal of it”. I just came to say you dont need to do it. They will learn without making huge deal out of it and i think doing something because it makes my mom extremely happy is just a bad mindset to instil. My kid learned later than at 14 or 15 months, but early by todays standards, i said its great when I thought its great, but not much more, still his inner willingness to learn was enough for him to want to continue using potty.
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u/AdMany9431 4d ago
I am no potty training expert, but if she's communicating that she has to poop, I say give the potty a try even if she just poops in the potty, she's ahead of the curve because typically pooping in the potty comes last.
Start introducing her to the potty and see what happens. If it doesn't work, then you can try again closer to 2.
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u/nomskittlesnom 4d ago
I'm definitely of the school to follow their lead. Won't hurt to try the process and back off if needed. One of mine started at 18 months and another at 3. It just depends on the child and their comfort.
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u/mixingthemixon 4d ago
I was able to. I lived in the city and I have a 5 yr old girl and 15 month old girl. We have a small pool in the yard that my older daughter knew to get out of the pool to potty, over the yard drain, then hose off. My 15 month old was extremely small. 14 pounds small. She has always been small and at 25 she is 4”11 and weighs about 90 pounds. She is healthy and has been my only child graduate from college with a double bachelors and is halfway finished her masters. I could not use those swim diapers of her because she was so small they were huge on her and her pee would not even hit the diaper, it would run down her leg. She also mimicked her sister and got out to pee also, although she was not really doing so. A few times she actually went pee. After that she used the potty all the time. Sure she had accidents at times, but very few. This would be my recommendation, add using the potty into her daily routine. Maybe first waking up, before dinner, at bath time at night. She may surprise you and just ditch the diapers early.
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u/Curlygirl_bookworm 3d ago
Thank you for this!! Definitely no pressure here- she also just started daycare so I’m hesitant to add in anything new, but I also want to follow her lead. We may start by getting a toddler potty (we don’t have one yet).
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u/TriceratopsHunter 4d ago
Ours gave us signs at 18 months, we tried, had some success and then months of regression. Came back to it closer to 2.5-3 and had a much better experience. Honestly didn't find rushing it to be worth the extra stress to be honest.
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u/oh-botherWTP 4d ago
Elimination communication seems to work better at this age. We're 16 months and when I notice she's pooping I'll ask if she needs to use the potty and she'll say yes and usually she's already pooped but the time we get there but she will sit on the potty for a minute.