When is the best time to toilet train?

3 of my 5 were potty trained by 18 months. one by age 2. the other was little hehind and he waited until 3. when they are off the bottle at 12 months and walking i started potty training mine. if ur child gets u a diaper when it does its business--potty train it!!!

My 2 girls were the easiest to potty train. My son on the other hand had many issues with it. He was three before I could get him to go on the toilet. Not that I didn't try. My girls were potty trained by 2. my youngest though was great. Before she was even 2 she wanted to you the toilet

My daughter took it upon herself to start using the potty just before she turned 2. I had pulled out the potty chair to get her use to seeing it, I hadn't planned on even trying for a few months yet. One day she just started using it & never needed any extra pointers, encouragement or whatever from me. My two sons on the other hand I thought would be in college before they figured it out. The older was probably 3.5 before he was using the potty more often than not, but 4 before he was fully using it. My youngest was just past 4 when he stopped having accidents. Boys seem to both not really care about having accidents and not have the muscle control as early as girls. I may be having selective memory, but I don't recall my daughter ever having an accident once she started using the potty.

My son was just barely 3 when he was FULLY potty trained. He was a stubborn child. He knew when he needed to go he just chose not too go. My daughter is 11 months old and has used the potty many times since she was about 9 months old. She follows me into the bathroom and I put her on the toilet. Most of the time she will go shortly after sitting down, but she is nowhere near potty trained yet. I think it is mostly luck.

Those who had their trained by two are lucky..The doctor would just say don't force it let it happen on their terms, they will let you know when they are ready. But that can agitate alot of parents it did my mother with my little sister who was 4 before being fully potty trained. Didn't have problem at first then we traveld to visit family and she got scared because of those self flushing toilets and to hurry her up my sister in law told her a monster was in there going to get her. talk about scared she refused to go to any more bathrooms after that for awhile. My brother told her that a monster was on ours that wanted her to feed it..stupid idea..But with patience I helped my mom potty train her. Only had trouble when she got a urinary tract infection. So best thing is not to scare them or push them into it to soon because some kids(the stubborn ones) will just make it that much harder on you to potty train them. And make sure they aren't under alot of stress make going fun if possible like racing to see who gets there first then wiggle around while they use it and make them laugh pretty soon they will start going on their own. I have seen 5 year olds in diapers and seen 4 year olds sucking pacifiers and bottles.

I think 15-18 mos is the ideal time to start getting serious about it - as that is the time when physiologically the child's brain neurons are developed enough to understand and control their eliminations.

I started at about that age with mine, my son was potty trained to urine before 18 mos but for fecal matter he was closer to 2 years

one daughter began at 18 mos and was complete by 2, no night time dipes or anything

my youngest was a bit slower - we started, it did not hold her interest, she had a difficult time controlling her bladder until she was a little over 2, and was not completely trained and reliable till 3 years old through the night.

i think from 15-18 months is the best time. i have seen my little niece to be potty trained by this time.In our country mainlyt the babies are potty tarined at early age. I think its good habit.

I think 6 months is way too young. I did not toilet train my babies until they were ready. With that said, it was also forced upon them. By the time they were 2.5, I had already talked and demonstrated the whole process. On Christmas day, I ran out of diapers and no stores were open. I told my daughter sorry, No more diapers! and that was it. For my youngest, she was starting daycare and needed to be trained so we did the big countdown, 10 more diapers.... 3, 2, 1... all done!

It worked for me but I know a lot of parents have a harder time.

My daughter is 2 and she is fully potty trained and so was my 7 year old...she has accidents but she did so well. I started them both when they were 18 months and took my time and had to be really patient with them...I think some people are just lazy to tell you the truth and leave it till there child can tell them exactly when and where they can go to the bathroom. That is my opinion

The right age depends on the child. I have seen children at 18 months who were ready, and children at 3 years who weren't. It depends on the child's maturity. But on average, it is probably 2 years, maybe up to 2 1/2 years. When children start showing signs of readiness, like being uncomfortable in a wet diaper, or telling you when they have to go, it's time to start potty training. I think 6 months is too young. I have heard of a group of people advocating 'diaper free babies' here in the US, and they start from birth and never use diapers. While it's economical and environmentally friendly, I don't think it's appropriate. Babies have no control over their bladder or bowels until at least 1 year of age. On the other hand, I see your point- I don't know why people wait if their children are ready. Except because they don't want to do the work.