How to Know When your Child is Ready to be ...

I think I should start already. We bought a mini toilet seat for her. But she resisted, so don't know whether a small potty will work for her instead. We let her sit on it at the store, but she wants to dip her hands in the bowl. I can't imagine her doing that when she has her pee or poo. Will try again soon.

I guess you have to be patient enough make it as a play thing at first for her to appreciate it. Also if you can show her when you pee also could help her better understand what it is.

I think she knows the concept but just refuses to try it out. Will demo for her still. I have to be very patient, I guess.

She still drinks from a bottle before bed. She still wets her diapers when she sleeps at night. So you think I should wait. Some people suggest to do day time training and proceed to night time training around the same time, you think it will work?

If you can already talk and say you want to go to big pot, then i think it's okay to begin. My daughter is not talking much yet. My aunt said that if the kids can at least express their wish to go toilet, then toilet training would be much easier. I just saw someone letting her daughter pee in the bush (though not hygienic), but she was younger than my daughter. My, my! But 5 years old is a bit too late to start. Goodness! How much money is wasted on diapers?

Not all children express the interest by talking. Some point or use sign language. Studies have shown, that children know what they want before they can say it, there can be some lag time.

I think 5 is very late, unless the child has a disability that is severe enough to cause problems with learning it, I also think that's a lot of diapers to go through and the kid must be almost able (if not disabled) to change his or her own!

YOu're right. They know how to point when they want some food or drink or a toy. Surely they would be able to tell when they want to go to the potty. I just have to be patirnt with her.

Your daughter walked at 7 months, that's very quick. And you potty trained her already? How did you start? Tell me!

It was easy all I did was put the potty in frount of the TV and after she ate I sat her on the potty until she did something and when she did I made a big deal about it, now after she got that down I stared making her use the big potty and soon she got that down and then she started telling me when she need to go.

Wow! You made it sound so easy. Wish it was that simple with my daughter. But will give it a go as per your suggestion. But a potty in the living room does not sound too appealing to me...

Well the in the living room is just a way to keep the child on the potty my daughter like to watch cartoons so thats why she was in front of the tv.

I'm not pressured, at least not yet. But I want to know the signs so that at least I won't miss it when she's ready to be potty trained.

Ok, I must constantly tell my daughter that she needs to go to potty when she urinates and constantly describe the act to get her to remember. No older kids, so have to demo myself, I guess.

No worries. Maybe someday you might want to ask this question yourself and bear on mind this discussion thread I started!

XXL? My goodness. My daughter is small sized and already using L and was wondering if she will still be wearing diapers before she has to upgrade to XL. My aunt also told me that she was worried that his son was getting larger and might not fit into any diaper soon, so she started toilet training, but I dont think that that should be the basis of starting to toilet train.

I was just responding to someone who toilet trained when her kid knows how to walk. You have broken the record, you toilet trained your kid when he learns to sit. I guess it's trial and error for me.

No worries! I'm going to try to start getting her used to the potty first and when the time comes she will do it there, I hope. Must get her into a routine, you're right. Crosing my fingers and toes.