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Toilet Training?

My daughter is 18 months and i want to start toilet training her.. Iv bought a seat that fits onto our toilet,so i dont have to clean out a potty (eewww!).. Top tips please? She doesnt mind sitting on the big toilet,and she loves flushing it!.. My mum started toilet training us at this age.. Is it just a waiting game?, until she understand wot she should be doing when she's on it? First of all i wana say- My daughter did her 1st wee in the loo be4 she went 2 bed!!-she was so pleased!.. Of course i gave her Lots of praise,kisses & clapping- im not quite sure why most of u who answered suggested not being agressive or not 2 get angry.. Why would i be that way?!... But thankyou everyone for your answers..

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wait about another year... you will know when she is ready
Don't scold. Encourage. If she is timid about the big toilet, you may have to try a potty chair. It is sometimes scary to little ones to sit on the big toilet and the flush is intimidating. Cleaning a potty chair isn't any worse than changing a diaper.
Don't be too pushy about it it because she may resist. And when she does "go" make a big deal out of it. My daughter always enjoyed clapping and saying "Yay!!! I'm a big girl." There is a potty movie, Once Upon A Potty, that we used while we were potty training her. The big toilet may be scary because of the noise it makes and the way it "sucks" everything down. You may have to go the potty route.
You still might want to get a potty. Sometimes the independence of being able to go on their own is just as important as learning the skill itself. Plus, if she has her own potty, she can sit on her potty while you sit on the big potty. We started letting our son sit on the potty when he was about 15 months with his clothes on just to get used to it. Then I started putting him on it every morning when we got up. I would put him on his potty while I went on the big potty. He would giggle at the noise of the stream hitting the potty water. I would put him on his potty whenever I went. I also put him on his potty before his bath and after. Eventually I hit it right and he went in the potty. He was around 18 months when he started using it but it wasn't consistent. He didn't really get it until he was over 2. But the practice helps. The more fun you make it for her, the more she will be into going on the potty. Just a tip on the potty cleaning...if you leave a little water in the bottom it is much easier to clean out.
I've just successfully trained my 3 yr old after several failed attempts and I found that the best way was to let him run around with no clothes on his bottom half and have a potty always handy. strangely, always ran to the potty when he was naked, but put him in pants and he would have the odd accident.
My daughter was totally dry at 18 months and 3 days! When she was 18 months old, I took off her napkins and put her into pants with loose legs (no elastic). I had to run around after her mopping up (fortunately we had stone floors!) then she suddenly caught on that she could control and ask for a potty. She was already "clean" using her potty for the big jobs. A potty is no problem - I found a box in which it would fit so that it wouldn't wobble and make her feel insecure - just tip it out over the loo and flush it. Then it's easy to leave it soaking overnight; she wasn't dry at night then, of course, so still had nappies then.
Be prepared for a bit of hard work. It may take her quite some time before she starts communicating to you that she needs to go. You will have keep suggesting that she uses the toilet, probably every 20 minutes or so to start with, until you work out her routine. Try not to get too frustrated with her if it doesn't work out. Praise her like she's won a Nobel Prize every time she is successful. Try to get her to drink plenty to start with, to encourage her to go. My daughter enjoyed the novelty of using public toilets so maybe encourage her to try one every time you go past. (On the downside we now can't pass a public toilet without my girl saying that she needs to go. And some public toilets can be as gross as emptying a pot!) If it isn't happening this time and you are getting frustrated, leave it a couple of months, and try again. If you are at home, let her run about with as few clothes on as possible so she doesn't have to worry about removing all the clothes before she goes. Buy her some pretty knickers with her favourite characters on them, she may be encouraged to keep them dry.
she has to be ready. it will be a lot easier. if she wants to sit on it let her if she dont then dont. always encourage and make it fun. but if she is ready then do a sticker chart, let her pick out her own panties, everytime she goes make a great big deal out of it. and patience is virtue
I love those little seats that fit onto the toilet - my daughter had one, too! I think that 18 months is a little young for toilet training, but if you think she is ready, buy the book "Once Upon A Potty." Be sure to get the girl version rather than the boy version. Read this book to her MANY times. It really helped my daughter get the whole idea of going to the bathroom on the potty.
Ok, you will know if she is ready as when you suggest she try the toilet or potty she will be eager to. If she resists or doesn't want you to sit her on the toilet then she's not ready. 1st tip - It will only work if you are both up for it!! I started by just offering my son the toilet before bathtime and quickly realised that he was keen to be a big boy at other times during the day. So we just went for it. Pick a day when you are free and at home for the next couple of days at least. You just have to go for it. Most children have no control in the early days so they won't tell you that they need a wee until they are actually doing one!!! I still put my son in clothes when we started and we probably had 3-5 accidents in the first day, this reduced as the days passed and by 3-4 days he had pretty much sussed it. It took a further couple of months for him to gain real control and be able to hold onto a wee for longer periods i.e. when your driving on the Motorway and you can't stop lol Just go with your instincts, no one knows her like you do. If she shows little interest, then she's not ready, leave it and try suggesting it again in a couple of weeks. Good Luck
Dont be aggressive. Kids will do it when they are damn ready - there is no right age. Be supportive, give encouragement but remember - you cant rush these things and if you get angry, it will just distress them and possibly delay the actual training. Have fun with it, make it a positive learning experience.
The truth is that your child will want to use the potty or big toilet. Some day. Maybe not as soon as you'd like, but it will happen. Your child has to be both physically and emotionally ready to use the potty. No matter how much you want it to happen, it's really up to your child. Toddlers learn to use the potty between two and four years old. If that span seems old to you, keep in mind that it's not until the ages of eighteen months to twenty -four months that toddlers recognize what it feels like when they have to go pee or poop. Before this time, these bodily functions just sort of magically happen to them.
I know the thought of cleaning the potty isnt nice but if its kept where she can see it,if you can make comment quite often about the potty,she will start to want to go on it.There is a book called "i want my potty"about a little princess who didnt want to go on hers then did.Most good book shops sell it and im sure if you asked they would know which it is.This book helped me so much with my two girls.I dont think 18 months is too young at all.The best thing to do is to even encourage her for just sitting on it.I dont think going staight onto the loo is such a good idea,atleast the potty can be kept in whichever room you are in and she will start to want to sit on it. Even just pretend that she has done a wee and praise her for it,it will become a game and then sure enough you will get a shock when eventually she goes and you will be so over the moon about it!!! We used to clap and make a big fuss,which then encourages them more!! Good luck,it does take time,but some little ones just start doing it really quickly!!every child develops differently.
potties are so useful, sometimes its difficult to make it upstairs in time! she's still very young to be potty training. ignore anyone that says, well so-and-so was trained by this age, this is ur child, not theirs and theres a big difference between being potty trained and accidentally weeing in the toilet. if u know what sort of time she might want to wee, sit her on the toilet and read a book together. if she can tell u she is weeing, or when she wants to go, then its the right ime. let her run around with no nappy, or put pants on. kids hate wet pants and socks so she'l learn that she need sto do something about it. good luck, keep up with the praising, but dont expect too much yet