Re: Toilet training
anonymous

Question:
 

My partner and are having a disagreement on when to toilet train our 16mth old boy.  He thinks we should start now, and I think later, like when he can talk to us and tell us he

has done wees and poos. 

When is the correct age? and is 16mths too young to toilet train?

My Advice:

 

After having 4 children of my own and two stepchildren and looking after soo many of my families children, which i might add have all asked me to toilet train thier youngin. i am no expert only going of my own experiences, a child can be encouraged early in life or yes you can wait until they are a little knowledgable on the scenario before gitting into it, i have found more times than not that it is healthy for the younger child to see the toilet and yes most mums would agree that when we ourselves go to th toilet we are rarely alone, as wrong a s this seems i feel it is an  important part of growth, remember children do as they see! the most major advice i can give is that the more you push and/or demand they go to the big toilet the less luck you will have. if the experience is made as nicely and calmy as possible, you will all enjoy the experience, dont expect too much and accidents happen, let them as the child will learn from that too. some people start too early and wonder why their child rebels (so to speak) and refuses or continues to wet their pant or is even scared of the toilet, then what, they have a four, five yr old  that will not use the toilet properly. sadly i feel some parents expect too much and the less traumatic for eeveryone, the easier it will be.