TOLIET TRAINNING

I am pretty sure that this did get placed in Q&A, where it belongs, though the replies are really good advice!

I have to agree with crystalmoon, better to have this in Q&A. Or edit it now that you have some answers to make it advice for others?

My youngest sone didn't toilet train until he was almost 5 years old. Every kids is different, they develop at their own little rates. Just because someone else you know has a "wonderchild" that can do stuff early doesn't mean there is anything wrong with your child being "normal". She'll do it when she is ready. You're right, don't force them if they aren't ready for something.

Cheers, DA

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Don't worry too much about the dummy yet . . .  Especially if she only uses it when sleeping . . .  As for getting her to stay in her bed this can be tricky . . . Maybe you could try sleeping with her in her bed for a while and then once she is asleep go back to you own bed.... Then if she gets up again put her back into her bed and repeat this over and over . .Eventually she will stay in her bed . .

Cheers Kellz

Hey Hunni why don't you pop this into Q&A and that way you will get more responses.Personally I think you train your babies/toddlers when they are ready not when others tell you to Hugs Crystal xxxx

Ignore what others tell you, I don't think you can put an age to toilet training. My son has told me from the age of about 5 months when he has pooed in his diaper by blowing a raspberry noise. He has shown an interest when my husband and I need to use the toilet from about 11 months so we bought him a potty last week (he has just turned 1) really to get him used to the idea. He uses it at twice daily before his baths, and he enjoys the fact it plays a tune when he has 'gone'. I am not putting pressure on him to be trained by a certain age, or want to force him to use the potty. I just want him to understand the use of it and hopefully he will get it in his own time. I know in the UK certain pre-schools will not allow children who are not toilet trained by the age of 3.

As for the tv in her room, I would go cold turkey on this one! Research has shown it is not good to have a tv on whilst you sleep as the brain is not able to rest properly as it is still being stimulated. hence when you wake in the morning you still feel tired.  Not to mention the electical dangers!

Good luck!

hi all kids are different when it comes to toilet training and no child is trained at 6months as its actually called timing they have a drink 5-10 mins later put em on the potty, some doctors recomend not training them till they are around 18 months to 2 1/2 but i gave my son a potty at 11  1/2 months just so he got the picture its not a scary thing and it bacame part of every day, every morning and after afternoon nap i put him on and i haven't been full on with it but just let him know that it's part of the routine so when i started him training he was used to it i have also been putting undies on him and he loves them he comes up to me every now and then with undies and wont let me put a nappy on. make a big deal when they do something in the potty get real excited and they will try to do it more often, kids under 12 months don't understand how to hold on (neither do most 15 month olds) he he. sticker charts are fun. and as for training a 6 month old sweetie tell her to get real,

kids at play group are still learning too and they are 3, so dont stress or you littlie will pick it up and it will be harder.

I think you should put this in Q&A.  But here's my advice anyway.  I put knickers on my daughter from 13 months.  She was an August birth and I didn't do it through the cooler months, but once September came and it was warmer this is when I did it.  It was more like me getting the timing right to teach her how to do it than her knowing what she was doing.  She caught on fast though and by the time she started daycare at 19 months when I went back to work she was taking herself to the toilet no problems.  She only had accidents at one of her centres (she went to 3 different centres due to vacancies) and this is because she refused to sit on a potty and they didn't have toilets in the toddler room.  They had toilets in the 2 to 3 year room as this is when toilet training began for most kids.  They moved her up at 21 months because legally they can move up within 3 months of them being the age to move up.  She was speaking fluently and taking herself to the toilet and doing what those kids were doing anyway and no more accidents once she could go to the toilet without any barriers.  I think to a degree they need to be taken out of nappies but never make it into an unpleasant experience for them.  I still took as many changes of clothes each day as I would have provided nappies in case she didn't use the toilet but it was only at one of the centres and only for a couple of months until they could move up to pre-kindy.  There was lots of praise and if an accident happened there was no big deal made from it, just a change of clothes.  I used to sing to her and talk to her while she was on the toilet just as I did when she was having a nappy change, and that is what the daycare teachers did also.  If they had to change her clothes they did it like a nappy change with lots of talking and singing.

Hi Belinda03,

This section is for writting adivce......you would get a much better response if you put it in the Q & A section.

My son is 3 in October also and he isn't toilet trained, he just isn't ready. Whereas my now 6 year old was completely toilet trained at 2 yrs old. All kids are different and you can't compare one child to another.