I started my daughter on the potty at 9 months. Noticed the typical "forcing and red face" so I whipped her diaper off and held her over the toilet. After that we taught her the sign for potty and she caught on quickly. We haven't changed a poop diaper since before she turned a year old and she was pee trained by 18 months. Highly recommend putting little ones on the potty super early because they don't get that fear of being on the toilet like toddlers do.
Crystal L.
We had a pantless weekend in late May out in the backyard. He figured the mechanics out pretty quickly and I wasn't cleaning up puddles of pee all over my house.
Vanessa B.
As soon as mine could walk, I put them on the potty. Both of my sons were trained before 1 year-old and that is when we would have reading time too. They would grab a book, I'd follow, I would sit next to them and read until they were done and once they were finished there would be a lot of WTG's, hurrahs and hurrays! No fail, but make sure you have a lot of picture books and a lot of patience. You save a lot on diapers too.
Sandy M.
Put blue food coloring in the potty for pee because it turns the water green. And for No. 2 we played Who Let The Dogs Out.
Lis S.
I had my son's favorite doll use the potty (had a hidden eye dropper full of water) and we both praised it when it went. I made it have an accident so my son could see it was no big deal. He couldn't wait to also go on the potty!
Veronica F.
My daughter always came in the bathroom with me and I'd explain "Mommy pees on the potty" and she'd sit on her potty. Once she was ready to start actual training, we used Smarties and sticker reward chart.
Alli C.
At one point I had three little ones in diapers and needed to train two of them! So just as Monkey See Monkey Do goes, we did Monkey Pee and Monkey Poo, except I was the Monkey! They sat on their little potties whenever I did and everybody wins! Well kind of...until #4 and #5 start knocking on the washroom door!
Alayne L.
We used a "pee tree." Whenever they saw trees and they had to pee we would pull the car over. We were discreet, but the kids loved it.
Kyla C.
With my stepson I bought him plain white underwear. I told him when he peed and went poo in the toilet and got the hang of going in the toilet I would buy him cool superhero underwear. It was a great motivator. I did it with my son as well.
Amanda O.
I spent an entire weekend with my eldest just sitting on the potty. We took it into the living room and she ate sitting on it, watched TV, we played games etc., and inevitably something fell out. Every time it did, I threw a parade.
Leslie E.
I started by setting the alarm on my phone for every 20 min. When it went off, I'd announce "time for a bathroom break!" This way she couldn't say "I don't have/want to". After about 4 hrs of that, I switched to ever 35 min by the next day we were at about an hour and 10 and could do a quick trip to Walmart or a play day at a friend’s house. By day 3 we were golden, every 2.5hrs.
Kelly F.
We had friends and family send videos making a big deal about going potty. So every time there was a successful potty trip she watched one. It made her feel special.
Shawna K.
I made my daughter help with the laundry. Essentially I made it more work for her to wee in her pants than to run to the potty. If she had an accident (which I sensed was less accident and more preference at this stage) she had to go around and collect any dirty laundry, add her own newly dirtied laundry and run a load of wash. Put it in the dryer and help fold. Two days as a potty laundress and she was "potty trained."
Rebecca L.
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