Comments on: When Is the Right Time to Ditch the Diapers? Potty Training Tips https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/ Mom Smarter! Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Monica https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-107741 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-107741 In reply to Jeannine.

My daughter just went to underwear full time this week and has been going pee on it regularly for almost 3 months since she turned 3. She is not a regular pooper and we tried a lot of things. We read the potty book for girls on the potty while trying to poop. Gave her a stool for her feet to get her knees up and anytime we saw her pooping in her diaper we carried her to the bathroom (even if kicking and screaming). What ended up working was letting her help make brownies (she loves to help cook) and then she gets a piece of brownie only when she poops on the potty. It motivates her to put in the time so that it will come out. Good luck.

]]> By: The Jenny Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-106986 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-106986 In reply to Samantha.

You never know when your daughter will be ready… my biggest piece of advice is don’t push her until she shows the signs that she’s ready. Good luck!

]]> By: Samantha https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-106940 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-106940 What great tips! My daughter is 17 months, so I have a feeling I will be in the midst of potty training soon enough. Thanks for joining the Family Joy Link Party!

]]> By: The Jenny Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-105924 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-105924 In reply to Helen.

Most certainly! I also hear of parents in a rush to getting their kids potty trained, push it and then have a harder time from the kids down the road with getting trained. It’s a tough balance to figure out when a kid is ready!

]]> By: Helen https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-105922 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-105922 Great set of pointers, especially if you’re a first time parent! I can remember being totally at sea with my first and ended up leaving for much longer than necessary. There are so many different signs and being more aware would have definitely helped!

]]> By: The Jenny Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-105849 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-105849 In reply to Luba.

Thanks for adding in your own experiences for potty training your kiddos. More tips are always helpful to other parents!

]]> By: Luba https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-105842 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-105842 I have 2 girls and a boy. The girls were very different with potty training. The oldest took 3 days for daytime and a week and a half for night time at 2 years 2 weeks old. The second was 2 years and 8 months and it took 5 days (it was the second effort). I thought the second was late and much more difficult to train because she didn’t seem to understand about pooping in the potty. I tried everything with her that I did with the oldest and nothing worked. She just had to decide on her own that it was something she wanted to do. The things that really worked for the oldest girl were keeping a potty where she could easily reach it, rewarding with stickers, if she pooped or peed anywhere other than the potty, I still put her on it and told her that that is where we do that so that she would make a connection between doing her business and sitting on the potty. I also praised her lots each time she made it on time and keep a potty and accident journal so I could learn about how often, what times (especially after eating and drinking) and where she peed and pooped. I also didn’t give her anything to drink an hour before bed and very importantly, didn’t put a diaper on her when it was decided that she was ready to potty train. Otherwise she would think that sometimes it was ok to go in her pants and other times it wasn’t. She responded really well to this consistency! Now my little boy is 19 months old and I’m wondering how to do it with him since training boys is harder (it seems).

]]> By: The Jenny Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-102619 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-102619 In reply to Jeannine.

It’s not unusual for children to master going pee first on the potty. Barring any additional issues, I would work on a positive reinforcement chart/program to get her to start using the potty more, as well as reading books about how natural it is. I would also move away from diapers. Cleaning underwear isn’t any fun, but if she’s potty trained with pee, she should be able to train to using the potty for poop. It won’t happen overnight but it should happen.

]]> By: Jeannine https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-102615 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-102615 In reply to Vickie.

My granddaughter is 3and to turn 4 in June she only pee pees on the potty not poopy she tells you she needs a diaper and she goes we all have tried different things like rewarding your big girl now very stuberent any advise

]]> By: The Jenny Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/when-is-the-right-time-to-ditch-the-diapers/#comment-102429 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=5821#comment-102429 In reply to Michelle.

Don’t worry… she won’t be 5 and still trying to train. But pushing a kid to potty train before they’re ready just spells disaster. Good luck!

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