…to start explaining the toilet. He is just about 15 months, but it’s not his age I’ve noticed, it’s this brand new skill he’s picked up lately. He likes to copy every thing I do. This morning I was picking up clothes off the floor and putting them in the hamper, which sits in Eric’s closet. I closed the doors to his closet and opened mine to look for something to wear. Little Micah found a pair of pajama pants in the basket of clean clothes, picked them up, walked to my closet, and threw them in! What a little helper!
So, I decided to get over my embarrassment and let him come in the bathroom with me whenever I “go.” I have been carefully explaining each step and he watches with interest. He usually runs off before I get to the flushing part, but you know, one-year-old’s have short attention spans. He successfully took his pants off by himself the other day, and he recently learned how to turn around and sit on a chair (or lap), so I think the motor skills are coming together as well. The final key skill he’s picked up is obeying simple commands. I think I’ll have him start sitting on a potty chair around 18 months. My goal is to have him trained by two. Since he’s in cloth and can feel when he’s wet, I don’ t think this is unrealistic. I CAN’T WAIT!!
This kid does have a thing for laundry…
Caught red handed!
I love fluff butt!
Noah was trained right around his 2nd birthday! And I could have trained him MUCH earlier than that if I had wanted to (probably around 18 months) but Owen was due to arrive–and I didn't want to deal with that!
My advice is get the potty chair sooner than later (we have a Frog one from Fischer Price–it was like 12 dollars and Noah LOVES it!)–exposure is key!!
Good Luck! And its better to think about these things sooner rather than later!! If you have it in the back of your mind you can catch his window of opportunity better! Because once you miss that window–its all downhill from there!
Cloth diapered babies often potty train earlier. I really need to start working on it with Eli. I would LOVE for him to be potty trained by the time his sibling arrives.