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17-month old...how do you get them to cooperate?
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17-month old...how do you get them to cooperate?

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Last Post Nov 12, 2009 11:44 AM by: Jen Singer
Jen Singer
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Re: 17-month old...how do you get them to cooperate?

Nov 12, 2009 11:44 AM

The important issue here is whether your son is showing signs of readiness, such as:

Staying dry through a nap or for 2 hours.
Showing interest in the potty.
Asking you to change his dirty diaper.
Talking about the potty.

These are some of the most common signs of readiness. If he's not showing them, you might want to wait a few months until he's more developmentally ready to take on potty training.

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Jen Singer, Pull-Ups Potty Training Partner
barbaq2
 
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Registered: 10/31/09

Re: 17-month old...how do you get them to cooperate?

Oct 31, 2009 12:40 PM
I think that maybe he is still too young. I tried with my daughter at 18 months and she didn't want anything to do with it and would scream and cry...I didn't want to traumatize her so I waited. She came up to me at age 2 1/2 and said she had to go pee-pee on the potty. I still to this day don't have to ask her if she has to go...she comes and tells me. pushing them because you think it's time or because you want them out of diapers is sometimes more hard on them and takes longer in the end if you just wait until they are old enough to understand and want to do it. my daughter sees that it makes me happy and proud, so it makes her proud of herself too and that makes it much more easier on you and your child...and more rewarding too
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squ33gly
 
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Registered: 10/30/09

17-month old...how do you get them to cooperate?

Oct 30, 2009 3:21 PM
I had tried to potty train my son when he turned 12 months old but each time I put him down, he would cry. I decided to just hold off till just recently.

He's 17 months old and for the past 3 days I have been trying to let him sit on a potty just to get comfortable/familiar. But he tends to get restless and would start getting afraid that he would cry and would want to stand up.

How do I go about handling this?