Owen has been showing lots of signs of being ready to potty train. He will pee on the potty before bath, will say "pee pee" if he pees in the tub :blush: brings us diapers and wipes when he needs to be changed, and and now he will come to me, say "Poopy" then proceed to poop in his diaper. This just amazes me as none of his siblings were even remotely ready until after they turned 2 and later!

He's only 19 1/2 months old, so I'm not sure if potty training him is a good idea or not. I'm afraid if we start it too young we are setting things up for disaster. However, if he's truely ready, I don't want to pass up the opportunity and then make it harder later. Part of me wants to at least wait until he's 2 just because I'd rather him be in diapers while we are on vacation than having to take him potty every 10 minutes. Selfish, I know :blush:

Is he really ready or am I just misreading things?

30 years ago, he'd be right on schedule, right? So who knows. I would just be afraid that he wouldn't be able to be as consistent and proactive as an older child, and it would take a long time until you could be confident in him. But I'd give it a try, figuring there isn't much to lose.

Keep in mind I have only potty trained girls so I don't about the issues with boys. :)

My daughter is 2 1/2 years old and she knows when she wants to pee or poop but sometimes she doesn't tell, she just sits down wherever she is and does it...but she won't go to the pot yet, she doesn't like that...I'll just wait till she's ready but up to what age should I wait?

Katie showed signs when she was 18 months old, but really only for poop. I let her use the potty at will and eventually she got over it and went back to diapers.

I think if he isn't ready, you will know. If he is, you'll know that, too.

Oh, and for this trip, we had Katie (who is now PTed) in a pull up for the long car rides as a back up measure. It didn't phase her a bit, and so far there hasn't been any backsliding. :crossfing

Go with the flow. Throw some training/rubber pants on him and see what happens. If he's ready, he'll go along, if he's not, he won't. Be prepared for setbacks though.

I agree with Cami. 30 years ago, he'd be right on target for being trained. I bet almost everyone here was trained by the time they were 2 or 2½.

I agree that there is no harm in giving it a go. I still put pull ups on Aiden for long trips and he is 4! it has never set him back.

Good luck!