I work full-time, am a single mom (dad is highly involved tho) and am trying to get my 17 month old started potty training. She grabs her diaper when she needs to potty but will not actually go on it. Anyone have any tips for consistency and how to get started? She goes to my neice's twice a week, is with her dad once or twice. So she is not at just one place all week. Any advice would be great!

Not to be rude, but I think thats way to young. IMHO it would be the grownups trained not the child.

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I don't think it's too young at all. I was fully potty trained by the time I turned two years old. It won't hurt her to get her used to the IDEA, if nothing else. But everyone has to help. Sit down and make a "game plan" with those that keep her most. And start by putting her on the potty really often. When she wakes up, after she eats or drinks, before nap and bedtime, and any other time you can in between (say every hour or so). And make it fun, when she does do something in the potty, praise the heck out of her. You don't need to give her anything as a reward, unless you want to, and just make sure she feels like she's done a good job. Good luck!

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Thanks for the advice...anyone else have any opinions?
And I don't think she is too young. I;m not tryin to rush her and have her trained in evan a month. But she is advanced in everything she does. She hit every milestone early. She already tells me when she pees. And runs to the potty when I tell her we are going to sit on the potty. She just doesn't sit very long (VERY energetic and busy!)

You really just have to make sure all the adults in her life are on the same page and know that she is potty training. That's all the advice I have on that. I have heard of kids being potty trained that early, but I think it's pretty rare. I think it's too young to even worry about it, too. My son is 17 months and even though he knows that he has gone, he isn't even close to understanding what the heck to do about it, lol.

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Is/ Can she:
*pull up and down her own pants, by herself?
*wetting herself on a schedule and staying dry for at least 2 hours?
*staying dry after naps?
*having bowel movements the same time each day.?
My dd is also very advanced on her milestones and she did the same thing about getting a diaper when she was peeing when she was 1 1/2. But after talking to my ped. he advised that at that age they aren't mature enough to have the patience to sit still long enough, also there bodies aren't developed enough to hold it.and they may get frustrated and it can turn into a potty training fight. Which you want it to be a pride full experience.Of all the milestones in the early years potty training was the most sensitive and once you start you have to see it through no going back. It is easier too when you have a couple of weeks at home to dedicate to it to start.
What I did was bring out the potty chair and she could come and sit it on if she wanted clothes on or off and just get used to it. Now last week she is 2 1/2 and we bought the panties she picked out. It took her 4 days before she actually tinkled in the potty but once she did she hasn't had an accident yet, even at night.
Good luck!

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I think she is a little young to be very involved in potty training. If I were you I would ask every few hours if she wants to sit on the potty and try. Read a short potty book. No pressure. If she does not want to try, dont make her.

I did this with my son and he finally just decided one day that he was ready. We had no hassles of potty training and no accidents. I gave him the option to try if he wanted to but thats it.

She is WAY to young. Start again a year from now and you will have her potty trained faster. If you start now it will likely take over a year because its so unlikely that she is ready.