What age can you start potty training? My son had a really bad aversion to toilet training so hes 98% potty trained, he…

My child still fights me on potty training. It doesn’t matter what gender they are, it just depends how stubborn the kid is.

Every kid is different. I started my daughter straight into underwear at 2.5 and she picked it up pretty easily. But then once the defiance set in it was a major battle 😩 Then I got pregnant and she regressed big time and was peeing in her undies 5x a day at 3 years old. Finally by age 4 she was fully trained. It was a long journey. I don’t think gender has anything to do with it, it really depends on the kids. My son started at 23 months because he wanted to and now 6 months later we have him in underwear but he won’t tell us when he has to go. So we take him every 1.5-2 hours and he goes. He does well with pee but poop is a different story and he often poops in his undies. Honestly I would not start at 16 months. It takes a long time for babies to learn how to hold and release and it’ll be stressful for both of you. There’s no rush.

Get her a potty now so she can explore it before actually using it I find it really helps, I did it with all of my kids and I have had zero issues potty training it’s been so easy (knock on wood I’m about to start with #4 lol) I just bought my youngest his potty last week but don’t plan on putting him on it (other then when he chooses) for a couple months at least. I’ll also add my older 3 were all trained completely before 2.5 and none of them took more then a week once I started trying.

Edit I just saw your pregnant, with my older daughter when her sister was born (a week before her second birthday) I would tell her she doesn’t need diapers she’s a big girl and she started saying diapers for baby and that really encouraged her to use the potty because she “wasn’t a baby”. She was trained before her sister was 2 months old.

You can start at any age, I'd wait until she is showing signs that she's ready. Maybe before baths let her sit on the potty or find a way to introduce it and see where it goes from there. I don't think girls are easier than boys, I think it depends on the kid! Good luck, we too are starting the potty journey! 😁🙃

My oldest was day & night trained 2 months before his second birthday. And my youngest has been day & night trained for a couple months now.

We always start introducing around a year & a half.

Both my boys and my daughter were potty trained the same month they turned 2. My youngest a month before. I like the bottomless approach. Whenever you decide to start, just be ready to fully commit. No going back and forth between diapers/pull ups/underwear.

At 16 months my oldest was daytime trained already. She wasn't out of nighttime diapers until her third birthday bc I didn't take the time to get up at night or reduce her fluid intake, but her sister is 2 and is fully diaper free since before her 2nd birthday, with an occasional nighttime accident if we have too much water before bed. It's completely doable but not everyone is able or willing to put in the time and some babies don't learn the skill as easily as others. But it's called training for a reason. So I firmly believe all children can be trained young, but it must be positive and consistent otherwise it won't work.

My brother and sister are 13 months apart. When my brother started potty training between 2-3, my sister would have been between 1-2. She really wanted to learn too, but she didn’t have the ability yet to tell when she actually had to go. It caused a lot of bathroom anxiety for her and it was something my mom ended up regretting. Even though she was interested, she wasn’t developmentally ready.

My son wasn't potty trained til 3.5, it was TOTALLY pointless for us to try before then. I've heard it's different with girls though. Good luck Mama!

My daughter fought potty training until she was 4.

My oldest never potty trained till she was 3 1/2.