As DS15mon is our first, I've never potty trained before
. He is VERY curious about the toilet*, has been taking off his diaper**, going into the bathroom to soil his diaper***, comes and gets me before he poops but he's not very clear (usually just runs over and looks at me, I need to learn!). He LOVES water and is super excited about pouring liquids all over the floor. He's also really good with simple tasks (I believe I'm the ONLY mom who has to keep her son from sneaking into the bathroom and brushing his teeth 20 times a day!!) and can tell me "all done" when he's finish eating.
*tried to flush a tennis ball yesterday... but is just generally very curious about everything to do with the toilet
**twice already this week, first thing in the morning and peeing in his bed
***tried to get there this afternoon in mid-diaper change but didn't make it and peed all over some couch cushions in the way
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He is lucky he's so darn cute!!
He's able to stay dry in his diaper for hours (and never soils in his sleep, he'll wake up & cry if he has to go - he's always been that way) but if I take his diaper off he'll go within 10 minutes; usually on the kitchen floor. He doesn't know where he should be going.
I want to take advantage of his interest now and start the potty training process. I'm not really concerned in him getting it 100% correct right away, just teach him what to do in the toilet.
Does anyone have suggestion for how to teach him what the toilet is for in the way a very smart 15 month old could understand? He also really likes to, ahem, hold his boy bits when he has to pee; he's going to make a big mess before he learns to aim! What do I do?
Now I just have to deal with the relatives who think I'm crazy for starting too early...
