Potty Training Children Close in Age
This post is sponsored by Pull-Ups® Training Pants. All opinions are my own.
Over the course of the last 60 days our Wee 3 (as we call them) have turned 2, 3, and 4. It’s been a fun and an exhausting few months of birthdays which of course followed the major holidays. Many people ask us what it’s like being the parents of 3 little boys so close in age and while there isn’t a one-word answer to describe it, exhausting probably does a pretty good job. Now that the boys have transitioned from 3 babies to 3 toddlers/little boys, life is full of different challenges and new journeys. Our latest is potty-training. While our 4-year-old is fully potty-trained, the other 2 are really just beginning. The experience of potty-training children close in age is very different than potty training children individually, years apart (we’ve done this too). Luckily we have the Pull-Ups® Potty Partnership to help us through this journey – a whole new way to potty train based on your child’s personality.
Pull-Ups® Training Pants are designed specifically to help teach potty training skills. We need this help right now. Potty training was not easy with Orin, our 4-year-old. In fact, it was really no fun at all and if it didn’t scare his little brothers away from the process, it probably scared me and my husband away from starting it all over again so soon. We need to feel encouraged and excited as we jump into this next round not even 6 months later. Pull-Ups Training Pants look and fit more like underwear, giving your child the independence to slide his pants on and off, while also providing consistency for any learning style throughout his potty training journey.
Learning style? Oh how I wish that I had learned more about learning style a year ago. My older two were really pretty easy to potty train – they were just interested and did it! Doesn’t get any easier than that, right? Well Orin was not easy as I mentioned. His personality is so different from his big brother and sister so why wouldn’t his way of potty training be different too? Learning style and personality go hand and hand and now that it’s time to potty train Wee 2 and Wee 3, I am excited to see that as part of the Pull-Ups Potty Partnership we can take a personality quiz to see which personalities our boys most resemble. After taking the quiz we were provided with information to help customize the potty–training journey for each of the boys, from the beginning. The Pull-Ups Potty Partnership offers tips, tools and advice to guide and support you as you and your children learn together, including printable potty charts, stickers and games.
There seems to be a lot of parent shaming these days with social media or even just moms and dads feeling less than adequate because of everything they see other children doing before their own children. I have been feeling like a failure because my 2 and 3-year-old are nowhere near potty-trained but after visiting Pull-Ups.com I know that it’s totally normal for some children to take longer and that 18-36 months is a really common target age for potty training. I also feel more assured knowing that potty-training needs to be done based on their individual readiness and that rushing them can actually hurt the process. I took the readiness quiz to see if it’s time to take this journey with the next two boys since they seem to have been pushing back the last few months.
The answer is yes, they are ready! That affirmation, along with the information about their personalities – our little Bear Cub Essian who just turned 3 and our Owl Aras who is now 2, offers a lot of insight about how we can successfully potty train these 3 boys who are so close in age without losing our sanity completely. Now begins my homework and prep work to get everything in place to kick this potty training journey off right! Stay tuned for more about their potty training personalities, tools for potty-training children close in age, and The Pull-Ups Potty Partnership.
Find out your child’s personality by taking the personality quiz at Pull-Ups.com and partner with your child as we take on this potty-training journey!
To find out your child’s potty personality, take the personality quiz at Pull-Ups.com, and get tools and advice to help you and your child partner together throughout the potty training journey.
aaronica @ the crunchy mommy says
i’m so happy i stumbled upon this! i’m potty training my second daughter and had no idea they had a personality test for the potty! we’ll be taking that now!
Claudia Krusch says
They are all so cute! 🙂 I only have one son and potty training him was super easy!
Terri Beavers says
I used pull ups when potty training my kids and they came in really handy. I’m not sure I could potty train more than one at a time though, lol.
Travel Blogger says
Oh my gosh I dont envy you! It looks like you have great tools though. I’m hoping my older one will help the younger. lol
Angela Kanellopoulos says
I am so not looking forward to this when I have kids but two boys at once i cant imagine! Those kids are just too adorable!!!
Lori Felix says
Pull Ups are great to use when potty training your little one. It is interesting to see the different potty personalities of the children.
Debra P says
Pull ups really are wonderful for potty training. I can’t imagine training more than one at once though! Kudos!
Lynndee says
Oh my, they are all so adorable! 🙂 I only have one kid and potty training him went out great!
Jesica h says
Ahhh potty training… so happy to be done with that! There are so many tips, and strategies out there!
Stephanie Pass says
My kids are each about 5 years apart, so I’ve never had to do anything with them in the same stages before. I’m not sure if it would be easier or harder, lol.
Bonnie @wemake7 says
Wow, I couldn’t imagine having to potty training so close in age. My youngest just finally got the hang of it. Great post.
Tiffany Hathorn says
I don’t know if it would be easier or more exhausting, lol. I only have one child and potty training him was a very long, frustrating process. I was so glad when it just seemed to finally click for him. I guess that’s when HE was ready. 🙂
Ann Bacciaglia says
I think it might be easier to train them together. Get a little contest going and hopefully monkey see monkey do will happen.
Karissa says
Potty training together? Maybe it will make things easier – they will encourage each other and make it a competition!?
Ashley says
Such great information! Our first child is due next month so I have a bit to worry about potty training, but I’ll be saving these tips!
Rebecca Swenor says
I knew that potty training was different for every child but think the personality quiz is indeed a helpful tool. This post I will have to share with my sister and our nieces who will be going through the potty training around the same time with their children. Thanks for sharing the information.
ricci says
I don’t have kids but these seem like great potty training tips! Great post!
Chrystal | Nevermore Lane says
Pull Ups are great. Used them when my exes daughter was really young. We didn’t have any other kids so that made things easy. I can’t imagine trying to potty train more than one at a time.
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Pull Ups are great. It’s really hard to convince kids to use the potty when they’re wearing a perfectly good diaper.
Eloise says
those pull ups were a great thing! I have a son and daughter 14 months a part… it’s nice in a way to get them potty trained at the same time, they can help motivate each other… Another trick was to take them to the store to pick out whatever character underwear they wanted. great post: )
Vera Sweeney says
I don’t think I could imagine potty training two boys at once. Pullups are great for potty training they were crucial in all my kids potty training.