I hate potty training!!

[playfelt]

It's funny when I hear people talking about the age for potty training. All of my kids - well except for my special needs child who is still not trained at 19 years old and likely never will be - but all were trained by 2 and that was the norm back then. Yes starting to use the potty chair on your first birthday was normal. Disposable diapers stopped at size 4 - there was no need for anything bigger and pullups or night diapers didn't exist. Very few kids were not trained. But then kids ate earlier, used cups, used utensils, chewed food, etc a lot earlier too.

[Mamma_Mia]

It's funny when I hear people talking about the age for potty training. All of my kids - well except for my special needs child who is still not trained at 19 years old and likely never will be - but all were trained by 2 and that was the norm back then. Yes starting to use the potty chair on your first birthday was normal. Disposable diapers stopped at size 4 - there was no need for anything bigger and pullups or night diapers didn't exist. Very few kids were not trained. But then kids ate earlier, used cups, used utensils, chewed food, etc a lot earlier too.

I think I'm the age of you kids (if I remember correctly from the "kids" post) but my mom says the same thing. I was fully potty trained buy the time my 3rd cousin was born and I turned 2 in March she was born in May....they started us at 1....AND the pottys "back then" according to my mom had a tray type thing that would hold the child in! LOL I was shocked!

I asked "so mom you'd lock me into a poty and I had no choice but to learn?" she replies "you better believe it"! I get comments from both familes that DD is 2.5 and not trained yet. She was doing great when we tried a few months back (she wanted to copy the other dc children) but after doing very well she regressed.....I decided to wait for more SIGNS that she's ready. We focused on 'big girl bed' instead which she did amazingly....no rails right away and 2 months in no fall offs!

NOW - in the last 2 weeks she's been telling me when's she's peed and has woken up from overnight bone dry....also whenever we're home (with no distractions) she'll tell me when she has poop.. LISTEN to this..she last night (3 time in 2 weeks) went on her own to go get her change mat, wipes case & diaper, brought it to me and said "mamma poo-poo". I didn't even know she "went". So.....I think we may try again soon.

[Littledragon]

It's funny when I hear people talking about the age for potty training. All of my kids - well except for my special needs child who is still not trained at 19 years old and likely never will be - but all were trained by 2 and that was the norm back then. Yes starting to use the potty chair on your first birthday was normal. Disposable diapers stopped at size 4 - there was no need for anything bigger and pullups or night diapers didn't exist. Very few kids were not trained. But then kids ate earlier, used cups, used utensils, chewed food, etc a lot earlier too.

I totally agree. I am kind of old fashioned when it comes to raising my son. He is "expected" to do things a lot younger than some other kids I know. He is 13 months and uses a spoon and a fork, he was eating finger foods at 8 months, and 100% feeding himself (minus pureed foods like yogurt and apple sauce) by the time he was 10 months and I WILL have him potty trained by the time he is 2, if not earlier. IMO a 3 year old who is not potty trained is selfishness on the parents part (I know, I'm going to get sh*t for that). There is no reason why a child should not be trained as soon as possible. And I do believe in pushing. I believe in waiting until a child is ready, but a child doesn't know he or she is ready until they have been guided. They don't understand these things. When I sleep trained my son, it was A LOT of guidance and little bit of him being ready. And, I beleive that the sooner you do it, the more successful you will be. Once they get to 2.5-3, they know too much and are manipulative. They know that if they don't want to, there are ways to get out of it. At 2, they are eager to please. JMO. When a kid starts hiding in a corner to pee or poo (usually starts around 18 months-2) then it's time to start. I think kids these days are WAY over indulged and parents have really HIGH expectations (he'll let me know when he's ready). No he won't! Because he doesn't even know what you're expecting him to do! We need to go back to the way our parents were raised (minus the alcohol and emotional abuse that was "acceptable" back then lol). Again, JMO