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[quote=Anonymous]We potty trained at 24 months (she is now 27 months; baby is due when my daughter is 28 months) and it took her a few weeks to get peeing about 6 weeks until she "mastered" pooping. I read in the book crib sheet that child potty trained before 2.5 take on average take 10 months and children potty trained after 2.5 take on average 6 or 7 months. I know Oh Crap works for some people, but I think that the idea that potty training is a sprint that can be gritted out doesn't really hold up for many of us (or at least in my experience).

When my daughter started holding in her poop (I know your issue is pee) we backed off a lot. We didn't want to create a medical issue and we didn't want to give her a complex about it. That helped a lot. By backing off I don't mean that we went back to diapers. We kept her in underwear, but we stopped asking all the time "do you have to pee/poop" and we also just accepted that accidents were going to happen. When she had an accident instead of saying "Honey, why didn't you tell me?" we were just like "It's ok, accidents happen. Let me know next time when you have to go pee" or something like that. We stopped being so corrective.

Also, we told her (at the suggestion of someone on here) about a poop family that all wanted to be together. Now she'll say "I made a mommy poop, a daddy poop, and a baby poop." I think it's all disgusting, but I try not to give off that vibe when speaking about poop. She's very privacy oriented, so when she poops/pees she'll close the door, go to the bathroom, flush the toilet, and wipe. We have a little portable toilet that we bring around (you can get bags) for trips to the playground or road trips.

Hopefully something in here that I wrote will help you on this journey. It will all work out. Good luck! [/quote]

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