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[quote=Anonymous]You're going to get lots of tips in this thread and I was bad at potty training, so I'm not going to give you any -- others have you covered.

I will say this: potty training went poorly for us. It's not easy to say why. Maybe we started too early and she wasn't ready. Maybe we gave up too easily when it went very, very badly the first time. I know part of it was due to two unforeseen life upheavals that hit in the middle of potty training (death of a close family member, then a job change/move) and set us back on what we thought was progress. All told, it took us over a year from when we first started training to when our child was finally, legitimately potty trained.

And now it's fine. Kid is 4, never has accidents, totally independent in the bathroom, no weird bathroom issues, never gets constipated, even night trained easily with no drama at all.

There were months and months where potty training occupied so much of my available energy and I absolutely felt like it was NEVER going to happen. And yes, we hired a behavioral therapist (who was either helpful, if you ask me, or a waste of money, if you ask my DH) who worked with us on getting to the finish line. If we could have hired a nanny to just make it happen, we would have, but it was not even a remote possibility for us at the time (not due to money but living situation).

Point is, you will get there. Keep at it. There are people on here who will have good advice. You might have to try a few different tacks before you find the one that works. It might be hell but then it will be over, and if you can just keep your head on straight and not totally lose it, you'll come out the other side unscarred, regardless of what some people will try to tell you (I had numerous people on here tell me my kid would basically be a failure at life because she potty trained at 3.5).[/quote]

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