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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok here’s the thing about Oh Crap. It has some good ideas but is also incredibly pushy/judgmental, and it undercounts the amount of time that kids, on average, take to get the various stages down. Particularly that first stage. Some kids will get it immediately (I know of maybe one kid who had that first part down in the 1-3 day timeframe) but most will not. I think we were on the first part for at least a week, if not twice that, as were most friends and family. We kind of went back and forth between the first couple stages for a month. We’d take a step forward but then a step back. It’s also one thing to get the potty down at home but entirely different when you do need to return to normal life!

Anyway don’t worry. Kids learn potty training at all different speeds and ages. Don’t put too much stock into one book or method. Again, I think the general ideas in the book make sense but wouldn’t follow them so rigidly or worry if things aren’t going as quickly as the book says they should.

Finally— as an FYI, it’s been awhile but I remember that she also recommended night training almost immediately, which included waking the child a few times a night to use the bathroom. This is NOT a recommended method by most accounts; it may actually prolong night training (and make everyone tired and miserable).

Good luck! It sucks but in 6 months or a year you’ll barely remember it. [/quote]

+1 about the Oh, Crap! book. DS started at 24 mos, he did block 1 really well.

.... what Oh Crap! got wrong was how to handle overnight/sleeping. it was total garbage. you know what my kid did at night? peed out the side of the bed, "bc you told me not to pee in the bed."

so YOU DO YOU OP. Oh Crap! was helpful and gave me the confidence to get started potty training, but it is not an end all be all, one size fits all approach to kids. DS wore pull ups from 2years-4years and then just didnt need them anymore at a certain point. [/quote]

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