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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MYOB.  Our pediatrician told me I could start potty training at 2 and be done at 3 years and 3 months or I could start at 3 and be done at 3 years and 3 months.  So, if you knew us, you too would be judging us based on our decision about when to potty train our child.  Ours isn't suffering any ill effects and potty training was a breeze.[/quote].

Total agree. You can try to force potty training as much as you want, but it won't happen til the kid is ready. And, not a minute before. DC also became ready at 3 years and 3 mo. [/quote]

So why until the 1960s were 90% of kids trained before they turned two? In some parts of the world the kids are still trained before two?

What do you think explains this? [/quote]

Lazy parenting and a ridiculous fear of hurting self-esteem. Unless your child has special needs, there is absolutely no excuse for an untrained three year old. Our preschool wouldn't even let you enroll. Children had to be fully potty trained to attend the three year old program.

All five of mine were completely potty trained - very rare accidents and [b]dry all night[/b], able to go potty with very little assistance - well before three. My sister had all three of her boys completely trained by 20 months.

Nothing at all special or advanced about my kids. And it didn't take months to get them trained. Maybe a month of consistent training. [/quote]

Actually, your kids are unique here. Try to tell yourself they're not special, but most kids-- even those of us who were not in diapers at night-- cannot stay consistently dry through the night so young! I'd love tips, but I'm from an "elimination communication" culture (that of course doesn't use those words for it!) and all the elders remember their kids having nighttime accidents well into elementary school, especially the boys, so I feel like nighttime and daytime training are two totally different things, physiologically.

That said, I totally don't understand three year olds still POOPING in diapers. We've all been able to tell when your kid was pooping since she was, like, eight months old. You don't have to put her on a potty then, but I am skeptical that any well three year old, without special needs or gastro issues, cannot pull down her pants and sit on the potty to POOP. I don't care when other people potty train, but this is something I just don't understand any more than saying "my child only drinks chocolate milk." (Sorry, chocolate milk mom-- but how does one even get to this point?)

So, my q for OP-- do your relatives even have a little potty or potty seat/step stool? If you've already potty trained your kids, I don't think it would be out of line to ask if they need any of this kind of stuff...at this age, I bet she could start doing it herself in a day with some super-fun stickers to decorate her potty and a fun aunt by her side, barring developmental issues you aren't aware of.[/quote]

Exactly. If your kid is talking about pooping on him/herself and doing it, you really should be able to get him/her to a toilet first. The fact that people think it is actually good for their kids to have them poop on themselves when they are speaking in sentences/paragraphs is just beyond bizarre. [/quote]

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