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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 3 it gets done in a day or two[/quote]

Not my oldest.  We started at 3 and it went on until he was almost 4 (needing a diaper to poop).  My two younger boys trained before two in a couple days.  I’m so sorry I waited for that “readiness bullsh*t” with my oldest.

[b]Plus why have your child sit in urine and poop for a full year longer than he has to?[/b]

OP - keep going.  Read Oh Crap online tonight. [/quote]

I don't know if anyone told you, but you are supposed to change the diaper sometimes.

OP, your little one is young. I'd probably try again in a few weeks or month. She may not be ready yet physically. Many kids are not ready before 24 months.

I've trained several kids and in my experience, when they are ready, they train easily, and train for day and night at the same time. For the kids I've trained, this occured between 24-30ish months.[/quote]

I think there is one specific poster who is obsessed with the idea that if your child isn't fully trained by age 2, they will spend the rest of childhood sitting in their own excrement. I see this exact comment in every potty training thread on DCUM, and it confuses me every time. Not only do most parents change their kids diapers, but also most kids do not night train until older (3, 4, even 5 or 6 sometimes) because they physically cannot wake up to urinate. Which means it is extremely common for kids to sit in wet diapers overnight, but since diapers are pretty good and absorbent these days, no one makes a big deal about it at all.

Anyway, I agree that OP's kid is pretty young, but I'd still give it 3 days if they can stand it. Pretty much everyone in my DD's mom group cohort did a similar attempt around the age of 2 (some a little earlier, some a little older, but within 4-5 months of each other). About half trained this way and the other half didn't. We didn't, and had to take a break and come back. But it's worth trying for the full three days in case you're in the group that trains! That's the dream. But if it doesn't work, you aren't doing anything wrong, you're kid just isn't ready. It's okay, take a few months off and try again. It will work eventually (it only feels like eternity).[/quote]

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