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[quote=Anonymous]Training before 2.5 is significantly easier. Toddlers that age are less stubborn, more wanting to please, and their memories are shorter.

Mine were day trained in 3-4 days using the 3 day naked method, 1 showed readiness, the other one was iffy on that. But it totally works. They were 24 and 26 months.

Now, both are girls, and I did use cloth diapers for a lot of their babyhood , although I think I was using disposables by then for my 2nd. I don’t think any of this makes me superior, by any means, and I agree that there are exceptions and some kids who won’t train early.

But I’ve noticed a few things over many years around friends  -

1. Most parents are inconsistent. Potty training works best if you stick to a very regimented plan. It’s kinda like training a puppy. Ever missed a signal and the puppy potties inside, then suddenly they are doing it constantly even though they were going outside consistently ? It’s like that. If you have a kid in daycare, or watched by family, it’s not always possible to maintain that consistency for a week in a row until they get it down, so it fails. Not anyone’s fault.

2. I’ve known a lot of parents who repeat the idea that waiting until 3 means it’s quick, and that training at 2 takes forever. Which is actually the opposite of what I observed with friends, but it persists. I personally think parents who wait til 3 seem to have kids with a lot of poop issues. The Pee part seems easy though.

3. The longer that a kid learns to go in their pants after they have control, you have a habit to unbreak - and this is why I think older trainers have issues. Versus if you do it younger, they learn closer to the time when the physical ability develops.

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