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So you've trained two children, and you know everything now, huh?

My son trained at 3.5. That's when he was ready. We tried at 2.75, with an experienced day care worker who had trained literally dozens of children and said he would be no problem. Two weeks later, she gave up and told us to send in the diapers, that he simply wasn't ready.  I tried again at 3 and 3.3, then at 3.5, we were done within a week.

I have many, many friends with boys who said their boys trained right at 3, and that no amount of cajoling worked earlier, but it was easy at 3. I had another friend whose child stubbornly refused to train until 4. My niece was another stubborn trainer. Her brother trained easily, she was a nightmare.

It depends so much on the kid. [/quote]

My son was the same way except I was at home with him so I never switched back to diapers.  He would use the bathroom when I sent him but if I didn't remind him, he would poop and pee in his pants and not care one little bit about it.  I remember many, many moms (of girls mostly) telling me that once he had to clean up the mess, he would start using the toilet.  Ha!  He FINALLY started going to the bathroom on his own around 3 and a half years old for pee.  It was around 4 years old when he finally would use the toilet for poop.  That was the longest year and a bit more of my life.[/quote]

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