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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Buy oh crap book and just do it! I completely agree that there is no "readiness" cue. The only cue you need is that your kid wants to please you. 2 and 3 year olds don't want to please you the way 1.5 year olds do, so I think the earlier the better. Historically kids trained a lot sooner than 3, which is when my mom was told to train when we were little. I think the longer you wait, the more issues that can happen like constipation.

Also, just want to say that the first day is always hard. Lots of accidents. Luckily the weather is so fab- have your kid run around naked on the deck with a potty out there. [/quote]

I agree with this. I trained my first right at 24 months and we had some issues with him starting to get defiant with refusing to sit on the potty on my command, like before leaving the house. I felt at the time I had actually waited too long but it did work out in the end even though I got funny looks from friends who weren't planning to start with their boys till 3. Also our ped told us to quit and go back to diapers but I ignored that advice and continued, just backed off on the overprompting. I'm so glad I went that route as that did the trick.

My second is 18 mo and she's showing signs- dry after naps all last week and signals when she want a diaper change but she's behind in expressive language so I'm going to wait a couple more months and reassess.[/quote]

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