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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We potty trained at 24 months (she is now 27 months; baby is due when my daughter is 28 months) and it took her a few weeks to get peeing about 6 weeks until she &quot;mastered&quot; pooping. I read in the book crib sheet that child potty trained before 2.5 take on average take 10 months and [u]children potty trained after 2.5 take on average 6 or 7 months.[/u] I know Oh Crap works for some people, but I think that the idea that potty training is a sprint that can be gritted out doesn't really hold up for many of us (or at least in my experience).

When my daughter started holding in her poop (I know your issue is pee) we backed off a lot. We didn't want to create a medical issue and we didn't want to give her a complex about it. That helped a lot. By backing off I don't mean that we went back to diapers. We kept her in underwear, but we stopped asking all the time &quot;do you have to pee/poop&quot; and we also just accepted that accidents were going to happen. When she had an accident instead of saying &quot;Honey, why didn't you tell me?&quot; we were just like &quot;It's ok, accidents happen. Let me know next time when you have to go pee&quot; or something like that. We stopped being so corrective.

Also, we told her (at the suggestion of someone on here) about a poop family that all wanted to be together. Now she'll say &quot;I made a mommy poop, a daddy poop, and a baby poop.&quot; I think it's all disgusting, but I try not to give off that vibe when speaking about poop. She's very privacy oriented, so when she poops/pees she'll close the door, go to the bathroom, flush the toilet, and wipe. We have a little portable toilet that we bring around (you can get bags) for trips to the playground or road trips.

Hopefully something in here that I wrote will help you on this journey. It will all work out. Good luck! [/quote]

It took my almost 3.5 year old &lt; 1 month. Honestly 2-3 weeks. 10 months is not worth the squeeze for anyone.  :shock: [/quote]

Yep. We trained my oldest just before he turned 3. He was done in a day. My youngest started at 2. It took YEARS. He pooped in a pull up for TWO YEARS after that.

OP. Just stop. She isn’t ready, and neither are you. Give it another try in 2-3 months.[/quote]

This is just so kid dependent. We did oh crap at 23 months and my son never had a pee accident after about 4 days in, had one poop accident about two months later during his first week at a new school because he was nervous to tell the teacher I think, literally never again. I think he did have one per accident a few weeks after our younger son was born and I was legit confused because he had just never had accidents after we did the week long approach. But that’s not because we are some amazing parents or because oh crap is perfect. 23 months worked for my kid and his temperament clearly does well with potty training. I just think there isn’t a perfect age because kids are so different.

So sorry op I read your update. It does sound like it’s about control so like you said I would just kind of give it to her. Act like this is a non issue for you and maybe just stop talking about it. If she pees in her pants really nonchalantly say pee in the toilet when you need to go, clean her up with her help and move on. I’m just spitballing here but that’s the best I can think of [/quote]

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