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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also think a lot of it is lazy parenting. However, a factor is our lifestyles not. When I was a baby ( 40 years ago) we stayed at home most of the time, possibly went to the park now and again and a walk to the shops but that was about it. So there was more time to potty train and deal with accidents at home.
Nowadays we are out and about so much more with gym classes, music claases, mommy and me Starbucks outings etc, Its harder to stay at home for 3 or 4 days and just get it done.
We trained DD at 2 yrs 4 mos and I would say she was reliable trained by about 2 and a half.[/quote]

Oh yeah! Long-winded PP here. Right-- that's the other thing. It's easier to do some form of EC or "early" training if you S/WAH all day.

FWIW, I find some of these answers and other posts very interesting, as we did EC. A lot of people say, OMG, to have to "potty train" for a year+! What a waste of time! Well, first of all, it's not really PT, but okay. Secondly, I see a lot of people PT for over a year anyway-- we just did it from 0-1 instead of from 2.5-3.5. (And even many of those who don't actively train for a year do things like "introduce the potty" and "kid occasionally uses it" months and months before PT-- which is similar to what we did, if you think about it.)  And thirdly, even for those who only PT actively for a week, they were changing diapers literally for years after I had stopped, so I don't see how I did more work in the end. Not smugness at all, and I really don't care what others do-- but I just don't think I did more work overall. *shrug* Definitely a pick your poison thing.

(I do want to add that one can do EC part time with great results, too-- so you don't have to be SAH/WAHP to make it work.)[/quote]

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