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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I trained both my boys before age 2. About 20-21 months.

We used o crap but your daughter might be a bit old for that method. That method is intended for 20-30 months of age. Girls are often trained at 18-24 months and many people wait later for boys.

The closer you get to age 3 the harder it gets. You want to train when they are still in the pleasing stage. 3 is notoriously hard. [/quote]

3 is mostly hard if you powerstruggled earlier and failed.  If you wait till 3 it’s usually a breeze.  [/quote]

Or you could wait til middle school and tell them you're going to take their phone away if they don't use the toilet. [/quote]

Except the vast majority of kids are trained before they start school, and training at 3 has no long term impact on a kid's life. Kids who aren't trained by the time school starts usually have other issues.

I honestly feel bad for people who think potty training 6-12 months earlier than other kids is some parenting badge of honor. Seriously, who cares?[/quote]

My kids went to preschool a few mornings a week when they were 2 and they had to be potty trained. I don't think I knew any moms who waited to send their kids to any sort of program until kindergarten. Do people with late trained kids opt out of preschool or just wait until later because of potty training?[/quote]

Preschool starts at 3 years old.   Two year olds are at daycare.

I think it depends on other things too.  Kids at daycare are easier because they have a set routine and are pretty much in the same rooms or yard all day.

Mine didn’t go to daycare.  Preschool was at 3 years old so we trained at 3 years 4 months and it was easy.   Another reason I had was that we were in and out all day so we would sometimes have to depend on public bathrooms.  She was so tiny and I couldn’t stomach having her on one of those toilets.   There are a thousand different reasons people choose a particular time.  [/quote]

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