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Anonymous wrote:Your kid sat on a toilet for 18 months before they peed even once? Seems uneffective. 3 is the late side of normal for training. I dont think those 18 months of sitting on a toilet helped you!

This. At 18M we started sitting on the potty for familiarity and she was trained entirely at 2. No way I would have done this for 18M.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, OK. Well, it seems like asking about a successful potty training method here seems to be a great way to breed hostility, resentment, and jealousy! Well, for anybody who has a younger toddler who is physically capable of sitting on the toilet, just a heads up that this worked great for us if you are looking at a lazy way to potty train with no drama!

Wow. You're dense. People are trying to tell you that you currently have an easy kid who currently does whatever you say, so this "trick" you discovered is not ingenious. An ingenious trick is one that works on both easy kids and difficult kids. A difficult kid who is physically capable of sitting on the pot will not sit there just because you say so. Some will even get the ingenious idea to start splashing toilet water around and seeing which toys float.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, OK. Well, it seems like asking about a successful potty training method here seems to be a great way to breed hostility, resentment, and jealousy! Well, for anybody who has a younger toddler who is physically capable of sitting on the toilet, just a heads up that this worked great for us if you are looking at a lazy way to potty train with no drama!

You literally used the phrase "wonder why" in your OP. That's why people are answering with responses indicating that their children won't sit patiently on a toilet for months.

I had an early easy kid who trained before 2, and a late 2.5-3 kid. Many people here have had the same experience. There's no resentment or jealousy. Why would there be? Once you get further past this stage, you'll gain more perspective too.

Wow, OK. Well, it seems like asking about a successful potty training method here seems to be a great way to breed hostility, resentment, and jealousy! Well, for anybody who has a younger toddler who is physically capable of sitting on the toilet, just a heads up that this worked great for us if you are looking at a lazy way to potty train with no drama!

Most potty training advice here originates from people with one kid who got lucky because their one kid just does what he/she is told.

I had a kid like that. Then I had another who was the total opposite, and then I learned that potty training is 99% about the child's temperament and 1% about the parent's skill. Same genes, same upbringing, different outcomes. Life is like that.

Anonymous wrote:Since maybe 18 mos or so, I turn on the shower and while it’s heating up I put DS on the toilet (no kid seat he just perched on the regular seat). One day, shortly before he turned three, he peed while sitting there. I gave him a ton of praise and then we just used the bathroom like every hour for a few days. Anyway I thought it was a good thing to get him used to sitting on it early on. Wonder why this is not a common practice or it?

Because not all 18 month olds are docile enough to sit there for as long as you tell them. Some kids do this crazy thing where they hear and comprehend your instructions, and then just do something else that they prefer instead. Wild, I know.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I just waited until 3 then put him on the potty. Why did you potty train for 18 months?

I didn't. I used "trained" in quotes, and also explained that I set him on the toilet bc he was unclothed/undiapered and there was water running, so that seemed like a practical place to put him in case he decided to go. It was very unintentional "training" and I ended up not having to really potty train at all. So I was wondering if this was a common practice that I just wasn't clued in on. Before the successful toilet usage I had fully intended to do a three day method but ended up not having to do so at all.

You’re like the parents whose kids tell them at 2 or 2.5 or 3 that they’re done with diapers and effectively train themselves wondering why anyone else bothers to “train.” I’m glad you had a kid who figured it out with essentially no input from you, but no, that won’t work for all kids in all families. That being said, I don’t think any other method works for all kids/all families either, so maybe you should go ahead and write a book explaining it anyway. You could be the next Oh Crap and retire early from your day job!

"Toilet Training in Less Than a Day" worked amazingly well for the kids. But man, that day was *intense*.

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Anonymous wrote:Late 2s, early 3 ps is not late. It’s when most kids are ready.

Trying to train earlier takes months bc the kids just aren’t ready.

Used 3 day training in the late 2s/early 3s and had only a few accidents. Easy peasy, no drama.

For SOME kids. My 3 kids were all ready before turning 2 and took less time than yours with basically no accidents. Parents should try earlier rather than later and save money (and the planet) by buying less diapers.

Dp. Late 2's/early 3 is on the later end of normal. And some kids still take months even at age 3, like my nephews. Definitely not "easy peasy" for either of my sibling.

Anonymous wrote:No, I just waited until 3 then put him on the potty. Why did you potty train for 18 months?

I didn't. I used "trained" in quotes, and also explained that I set him on the toilet bc he was unclothed/undiapered and there was water running, so that seemed like a practical place to put him in case he decided to go. It was very unintentional "training" and I ended up not having to really potty train at all. So I was wondering if this was a common practice that I just wasn't clued in on. Before the successful toilet usage I had fully intended to do a three day method but ended up not having to do so at all.

Like other PPs I followed all my kids' cues. And I kept loose mental note of how much water they drank and when and used that too.

No, I just waited until 3 then put him on the potty. Why did you potty train for 18 months?

I just waited until the kid told me he didn't want to wear diapers anymore, and it was done.

My sister started doing this (with a little potty) when my nephew was around 14 months. I trained my kids before 2, but still thought she was crazy to start so young. Joke's on me, he keeps his diaper dry all day now at 18 months.

Anonymous wrote:Late 2s, early 3 ps is not late. It’s when most kids are ready.

Trying to train earlier takes months bc the kids just aren’t ready.

Used 3 day training in the late 2s/early 3s and had only a few accidents. Easy peasy, no drama.

For SOME kids. My 3 kids were all ready before turning 2 and took less time than yours with basically no accidents. Parents should try earlier rather than later and save money (and the planet) by buying less diapers.