Since no one ever seems to come in and say this on these threads, I will. I spent 9 days of naked oh crap with my son at 22 months and he was not remotely potty trained at the end. He did learn some things, but it was not “a success” by any stretch of the imagination.

He went back in diapers. At 27 months it was easy. Just another data point from the “everyone should just do it at 20 months!” Issue.

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Anonymous wrote:We waited until 3 with out oldest and we’re in hell for over a year. All the “voiding specialists” we took DS to said the same thing: the longer a child stands to poop in diapers the more you risk them developing a phobia to defecate sitting on the toilet.

So I’m glad it worked out for your child but would never, ever recommend waiting that old.

Btw, my 2 and 3rd boys trained in one weekend at 22 and 20 months.

Yay for you. All kids are different, yet everyone ends up potty trained.

That’s actually not true. Toileting issues are quite common and some kids never achieve toilet independence.

Never? There are certainly times there's a medical reason. But I am fairly certain that I don't know any kids who have NEVER learned to use the toilet on their own.