what age

hey i was wondering what age were your kids when they were day TT?

i was at the DR's the other day and she said boys dont TT til there 3 and i know that isn't true but i was curious anyway what age your kids both boys and girls were when they were day TT thanks smile

My DD was 2 1/2

dd was tt'd in the day (by day I mean taking her out in undies not just at home) at about 2 1/2

With DD1 we tried at 2 and a half - failed.
We tried a couple of months later - failed.
Finally 2 months before she turned 3 we tried again and had some success. She is now 3 yrs + 2 mths and still not completely dry everyday.

But I was just talking to a day of a 2 yr + 1 mth girl who is dry day and night!

My CHN said the same to me but like anything all kids are different!
DS1 & 2 were around 18m when we started TT
DS3 is starting to become interested over the last 2months he tells me before he does anything and says wee's and poo's so I will put him on the potty and if he has an accident on the floor he comes and tells me and shows me where!!so thats a start

I'm so glad you posted this question Isaiah's mum!! I've been wondering myself. DD is 18 months and the other day the maternal child health nurse told me "we wait until they show signs" (she gave me an info sheet on that). DD is showing no signs yet but it's good to know what age others did it. Thanks!!

I agree with Skippy, it's all about when they're ready!

My son was fully, properly trained when he was about 3yrs 3mths (still with some accidents every now & then). It took almost a year to get there as he was only half ready at the start, he refused to wear nappies, and it took a long time for him to agree to wear pull ups (as jocks just weren't working). He wanted to be a big boy, but just didn't get the whole toileting thing - it was very difficult and frustrating, but something clicked when he was around 3yrs, and then it got much easier!

DD1 was fully trained by the time she was 3yrs. She was so much easier and more willing to train thankfully!

I just wanted to let you know incase you were unaware. toilet training is not a matter of us saying or showing them. it is a physical maturity for them to be able to feel a wee coming it is part of their natural development. you can definately encourage it. use the potty when it is nappy change time esp if dry but in terms of it "clicking" well it is a brain development thing so there is no way to hurry it up. if they are seeing it happen around them they will hopefulyl be curious and want to try, thats a great first step. I hear that just before 3 is about the average. also I ahve heard people say that if you are using disposables it is harder for a child to tell if he or she is wet I am not sure how true this statement is anyone heard that before?

my son toiled trained himself at 2 for poos. he hated being dirty so I showed him a potty and then he would ask for it and refused to poo in his nappy... but not for wees...not til a few months off 3 would he go on the potty and for night time wees he was just out of nappies at 4!

also I ahve heard people say that if you are using disposables it is harder for a child to tell if he or she is wet I am not sure how true this statement is anyone heard that before?

generally kids that don't use nappies are tt by 1. Kids that use cloth around 2 and kids in disposables by 3.

In terms of their brain "clicking" they have to be exposed to it. It can't click if they aren't aware of it. Using a toilet is a social thing - not part of natural development. If you look at elimination communication it demonstrates that babies are aware of when they need to go to the toilet. If you stick them in disposables, they lose the awareness as they stay so dry.

My kids were both in cloth. I never sought to tt them. I just left the potty out, Put dd1 on it whenever I felt she was going to do one and she was tt by 2. night tt around 2.5.
dd2 just copied dd1 and we did elimination communication with her from newborn. She was done by 2 as well. She is now 2 years 3 months and night tt too.

I think the ready signs are leading people astray. tt is a matter of exposure. I think disposables are a big setback and you essentially have to rewire their brain to train them which is what makes it so difficult. Kids being ready at 3 is only recent. In the days of terry towelling nappies kids were done by around 2. It is not a coincidence. wink

ds1 was alomst 3, ds2 was 2 and a half , ds3 was lazy and did not start til his 3rd bday

generally kids that don't use nappies are tt by 1. Kids that use cloth around 2 and kids in disposables by 3.

My kids were both in cloth. I never sought to tt them. I just left the potty out, Put dd1 on it whenever I felt she was going to do one and she was tt by 2. night tt around 2.5.
dd2 just copied dd1 and we did elimination communication with her from newborn. She was done by 2 as well. She is now 2 years 3 months and night tt too.

I think the ready signs are leading people astray. tt is a matter of exposure. I think disposables are a big setback and you essentially have to rewire their brain to train them which is what makes it so difficult. Kids being ready at 3 is only recent. In the days of terry towelling nappies kids were done by around 2. It is not a coincidence. wink

You might be right with the cloth nappy/disposable nappy thing, but DS and DD1 were both in the old fashioned terry towelling nappies. As I mentioned earlier, DS didn't want them on him anymore but could not grasp the concept of toilet training - I went to pull ups after about 3/4mths of training as I couldn't keep up with the amount of pants and jocks he was going through (esp when going out).
DD1 trained much quicker and easier than him.

The style of nappy may have something to do with what ages kids train now, but I still think it depends on the child themselves too.
DD2 is in disposables, so it will be interesting to see how she goes with toilet training. smile