Just read something interesting about toilet training

[LionsandBears]

No experience with TT, but read a lot about what's now called Elimination Communication in the West and in most other countries is just the normal way children learn to go. Most of those kids are TT by 18 months.

We were all TT by 18-24 months. Mum used terry flats and wool pilchers on us.

[Olive]

im a 70's baby (late 70's ) and i was trained by 2! mainly because i had older siblings and didnt want to wear nappies anymore

[Heaven]

Very interesting! Because they are able to actually feel when they're wet easier?

My mum used cloth on me and I was toilet trained day and night at 18 months! We use cloth on DD and she knows when she needs to go and tells us. In the last couple of weeks she's been telling us when she needs to use the toilet and then actually doing it when we put her on there. She's 20 months.

[Maruschke]

doh just lost my post...

DD1 is 18 months and does morning pee and poo on the toilet, she also tells us when she is doing her pees and poos in her nappy, and occasionally she will take off her nappy and pee on the floor, pretending she is on the toilet. We are going to try the three day TT course once we have moved into the new house.

HTH, PX

[Freya]

Id love to let anyone who would generalise that ALL kids could be toilet trained by 18mths come and have a crack at my Ds2 who is 3 in 6wks and STILL wont train no matter what we do!

I think that there are always children who will train when they are ready no matter the age. I know of some kids who have been fully trained by 14mths! Others who are still in the process of being day and night time trained at 5. My kids are a classic example of that; my Ds1 was 3y3m when he was fully toilet trained practically overnight when I gave up on harrassing him and just waited for him to be ready, Ds2 is just under 3y and nowhere near willing or ready, Ds3 is 20mths and very willing to give the potty a crack and very happy to come and let me know he's going to do a poo or wee. I will be surprised if he isnt toilet trained by 2.5 AND trained before Ds2.

I think sometimes parents place waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much emphasis on rushing their kids to do stuff, especially toilet training. Every kid is different and will do different things in their own time. No wonder there is such a competitive mentality in society these days.

[skybie]

lol freya dnt feel too bad DD1 is 4 yrs and 3 months old and still wears a night nappy to bed!
interesting findings though

[Nai]

Also most mums were home all day with the kids so they could do intensive TT. I was trained day by 2.5 and night by 3. DD1 was almost identical and we used cloth on her. She let me know when she was ready and she virtually TT overnight with hardly any accidents ever! DD2 is also in cloth and tells me when she is doing something in her nappy but won't use the potty.

[luna moth]

Id love to let anyone who would generalise that ALL kids could be toilet trained by 18mths come and have a crack at my Ds2 who is 3 in 6wks and STILL wont train no matter what we do!

That's still well within normal ranges. Let go of the angst! It will happen.

In answer to your original post, buliej, I have definitely noticed, over 10 years and hundreds of kids I have seen through childcare (so, yes, a generalisation, but based on a far wider sample size than one little family) that kids who use cloth do generally TT a lot earlier and faster. There are always outliers, but as a rule, it's often true.

[buliej]

What I read wasn't saying that those who use cloth nappies tt earlier - it was saying that the marketing campaigns driven by the disposable nappy companies resulted in a change in mentality in terms of when TT should take place.

[Beach Mama]

Really interesting and I bet it is also because the kids feel wetter with cloth nappies than in sposies. Both my sister and I were toilet trained by 18mths or so (not night time I don't think) so now that J is 2 mum thinks it is time! I've nodded and said "yep" and will do it over summer when I can pull up the rug as he is asking for the potty at times and telling us when he is doing something. Each to their own, we all do what is best for our kids and what suits our kids. My DD trained herself in 2 days. Literally. DS will probably take 2 years. Whatever.

[KitFaerie]

My mum was telling me a few weeks ago that her and her 5 siblings were all TT by 1-1.5. Me and my siblings were all TT by 2. I know nappy sizes have steadily been increasing the last few years.

[Maruschke]

My DD trained herself in 2 days. Literally. DS will probably take 2 years. Whatever.

My thoughts exactly