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Love it, great use of technology and the poop emoji! I probably just forgot but I don't remember our kids getting up in the middle of the night during potty tra

Love it, great use of technology and the poop emoji! I probably just forgot but I don't remember our kids getting up in the middle of the night during potty training. Of course we didn't even try until they were 3, you know what they say: potty training a 3 yr old takes a couple days, potty training a 2 yr old takes about a year.

thearn4 9y ago
Going through it right now, looking forward to the end of it.
- pfarnsworth 9y ago
  Not having to buy diapers anymore is fucking glorious, but it's also a double-edged sword. No more spending money on Amazon for diapers, but now you have to make sure they pee often, especially before car rides because you could find yourself in an emergency really quickly.
  - Spare_account 9y ago
    Porta-potty to the rescue https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01JILAFG0 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01JILAFG0 It fits in the rear footwell of the car for zero notice emergencies, has absorbent pads in the disposable bags and doubles up as a toilet seat adapter as well.
    - sevensor 9y ago
      I second that. We had twins, bought two. Works great by the side of the highway.
secabeen 9y ago
Interestingly, we found training our 16-month old took only a few weeks. At that age, they're still fascinated with you and what you're doing, so the potty stuff seems to be less tied up in the independence that they're exploring at 2.
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
To that effect: I don’t have any kids, but when I do I’m going to write an article entitled: How I helped potty train my two year old with a feather duster and an onion, or some such.
pfarnsworth 9y ago
That's not true at all: "But over the last few decades, the age at which toddlers become diaper-free has been creeping upward. In 1957, 92 percent of children were toilet-trained by the age of 18 months, studies found. Today the figure for 2-year-olds is just 4 percent, according to a large-scale Philadelphia study. Only 60 percent of children have achieved mastery of the toilet by 36 months, the study found, and 2 percent remain untrained at the age of 4 years." http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/us/two-experts-do-battle-over-potty-training.html http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/us/two-experts-do-battle-o... The biggest difference that affects potty-training today is the time available for parents to dedicate to it, it has nothing to do with the children.
- jakobegger 9y ago
  I think modern diapers also make a difference. They are so good at absorbing liquid that they barely feel wet at all. I think toddlers might have been a lot more motivated to learn using the potty when the alternative is sitting in wet cotton cloth.
  - Spare_account 9y ago
    My son will be three in May. We only just got around to potty training him. He was genuinely surprised to find out that liquid comes out of his penis. The nappy (sorry, I'm British) is so effective at absorbing liquid that he had no idea. A week in, he makes it through the daytime without wetting himself but number twos are catching him out frequently which is fun to deal with.
xorcist 9y ago
> potty training a 2 yr old takes about a year Just so nobody without kids actually believes this: It's perfectly possible to potty train some 1 year olds, lots of cultures do it, the hard part is communicating with them. Most 2 year olds can communicate verbally and by then it's mostly not a problem anymore. Then, of course, they're all individuals and vary greatly even among siblings. But the idea that you shouldn't potty train kids before 3 is a strange and possibly damaging idea for new parents.

thearn4 9y ago

Going through it right now, looking forward to the end of it.

pfarnsworth 9y ago
Not having to buy diapers anymore is fucking glorious, but it's also a double-edged sword. No more spending money on Amazon for diapers, but now you have to make sure they pee often, especially before car rides because you could find yourself in an emergency really quickly.
- Spare_account 9y ago
  Porta-potty to the rescue https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01JILAFG0 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01JILAFG0 It fits in the rear footwell of the car for zero notice emergencies, has absorbent pads in the disposable bags and doubles up as a toilet seat adapter as well.
  - sevensor 9y ago
    I second that. We had twins, bought two. Works great by the side of the highway.

secabeen 9y ago

Interestingly, we found training our 16-month old took only a few weeks. At that age, they're still fascinated with you and what you're doing, so the potty stuff seems to be less tied up in the independence that they're exploring at 2.

TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago

To that effect: I don’t have any kids, but when I do I’m going to write an article entitled: How I helped potty train my two year old with a feather duster and an onion, or some such.

pfarnsworth 9y ago

That's not true at all: "But over the last few decades, the age at which toddlers become diaper-free has been creeping upward. In 1957, 92 percent of children were toilet-trained by the age of 18 months, studies found. Today the figure for 2-year-olds is just 4 percent, according to a large-scale Philadelphia study. Only 60 percent of children have achieved mastery of the toilet by 36 months, the study found, and 2 percent remain untrained at the age of 4 years." http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/us/two-experts-do-battle-over-potty-training.html http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/us/two-experts-do-battle-o... The biggest difference that affects potty-training today is the time available for parents to dedicate to it, it has nothing to do with the children.

jakobegger 9y ago
I think modern diapers also make a difference. They are so good at absorbing liquid that they barely feel wet at all. I think toddlers might have been a lot more motivated to learn using the potty when the alternative is sitting in wet cotton cloth.
- Spare_account 9y ago
  My son will be three in May. We only just got around to potty training him. He was genuinely surprised to find out that liquid comes out of his penis. The nappy (sorry, I'm British) is so effective at absorbing liquid that he had no idea. A week in, he makes it through the daytime without wetting himself but number twos are catching him out frequently which is fun to deal with.

xorcist 9y ago

> potty training a 2 yr old takes about a year Just so nobody without kids actually believes this: It's perfectly possible to potty train some 1 year olds, lots of cultures do it, the hard part is communicating with them. Most 2 year olds can communicate verbally and by then it's mostly not a problem anymore. Then, of course, they're all individuals and vary greatly even among siblings. But the idea that you shouldn't potty train kids before 3 is a strange and possibly damaging idea for new parents.