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Potty Training - how long until no accidents in your experience?

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AliceTheCamelHasFiveHumps · 05/12/2022 11:20

DD is nearly 3 - like in 2 weeks. And has been potty training since October and is still having occasional accidents. Sometimes "choosing" to do poos in particular in her pants. Sometimes getting carried away with playing etc. She will probalby have an accident 2-3 days. And almost always a poo accident.

Anyway - I was wondering, what are your experiences really?

I read on here sometimes of kids "cracking it in 3/5/7 days" and took that to mean they absolutely had no accidents there after? Is that true? Or is that they just learned the toilet is where wee/poo should go? Or did they genuinely have zero incidents after?

I also know that some people misremember/interpret their kids training, Like my SIL says her son cracked it in 2 weeks, but actually he absolutely refused to do a poo on the loo and would only go on potty and would withhold until a potty was produced. and i know he had poo accidents as a result
So to me that isn't "cracking it" - it was only when
he was 4 did he only use toilet when they 'bribed' him with chocolate.

I read online sometime sit takes up to 6 months?

SO please can you tell me what you experience is? So i know if I am expecting too much from DD? Is 6 weeks on acceptable for her to still make "mistakes"?? It's so confusing. I know every child is different, but I've never done this before and I don't know.

p.s. IDC about night time - that will happen naturally i know. hormones and stuff - i don't count that as part of potty training..

OP posts:
Squamata · 06/12/2022 14:19

We used to remind DD that she uses the toilet and emphasise that cleaning her up was a faff, she could be done quicker and play more if she went on the loo.

Jxtina86 · 06/12/2022 14:25

DD is 3 and has been potty trained for just under a year. She's not dry at night but during the day I'd say she's 99%. At home she's fine - accidents are extremely rare and she's on the ball. At nursery though we have weeks where she's dry every day and other times where it's an accident every day - only wee - but it's because she's too involved with play and doesn't want to miss out by going to the loo and then it's too late. Staff say it's normal and friends have had similar experiences - a lot with reception kids say they've seen regressions with using the toilet the last few months.

mondaytosunday · 06/12/2022 14:26

Two weeks and he was dry day and night. I think he was about two years nine months. He was actually dry during the day after about three or four days. One bad poo accident which was traumatic enough and never repeated!
Daughter pretty much the same, though she went through a phase age four of holding her wee in the morning so at reception when she had to go she really had to go!

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