To ask what age, method and how long it took to potty train please?!

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Dd 18 months ish. Not sure when to start? She’s my first and I’m a single parent if that’s relevant to how best to do this!

Just before 3 and just after 3 for my two. 3 days done and dusted for both of them. Night dryness followed a few months later - after a month of dry nappies from each, I felt safe enough to ditch them! If they are ready, it should be simple + straightforward. If you're still having multiple daily accidents after a few days, take a break and try again.

18 months is super early - anyone I know who has 'trained' at this age has actually just been tied to prompting their child a million times a day

DD was 2 yrs 3 months. She was ready before two but her brother had just been born so it was too much for me at the time. She nailed it immediately and were out in pants on day 2.

DS finally nailed it at 2 yrs 9 months. Took six months with him because he'd get the hang of it, freak out and then refuse to do anything and get constipated and back round the cycle we went again. He got wees very quickly but poos kept freaking him out to the point that he would only do it in a nappy. He had upheavals in the six month period of his key worker leaving and then them just putting him in nappies and not encouraging him as it was a merry go round with staff. He then started pre school and was all done and dusted within a month.

I didn't start with either of them until they could verbally tell me their urgency and need to go.

2Y 3M for pees during the day. 3Y3M at night. Poos - not long after 2. Poos were easier. I didn't plan to do it then. DC kept taking nappy off and preferred pants. At night, we were forced to as i forgot to take nappies to an airport hotel and had no way of getting nappies. I didn't really use a method. The key is not to stress.

Waited until I could tell they were ready, and they had bladder control. Stayed home for a few days and let them run about with only their big boy underwear on the bottom half, that they had chosen and were very keen on, so they were motivated and wanted to do it. Less to remove whilst they got used to using a potty and the toilet. Once I knew they could go at least an hour or so, we ventured out, but made sure toilet visits were frequent. One was 2.5, one was a couple of months older but a very prem baby. Partly coincided it with warmer weather and some time off work. It was something that went well and seemed easy. One was dry at night at the same time, one needed pull ups for about a year afterwards. I didn't let it bother me as they were fab during the day.