what age were your dc out of nappies? What is 'normal'?

[mum23monkeys]

Just curious really.

Almost all my RL friends have tended to potty train around the 2 year mark, give or take 3/4 months, but I've noticed on mn that loads of people advocate the 3 year old mark more.

I've had one done at 22 months, one at 26 months, and this dd is a work in progress, at 2 years exactly (started a few weeks ago). She seems to be much longer to get the hang of it than the others and I do wonder if I've done her too early, but tbh, I've really had enough of pooey nappies. The thought of not potty training until she's 3 fills me with horror, that would mean another 700 pooey nappies to deal with.

I know it can often be quicker to complete the process if you delay starting but are there any other reasons why you would want to wait? Am I more sensitive to poo than others?

DS1 age two
DS2 age two then regressed then aagain at four
DD age two.

I don't know. I wasn't in a tearing hurry. I just waited until they started copying daddy
( although I confess I have never been as happy as when DS2 toilet trainned for the second time)

ds1 age two and a half but was dry during night from two onwards after first attempt at potty training
ds2 still in nappies but will start potty training in summer

I have four children and the youngest was 21 months ish, and the oldest 24 months.

No way am I going to change crappy nappies for longer than necessary.

dd has just trained (22 months)

DS1 was 2.9 yrs.
No way would he have been ready at 2.

Both my boy and girl at 2.9 - 2.10 years.

And it were easy, eeeeaaaasssssyyyy, I'm telling you. Because I don't think they were too young.

[smug emoticon].

Dd1 (2.6)
Dd2 is 3 next month and is still in nappies but has ASD and is non-verbal so we are kind of holding off until the summer.

My DD still isn't (2.3) to the horror of my mum and auntie. But she didn't walk until 2 and is just NOT ready.

DS1 and DS2 trained at about 2 years. I just waited until they showed signs of readyness then it was all done in a week.
[tries not to notice the glares from other potty training mums]

I think part of it is when they are ready, but if you leave it too long they might just be being lazy (not always) and not showing signs they are actually ready.

I tried to get DD1 out of nappies once she turned 2, because all my friends had potty trained theirs. It was a disaster and she was still regularly wetting at 4.

DS1 trained himself at about 2.5, with no accidents and no input from us.

Don't remember DS2 but DS3 was still in nappies at 3.5....

Not even thinking about it for DD2 (22 mo).

Read a piece about Mylene Klaas today who said she is potty training Ava, aged 17 mo. Why????!!!!!!

DD was out of nappies before she was 2 (just decided she didn't want to wear them) but is only reliably dry now at 2.8.

She is still in nappies at night and they are SOAKING in the morning so it will probably be ages before she is out of them.

DS is 22 months and showing very few signs of being anywhere near ready. Can't see me potty training until at least two and a half.
I bought a couple of potties and was pleased when he sat on one. He then wanted me to sit on the other for POTTY RACES!!

DD was off nappies in the day at 2.5 yrs. It took three days. I took them off at night as well a week later. She peed the bed several times and then was fine.

DD1 was about 2.6 when she was potty trained, but she's still in nappies at night (she's 3 now) and they're soaking so will be a while before I attempt that stage!

DS out of nappies during day at 2.5, took two days. Only just dry at night and he is 3.3 now.

Started at 18 months and was dry by 19 months

i think 18 months to 3.5 years is normal

with a few exceptions being a few months either side of these ages

My 16mo nephew has been sat on his potty after meals for about 3 months. He gets the idea and he'll go in the potty for you if he can. He very rarely poos in a nappy now, don't know if that's because he doesn't like the feeling and knows that he can go in the pot after he's eaten though.

He still wees in his nappies but it starting to realise that whats going on and linking the weeing and the wet sensation. Don't think it will be long before he asks to go on the pot to do a wee.

Obviously he's not going to be fully potty trained for a while, perhaps when he is 2yo-ish.

I have read about people 'potty training' from birth but I don't think I would have enough patience for that.

ok, you did ask- ds1-22 months (clean by 18months)
dd2- 15 months (clean well before, not sure when, dry at night 18 months but still in nappies just in case at night!)
I do realise that most people would say that is not normal, but it is for my children, i did not force them. This is just to balance out the survey, not to make people feel guilty!
Also depends what definition of fully trained is. Obviously, dd could not pull own pants /trousers down till pretty recently (now she does it all the time, just for fun!) but was sitting on potty from 5 months and asking for it from about 12 months.
i think the reason you get more people saying to wait is people are more defensive about reasons for doing it later, so are more likely to post. (may be same for doing it earlier?) I would imagine the vast majority are in the middle somewhere and would tend not to post as they are assuming they are average ifswim?
Pampers/huggies do seem to be promoting carrying on as long as possible though!

DD1 was 2.4. But she's still in a pull-up at night now (5.2)

DD2 is 2.5 and I reckon would be reliably dry (often wears knickers indoors to copy dd1 and never wets) but shows no interest in pooing on a potty or toilet so I am not even going there

It's all very reassuring to read what you've posted. In fact, more (relatively) early potty trainers are emerging, making me feel less like the wicked witch and more like a normal mum who can't abide more poo than necessary.

Some of you have also mentioned night time training. That has been a different story in our house - ds1 was dry at night at 22 months (day and night simultaneously) but ds2 took until nearly 4 1/2 before he was dry at night.

We had a totally dry/clean day today after a bit of regression so I'm feeling slightly more confident that I've done the right thing - if smarties can make a child keep their pants dry, then surely they are mature enough to be out of nappies?

DS is 2.5, nearly 2.6 and showing no signs as yet.

I'll be potty training him in the Spring - no way am I putting myself through pee on the carpet during the winter.

Being dry is a physiological issue.

My ds has only just become more or less dry at night and he is 5 this month. My dd was nearly 2 years younger.

I think being clean is possibly slightly more a psychological issue (but I could be totally wrong)

dd1 - started training at 24 months, just after dd2 was born, was really bad plan (not mine!! helpful relative.....). Wasn't reliably dry in the day until at least 2.6. Won't even begin to start talking about nighttime as that's a whole other thread...

dd2 - we left it later after huge stress with dd1, so started at 2.9 when she showed interest. She was realiably dry, day and night in less than a week - result!

dd3 - bit of a slowe starter, tried a couple of times and gave up! eventually cracked it at 3.3

ds - only 12 months, still in nappies

I understand those who don't want to change nappies longer than necessary, but tbh I find nappies much easier to deal with than puddles / pooey knickers. Less stress when they're a bit older IME

DD hated being dirty from birth, was out of nappies in the day at 13 months, although I had to remember to potty her regularly (she'd always go if I put her on the potty) She started to tell me and was reliably clean and dry day and night at 18 months. The boys were later, around 2, but they were all dry at night within a week of being dry in the day - it just happened!