How old were you when you were potty trained?

According to my mom, we were all trained by our 2nd birthday.

I work in daycare and I notice this too.

When my kids were younger they were trained by 2.5, both were boys. I know for sure my oldest son was about 2 and 3 months because I was bound and determined he would be trained before I had my second son, they are 2 and 6 months apart. I couldn't afford to have 2 kids in diapers at the same time.

In my experience, Pullups are part of the problem. We didn't have Pullups, when my kids peed they peed and they knew right away. I think they're great for a trip in the car etc., but for everyday at home or at daycare, I think that a lot of times they slow the process down.

According to an article in the NY Ties in 1957 92% of children were toilet trained by 18 months. No doubt disposal diapers with their feel dry attributes have played a huge role.


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I have no idea, we never talked about it. I think things just change.. back then there were only cloth diapers... a big incentive to get them potty trained. Now we have awesome diapers and pull ups... so people just wait longer.. I don't think it is wrong by any means, might be more of a lazy way of doing it, but if you wait longer more money it costs to keep in diapers/pull ups and then you run into issues with daycare not accepting kids who are not potty trained by a certain age (although I think daycare gives the parents more than enough time for that to happen..)

I know my Mom said I was under 2 and I wore disposable diapers, but I'm sure back in the early 70s they weren't as good as they are know. She said I wanted to wear some certain pair of underwear and she said I could wear them when I used the potty. That was it. Then she said I spent the first day walking around rubbing my butt! LOL Guess it felt better than the diaper!

I was the oldest of five girls and was trained by the time I was 18 months. Ma said the others were easier because of monkey see, monkey do.

I was 18 months (1950s) my DS (1980s) was 2 half and Grandson who is nearly 4 was just over 2 when he was dry.
Both DS and DGS hated wearing nappies, or clothes for that matter.
Both boys used the toilet with adaptor seat instead of a potty.

Probably around 2.

I think several things changed, but I think the biggie is not disposable diapers, (because my brother was young enough for those and while he trained later than his sister, he still trained earlier than my boys) but because of much better disposable diapers PLUS pull-ups.

They offer comfort and a "back-up" that didn't exist for me as a kid.

I was in heavy cloth diapers, with those awful plastic pants over them. Ugh! What kid wouldn't want to get out of them quickly!

And even the diapers we put on my brother were bulky and very plastic-y.....they would make a lot of noise and they would make him very sweaty. Plus he still felt wet when he wore them.

But my kids...they were in diapers that "wicked moisture away from their delicate skin", LOL. They were nearly as trim as the bulkier training underwear, and they didn't mind wearing them. Potty training was a pain, and their diapers and pull-ups were easy.

Even my 2nd son, who did not wear pull-ups at home (Because we realized that they just made training take longer) still did wear them when we were out, and he was using the bathroom successfully at home far earlier than out & about because of that fact.

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Just like everything else today - parents don't want to ruin their little psyches.

We went naked with my kids.  My daughter was under 2, maybe 22 months?  She had been telling me when she needed to be changed, and my mother offered the suggestion that perhaps she was ready.  I figured we'd give it a go.  It literally took her one instance of feeling pee run down her leg.  She never had another accident.  My son was a bit tougher with different equipment and all.  The naked thing actually seemed to slow him down as it was more uncomfortable to feel wet pants than water the flowers. 

I was just under 2, so 1978 but my son just became fully potty trained at 3 1/2 this summer. Mind you he needs help wiping which we do so not sure if that's not considered being fully potty trained but the accidents stopped after week 1.

I had great intentions to start last Labor Day weekend once our summer finally slowed down and wouldn't you know it - I broke my foot on Labor Day and that killed those plans. I was basically immobile non-weight bearing on crutches cast up to my knee. I struggled to get to the bathroom myself.


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My mom said that I was trained at a year. I find this VERY hard to believe since I probably didn't start walking until I was a year. I also grew up in the era of cloth diapers. I would revisit the subject with my mom but, she has past away so I guess I won't ever know.