Quote From: dearcometYou are not going to believe this but I have a 16 year old son and a two year old daughter. I too thought that my daughter should be potty trained by now because my son brought me his diaper at 18 months, yes he did, and told me that he was a big boy and only babies wear diapers and he wasn't a baby anymore. From then on he didn't wear diapers.
As for my daughter....we have spent hundreds of dollars on potty chairs, books, videos, dolls you name it. I went to her pediatrician frustrated and broke and asked "WHAT???" With all his degrees and experience he very calmly told me "She's not ready yet"
Simple words, but he's right, sometimes she tells me when she has to go, sometimes she doesn't. But I think the fact that I'm not stressing about it is stopping her from stressing and we are plugging along.
We do "child led" potty learning. They let us know when they're ready and we follow their cues. My older daughter was days past her 3rd birthday. My older son I tried to force into learning and it was a disaster. My 3 yr old is hit and miss right now, he's interested but can't yet hold it once he st arts to go. It's a very simple process when they are ready and when we, as parents, allow them to lead the process. We put a little more money into diapers or pull ups, but oh well. They grow up and eat you out of house and home later, whats the diff. LOL
