I AM 60 YRS OLD SO IT'S BEEN AWHILE , I HAVE 2 CHILDREN 31 &33. WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG I HAD ALOT OF ADVISE FROM KIAS( KNOW IT ALLS )AS A YOUNG MOTHER THIS USED TO PUT PRESSURE ON ME. HOWEVER MY KIDS WERE VERY SICK WITH MIDDLE EAR INFECTIONS AND I HAD TO CONTEND WITH THAT SO I WOULD TELL THESE KIAS THAT I WOULD TAKE AWAY THE SOOTHERS, TAKE THEM OF THEIR BOTTLES AND POTTY TRAIN THEM BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THEIR HEALTH TO WORRY ABOUT IT PUTS THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE. HOWEVER I WILL SAY THIS IF IT HELPS. 1.WAIT TILL THE CHILD IS PHYSICALLY READY. IF THEY ARE NOT THEN IT CAN LEAD TO URINARY TRACK INFECTIONS. WHEN THEY HOLD IT, IT BACKS UP INTO THE KIDNEYS. 2. WAIT UNTILL THEY UNDERSTAND, JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE POTTY IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ONLY TRAINS YOU NOT THEM . IT CAN ALSO MAKE TRAINING A LONG UNHAPPY PROCESS. I HAVE OVER THE YEARS BABY SAT AND TRAINED OVER 30 CHILDREN. I FOUND THAT MOST OF THEM WERE READY AROUND 2 YEARS (SOME EARILER ,SOME A LITTLE LATER.) I WAS ABLE TO TRAIN THEM IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS WHEN THEY WERE READY . ALWAYS USED A LOT OF PRAISE WHEN THEY WENT (GOOD IMPROMPTU PUBLIC SPEAKING PRACTICE). AT LEAST A 10 MIN SPEECH. LOL. WHEN THEY HAD ACCIDENTS" SAID NEVER MIND WE'LL TRY AGAIN NEXT TIME"
REMEMBER YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD BEST, TRUST YOUR INTUITIONS. YOUR CHILD IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER CHILD DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS BEST FOR THEM, DON'T LET KIAS UNDERMINE YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE. THEY DON'T KNOW YOUR CHILD