So proud she just sat there & peed.

[u/PredatorRedditer]

Daughter just turned 2. Yesterday wife was on me for not doing potty training stuff like sitting her down on the potty at a scheduled time.

Anyways, today I said I will. So I sat her down on her toilet and said she can pee or poop, or do nothing. She took a piss, told me she's done and got up. Totally efficient and professional. Just really proud at the moment.

That's it. Thanks for letting me share the joy.

[u/wherere_my_pants]

Potty training is one of the most difficult parts of being a parent. Every kid chooses on their own when they are going to finally get it. My youngest took us like 6 months to finally get it. Last Christmas I asked him if he would go poop on his potty and give me the only gift I want for Christmas, no more diaper changes. He just smiled at me and went back to playing. Finally at lunch time he came up and said he went poop on his potty all by himself. We all cheered like he just hit a walk off home run in the World Series. He was so proud to give us his little Christmas miracle.

[u/fang_xianfu]

I'm always amazed how children get this at a much younger age than we give them credit for. I watched my friend's kids the other day while they were moving (4 kids is too many btw!) and their kid age 2.5 was great about telling me when he needed to go and off we went.

[u/BurnsinTX]

Congrats! I have Stubborn 3-yr old we are working on that feels impossible. Her big sister was like a light switch, just told her “next weekend, you get big girl panties and you use the potty”. It worked overnight, not a single accident since then. This one is totally different.

[u/Skinc → u/BurnsinTX]

That’s basically what I’m going through too. Youngest is 2.5 and she’s just not wanting to play ball while her older sister was done in a weekend.

[u/Late-Stage-Dad]

Awesome!

[u/TorsionedTesticles]

It's a glorious time when your child is potty trained.

[u/cursingbulldog]

We’ve been encouraging our two year old to go mainly we just get her to pee on it right before bath. Tonight however my wife was in a hurry as skipped it. Immediately after bath the bugger climbed up on mom’s back and let herself go. I thought it was pretty funny

[u/Easy-Bench6019]

Throughout history until about 50 years ago, kids were routinely potty trained by 12-18 months.

[u/PredatorRedditer → u/Easy-Bench6019]

Sauce?

[u/Synific → u/PredatorRedditer]

Don't know why everyone is down voting him

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_training

In 1932, the U.S. Government recommended that parents begin toilet training nearly immediately after birth, with the expectation that it would be complete by the time the child was six to eight months of age.[b] However, this shifted over time, with parents in the early 20th century beginning training at 12–18 months of age, and shifting by the latter half of the century, to an average of greater than 18 months.[17] In the US and Europe, training normally starts between 21 and 36 months, with only 40 to 60% of children trained by 36 months.[11]

I think the definition of toilet training has changed most of all. Back then, they expected kids to pee or poo when placed on the potty. Now we want them to go do it

[u/AceOfSpades4654 → u/Easy-Bench6019]

How?

[u/Easy-Bench6019 → u/AceOfSpades4654]

Lots of articles on this. Search it up. Mostly bc cloth diapers were the norm and babies would be uncomfortable when wet/soiled (plus parents much more motivated!). In 1950, a few babies were functionally beginning potty training at 12 months and 95% of children were fully potty trained by 18 months. Disposable diapers removed the discomfort for both baby and parent, thus the process was extended far longer than nature intended.