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We potty trained my older daughter at around 22 months, used the oh crap method and it worked really well. We had tried around 18/19 months and that was too early but it was a breeze. I am hoping to do the same with our younger one at around the same age in a few months. We still had diapers at night/nap for awhile after that but I would take the plunge and try!

I work with wounds and infections and am just curious if they have tested her for MRSA or have prescribed a cream (usually bactroban) to be used in her nostrils, rather than or in addition to a local cream or oral antibiotic?

@caitcat: I am going through the reverse as DD was trained by 24-1/2 months but DS has maintained wearing diapers or pull-ups until 4! Everytime he becomes 85-95% potty trained , we have company (or travel) and all bathrooms are occupied when nature calls. He reverts back to "specialized undergarments" and refuses to use the potty. I am grateful that his system is not as sensitive to infection as his sister's (* probably the long urethra helps) and that he has not gone through the discomfort of a UTI or recurrent staph infection. I just remind myself that girls are easier to train and we were UBER-lucky DD was so receptive.
Best of luck and I am certain once your DD is fully trained, her issues will resolve. 🤞

I just potty trained my 25 month old, and it went much better than expected. I was going to potty train her sooner but I had a baby a few months ago, and my mom told me that it would be wise to wait until the baby was a few months old. I followed the, "Oh Crap," method. I think potty-training is different for every kid, but it worked really well for my daughter. She says that the golden age to train kids is 20-30 months, so that's why I decided to start when my daughter was 25 months. My mom said I was potty trained at 15 months, so I figured I was a bit late to the game. . .

On the first day she had several accidents, but was already self-initiating by the end of the day. On the second day she was really upset and wanted her diapers back.. Poor thing was scooting around the house on her butt because she had to pee so bad but didn't want to use the potty She finally did, and things got better from there. We started her naked, and after a full day without accidents we put her in pants for half a day. When she had an accident in pants, she was half naked again and then when we tried the pants again she had no problems with it.

I took her to daycare a week later (kept her home for a week since I'm on maternity leave) and she had no accidents on her very first day! She hasn't had any pee accidents for a long time. She is pretty good about pooping on the potty. Part of her problem is related to past constipation issues (it would get so bad the poop was stuck in her anus and we had to use a suppository), so she has a hard time knowing when she is about to poop. She's on Miralax now and a high fiber diet. She sits on the toilet for every toot though because she doesn't want to have an accident. Also, she has about 5-10 seconds to get to a potty once she says poop. I'd say she has about an 80% success rate for pooping in the potty, but the times she doesn't it's because she can't make it to the potty in time. Poor thing gets really upset about it too and starts crying. But it's only been a week and a half so far, so she's doing pretty good

I'm scared to take her out in public though. She's only used the little potty so far. I got a toilet insert with steps, but we haven't set it up yet. They have like foldable plastic inserts for public toilets, and I got her one of those, but she didn't want to sit on it yet.

I'd say it's worth a try. My recommendation though would be to fully commit to potty training if that's what you decide to do. My daughter goes to daycare Mon, Wed, and Friday, but I kept her home so we had 6 days straight of potty training practice. We never rewarded peeing in the potty, but when she poops in the potty she gets a small sucker because pooping is kind of traumatic for her. I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, so I've dealt with a plethora of constipation and diarrhea issues, so I know how much poop issues can suck.

My oldest pottied trained by 23 mo, mostly self directed! She was randomly really into it and we just went with it. We never had constipation issues at all because she was so enthusiastic about getting her poop in the potty - to this day (4.5 yo) we call her a "super pooper" because she poops several times a day in unbelievably vast quantities for such a little person Her little sister is 21 mo old and has super sensitive skin, she gets a rash really easily and we actually have to restrict some of her fav fruits because she will instant rash. So we're trying to potty train early too (also I'm due with #3 this summer and don't want 2 in diapers!). We've been having her sit on the little potty when big sister does and she's peed in it a couple times! So we will see how it goes. I think earlier potty training actually helps avoid some of the power struggle aspect that is more present with later toddlerhood.