Our child (2 years +
Our child (2 years + 2 months) spent three days with no pants, then we added pants on day four, and an outing on day five, and he completely got it! We were able to take it slowly because we'd blocked out four days with no outings for him, and figured we might as well take all the time we need.
The things we loved about this course:
1. It prepares YOU - most people talk about the child's readiness before learning the potty, but parent readiness might be even more important.
2. It treats ANY pee in the potty as a success, instead of counting pee outside the potty as mistakes. Talking positively about how they let pee out in the potty - even if they started to pee on the floor and then went to the potty and finished there - quickly strengthened our kid's connection between the feeling of needing to pee & the action of peeing on the potty. It kept his brain in learning and growth mode instead of shutting down because of perceived "failure" as he was just first learning this whole new skill.
3. It reminds us still that when we are getting close to a power struggle, we need to take the pressure off, trust our kid's learning and ability, and remind ourselves & him to listen to his body. He has soared with that independence and consistency, and the accidents since have been extremely minimal.