Toilet Training Readiness Check
Readiness signals rather than an age target — because starting before the signals is the single most reliable way to make it take longer.
Toilet training readiness is behavioural rather than chronological — staying dry for two hours, showing awareness before rather than after, and being able to get to the toilet — and starting before those signals appear reliably makes the whole process take longer.
Toilet Training Readiness Check
Frequently asked
What age should a child be toilet trained?
There is no correct age. Signals commonly appear between 18 months and three years, and children who start later frequently finish faster. Comparisons between children are the least useful information available on this subject.
What about night-time?
Night dryness depends on hormonal and bladder development that a child cannot control, and follows day dryness by anything from months to years. Bedwetting at five, six or seven is common and is not a training failure.
What if we start and it goes badly?
Stopping and waiting a few weeks costs nothing. The two things consistently associated with a harder process are starting too early and adult frustration at accidents, and the second is more damaging than the first.
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