Potty Training

Eva is 26 months now, and a lot of people wonder whether we're potty training yet. In some ways we are. If we happen to catch her grunting in time, Dave will take her up to the bathroom and put her on the toilet with a toddler seat. But otherwise, we're not pursuing it too aggressively. I know a lot of mothers claim their babies were potty trained at a year old and such, but all that means is that they ran their kids to the bathroom every hour, wiped their bottoms and helped them pull their pants up and down. In the meantime, they carried extra clothes around for months because of all the accidents. To me, that's way more work than diapers, especially with a new baby to deal with. I'm waiting for two signs: that Eva can recognize the urge and tell me before she goes, and that I can tell her to hold it, if necessary, until we find a restroom. Surprisingly, I know more and more mothers who are waiting for the same reason. Unless you're dying to get your kid into a daycare or preschool that requires children to be potty-trained, there's really no hurry.