Toilet training

Toilet training (or potty training) is essential the weaning of children off diapers, or nappies in Commonwealth countries, and teaching the them to use the toilet for excretion. The ability to use the toilet is a development skill that a child cannot master until they are ready both mentally and physically, thus it cannot be rushed. Children are often toilet trained between the ages of 12 months and 3 years, but each child starts and completes their training at different times. Girls are usually toilet trained before boys of the same age, but a boy could be toilet trained at two while a girl not until age four.

This article will answer several questions including: when is a child ready to toilet train, how to start toilet-training, and the delay of toilet training in recent years.