People historically have potty trained much earlier than they do now, generally by a year or so. Makes sense if you think about washing diapers without a machine. This doesn't necessarily mean a kid who is diapered in a modern fashion is going to be trainable by a year, as they haven't had preparation from the first few months on, as babies used to.
But still, I think the trend towards later potty training (encouraged largely by feel-dry diapers), has led parents to disregard early readiness signs, thinking that they couldn't possibly be ready yet even though they may be at an age that would be considered way late for training in a less industrialized society.
Oh, and cloth diapered kids often show readiness earlier, since the instant feedback when they go encourages awareness. Leif basically started training on his own at about 2 years after we switched back to cloth after a year of pay-laundry-induced disposables.
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Date: 2005-09-25 03:36 am (UTC)But still, I think the trend towards later potty training (encouraged largely by feel-dry diapers), has led parents to disregard early readiness signs, thinking that they couldn't possibly be ready yet even though they may be at an age that would be considered way late for training in a less industrialized society.
Oh, and cloth diapered kids often show readiness earlier, since the instant feedback when they go encourages awareness. Leif basically started training on his own at about 2 years after we switched back to cloth after a year of pay-laundry-induced disposables.