Potty Training: Is Your Child Ready?


Think your child is ready to get out of diapers and into underpants? Take this quiz to find out if your child is physically and emotionally ready to learn to go potty like the big kids do.

Created with excerpts from Toilet Training: A Practical Guide to Daytime and Nighttime Training by Vicki Lansky

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  1. How old is your toddler?
    • Between 18 months and 2 1/2 years old
    • Older than 2 1/2
    • Less than 18 months old
  1. When your toddler needs to urinate or move her bowels, does she recognize or indicate the need to go?
    • I usually don't know that she has gone until I check for it or see a telltale facial expression
    • She usually lets me know that she has gone after the fact
    • She always lets me know when she has to go "number one" or "number two" and then does so in her diaper

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