Parents should then coach the child through the process using praise and rewards and working together as a team. Parents should be encouraged to be caring and patient during potty training, a process that can take on average 8 to 10 months. No matter how long it takes you and your child will make it through the potty training process. No link was found between children's potty training completion and whether they are in daycare or have moms who work outside the home. The entire process of toilet training takes 8 to 10 months.
Gender is a key predictor of toilet training completion.
Girls successfully train on average at younger ages than boys and start and complete the process earlier. The average age for completion was 35 months for girls and 39 months for boys. Sixty-seven percent of parents felt that their child is potty training when he or she has urine and bowel control both day and night. Children start potty training at later ages than they did 20 years ago. No link was found between a child's temperament and cognitive development and the rate of potty training progress.