toilet training
noun
: the process of training a child to control bladder and bowel movements and to use the toilet
toilet train
transitive verb
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Learn how to stop unwanted behaviors like constant front door barking, toilet training, how to stop furniture chewing and more.
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Christine Persaud, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Avoid making the move if your child is in the throes of toilet training, giving up a pacifier, or getting used to a new child care arrangement, for example.
—Laura Broadwell, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2015, Judy Abrahams invented a child-friendly and adjustable toilet seat designed to improve the toilet training experience for toddlers.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
During toilet training, which usually happens by the age of 3 or 4 in the U.S., kids learn how to use the toilet voluntarily.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
Children with autism, for example, may have delayed toilet training or sensory issues, where flushing sounds can create discomfort.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2023
There’s now no shortage of guidance for raising children through early developmental milestones, from toilet training and getting your kid to sleep through the night to steering them through the turbulence of adolescence.
—Julie Halpert, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
Ten years ago, showgoers got an eyeful of the iPotty, a toilet training device for kids that had an iPad attached to it.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
For Perez’s son, the family started noticing a difference in his toilet training behaviors just a few months after treatment began.
—Leah Campbell, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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Christine Persaud, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Avoid making the move if your child is in the throes of toilet training, giving up a pacifier, or getting used to a new child care arrangement, for example.
—Laura Broadwell, Parents, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2015, Judy Abrahams invented a child-friendly and adjustable toilet seat designed to improve the toilet training experience for toddlers.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
During toilet training, which usually happens by the age of 3 or 4 in the U.S., kids learn how to use the toilet voluntarily.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
Children with autism, for example, may have delayed toilet training or sensory issues, where flushing sounds can create discomfort.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2023
There’s now no shortage of guidance for raising children through early developmental milestones, from toilet training and getting your kid to sleep through the night to steering them through the turbulence of adolescence.
—Julie Halpert, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
Ten years ago, showgoers got an eyeful of the iPotty, a toilet training device for kids that had an iPad attached to it.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
For Perez’s son, the family started noticing a difference in his toilet training behaviors just a few months after treatment began.
—Leah Campbell, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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