At what age were you toilet trained?

Number of responses received: 73

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Younger than 2	9	12.3%
2	5	6.8%
2�	10	13.7%
3	12	16.4%
4	17	23.3%
5	3	4.1%
6	5	6.8%
Older than 6	1	1.4%
Never (training was attempted)	8	11.0%
Never (training never attempted)	3	4.1%
Total:	73

Do you feel the age at which you were toilet trained (or not) affected your feelings about wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, because I was toilet trained early	12	16.9%
Yes, because I was toilet trained late	10	14.1%
I was trained early, but I don't believe my age was a factor	4	5.6%
I was trained late, but I don't believe my age was a factor	13	18.3%
I was trained at an average age, didn't affect my feelings	18	25.4%
Yes, although I was never toilet trained (it was attempted)	7	9.9%
Yes, although I was never toilet trained (not attempted)	2	2.8%
Not toilet trained, but not a factor	5	7.0%
Total:	71

How positive or negative were your toilet training experiences (even if only attempted)?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Very positive	4	5.5%
Positive	8	11.0%
Average	20	27.4%
Negative	9	12.3%
Very negative	8	11.0%
Never toilet trained (not attempted)	3	4.1%
I don't remember	21	28.8%
Total:	73

How did your toilet training age compare to your brothers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
I was earlier than my one brother	6	8.0%
I was earlier than all my brothers (more than one)	2	2.7%
I was earlier than some of my brothers, later than others	1	1.3%
I was at about the same age as my brother(s)	9	12.0%
I was later than all of my brothers (more than one)	9	12.0%
I was never toilet trained	6	8.0%
I was never toilet trained and neither were my brothers	3	4.0%
I don't know or remember	8	10.7%
I had no brothers	31	41.3%
Total:	75

How did your toilet training age compare to your sisters?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
I was earlier than all my sisters (more than one)	1	1.4%
I was earlier than some of my sisters, later than others	1	1.4%
I was at about the same age as my sister(s)	5	6.9%
I was later than all of my sisters (more than one)	20	27.8%
I was never toilet trained	8	11.1%
I don't know or remember	7	9.7%
I had no sisters	27	37.5%
Total:	72

How frequent were your pee accidents (including bedwetting) after being toilet trained?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Very frequent	21	28.8%
Frequent	15	20.5%
Occasional	14	19.2%
Rare	7	9.6%
Never	3	4.1%
Not toilet trained (attempted)	5	6.8%
Not toilet trained (not attempted)	3	4.1%
I don't remember	5	6.8%
Total:	73

How frequent were your poop accidents (including bedwetting) after being toilet trained?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Very frequent	6	8.2%
Frequent	10	13.7%
Occasional	12	16.4%
Rare	20	27.4%
Never	12	16.4%
Not toilet trained (attempted)	4	5.5%
Not toilet trained (not attempted)	3	4.1%
I don't remember	6	8.2%
Total:	73

Were you ever put back into diapers for having accidents?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Only once	10	13.7%
A couple times	12	16.4%
Several times off and on	8	11.0%
For less than 6 months	0	0.0%
For 6 months to a year	1	1.4%
For 2 to 4 years	5	6.8%
For 4 to 6 years	4	5.5%
For remainder of boyhood	6	8.2%
I don't remember	9	12.3%
I was always kept in diapers	13	17.8%
Total:	68

How did your parents handle your toilet training? Describe their attitudes, rewards and punishments used, etc.:

Name	Age	Answer
		I was slow getting toilet trained and mostly kept in diapers and rubber pants days until starting school. Then regular underwear. I had rubber sheets on my bed until 13.
Jeff	11	My mom was always very frustrated because I just couldn't keep my pants dry without a diaper on. She tried rewards, punishments, etc. but none of them worked.
jacob	15	happy
diaperedteen	22	My mom wanted me out of diapers as soon as possible. My dad was more sensible, would rather have protected the furniture then have me wet or mess all over it.
matthew	21	i was attempted to be toilet trained at age 5 it never worked i was spanked as a punishment daily alomost iuntil about 7 and i was put back in dia[pers for good
Joey Jamison	26	they just took it in stride. i was very slow getting toilet trained especially at night. I had night diapers to age 14 and a bedwetting alarm briefly, but it didn't work very well. i always had a rubber sheet. i was not punished for being wet at night, only if i took off the diaper and then wet the bed.
Bobby	61	My mother put me back in tripel cloth diapers and plastic baby pants. She did not make a big deal of it. My Grandmother said I was to old to be wearing diapers and sleeping in a crib.
		I don't remember the initial training. When I was a pre-teen, and still had dribbles in my daytime underwear they started spanking me after a nightly underwear inspection. I was still wetting the bed every night at that point. It was not long after that, that they took me to a urologist in an attempt to solve the problems. He found a reason for the daytime dribbles, and they didn't make a fuss of it anymore. He did a surgery to stretch my bladder, but that didn't seem to make any difference. Then he recommended an alarm system. When my underwear go wet, the alarm would go off. I found this rather annoying, and would sometimes just disconnect the alarm and go back to sleep instead of getting up and cleaning up the mess. For a while, they made me sleep upstairs, so they could hear the alarm and make me get up.
dave	13	punishments included standing in the corner, clening my mess, being put back into diapers, for rewards i got things like new toys or my favorite meal, and there attitude was fairly patient.
babbydoc	39	My parents was very angry and my brothers shame
Tyler	9	spanked
thickndry	55	It seemed normal, and the right thing to do at the time. They seemed happy since they didn't have to pay to have diapers washed.
mexicandiaper	13	They simply encouraged me to toilet training by saying that it was big boy's job.
Nick	15	my perentas handle with my toilet training very hard
baby dillon	13	okay,positive
bedwetter	38	positive attitude towards it if i went with out havind accidents i would get rewarded if i had an accident i got talked to if i had more than one accident in a week or so i got spanked for wetting or pooping my pants and made to sit in my wet or pooped filled pants
Tad	34	I was rewarded for going in the potty. Wetting my diapers at night was not part of the trainning.
Roger		Daytimes I was trained and seldom had an accident. I got candy for going potty and nothing was said if I wet my pants. I was a regular bedwetter and wore diapers and rubber pants to bed.
	21	They tried everything in my early days and then just decided that it wasn't going to work. So I have worn ever since.
sam	14	thay wer cool about it even with all of my accadents
soaker	61	My parents were mad at times and made me wear diapers and rubber/plastic pants at night time and on long trips during the days.
Bobg	62	My mother had my sister when I was 14 months old and was determined that she was not going to have two babies in diapers at the same timeso my training was done in earnest.
		they where happy when i was potty trained
jc	59	my wet pants were lowered to my knees and spanked and diapers put on
Greg	28	They were really mad when they discovered that I was having intentional poop accidents. They were mad every time I tried diapers at later ages. They have lost all hope now that I am an adult wearing diapers 24/7.
lil baby matty	13	spanks if i pooped me self and back into nappies if i wet one time i as in nappies for 3 years
roger stiger	15	tried but didn't care
Loring	39	I have no recollection of what their attitudes were during my toilet training.
robby staiger	14	they inspierd me but not realy
tommy	25	my parnets spank me with a razor strap if i peed my pants
	19	they tried but quit after first accedent
Deeker	35	My parents were patient at first, taking into account that I was a boy, though I am sure that my sisters, both of whom were toilet trained at around age two, raised my parents' hopes and expectations. As I got older they became less tolerant of my accidents. I remember being scolded and made to sit on the toilet even when I didn't have to go. I don't remember any rewards, I was just expected to do it.
Toadboy	7	Mostly very logically done. My dad was like "Mr. Spock" (Star Trek). If one method failed they tried another.
Marc & Sassja	16	My parents & sisters tell me that at the very first for only about a month or so did they really work with me, but my fighting & resistance, they finally resorted to leaving all of us boys in diapers for the remainder of boyhood. At first they gave me time-outs, spankings etc. but none worked.

How did your toilet training compare to that of your brothers? Did your parents ever compare you to your brothers?

Name	Age	Answer
diaperedteen	22	My brother trained earlier than I did. This caused (and I remember this distinctly) my mom to say, look, he's potty-trained before you [he's younger]. She said that as my dad was diapering me in my thick nite Luvs diapers on my bed, and my brother was standing on the toilet peeing.
Bobby	61	All my brothers were bedwetters my brother Jack wet the bed untill he went into the Navy.
		don't remember being compared. I was the only one of the 4 boys who wet the bed beyond childhood.
babbydoc	39	very later and alwyas comapre with my old brothers
Tyler	9	spanked
mexicandiaper	13	The same.
baby dillon	13	no not raeally
bedwetter	38	no brothers
Tad	34	They were trained earlinr than I was.
Roger		We trained about the same age according to my mother.
	21	My older brother was potty trained at like 3 and my twin younger brothers were diapered at 2. They were given the right to change me even though I am older.
sam	14	not shure
Bobg	62	They were trained at a later age and no comparison was made that I remember.
roger stiger	15	no brother
Loring	39	I am the oldest of 3 brothers and one sister. We were all toilet trained at approximately 3-1/2 years of age.
Marc & Sassja	16	All of my brothers were resistant as I, was & toilet training became less & less, for us boy.

How did your toilet training compare to that of your sisters? Did your parents ever compare you to your sisters?

Name	Age	Answer
		There were 3 of us. We were all slow getting out of diapers.
Jeff	11	My sister who is younger than me by 25 months was potty-trained over 1 year before I was. I can remember going to the grocery store once when I was about 5 and one-half years old and Mom ran into a friend of hers while carrying a large package of Huggies in the cart. She asked mom when my little sister was going to be trained and mom said they're not for her, they're for him. Then she grabbed me and pulled down my shorts to expose my Huggies which, unfortunately, was wet.
matthew	21	my sister was potty trained when she was 2 and hasnt had an accident since she was 4
		don't remember every being compared with my sister. She didn't wet.
dave	13	no, my parents didnt really compare me to my sister, they just said that If i used the toilet id be a big boy
babbydoc	39	no sisters
Tyler	9	spanked
mexicandiaper	13	The same.
bedwetter	38	no sisters
Tad	34	I was three or four. My sisters were both befor two.
Roger		I trained abouth the same age as my sisters maybe a little later.
sam	14	no sisters
soaker	61	My sister was two years younger and was trained at 3. It was mentioned many times. When I was 15 she was my main diaper changer. She was 13 and was paid by mom for this work. She felt impowered and would check my diapers when ever she wish. I was told to let her do her job by mom. I would never be allowed not to let her even if strangers could see. Sometimes she would just squeeze the diaper between my legs. My mother put snaps on the inside of my pant legs of many of my clothes for ease of checking and changing. If I had shorts on she would ask me to spread my legs and put a finger between the rubber pants leg band to see if I was wet.
Bobg	62	The same as my brothers
lil baby matty	13	n/a dont got sisters
roger stiger	15	i was alot older then her, but never attepted to be trained
Loring	39	See previous question and answer.
robby staiger	14	is was 2 years later
tommy	25	not the same
	19	they failed too with her still in diapers at 21
Deeker	35	Both of my sisters were toilet trained around age two. I was still wearing training pants after age 4. My parents never tried to compare my lack of toilet training progress to the successful early potty training of my sisters.
Toadboy	7	Not really. In fact, ironically, I helped toilet train my sister, who was younger than me, while I was still in diapers myself.
Marc & Sassja	16	My two sisters, were trained and never had accidents at a very early age, around 2 yr.

How did you feel about your diapers during toilet training? Did you miss your diapers once they were gone? Did you ever buy into any "big boy" propaganda used on you? Describe how you feel your age was a factor in your feelings towards wea

Name	Age	Answer
		I really missed my diapers and wanted to be put back in them, especially at night, but was taken out of them for good (including nighttime) at age 5.
Jeff	11	I hated diapers then just like I still hate diapers now. It was frustrating to be wearing a baby diaper when your younger sister isn't.
[email protected]	22	i always loved diapers.
diaperedteen	22	I totally missed my diapers, and I remember several distinct occasions where I tried to steal and or otherwise obtain diapers. I totally buyed into the big boy propoganda, and wished that I had not. Once they were gone, I realized what I was missing, but realized it too late. I feel that I was potty-trained too early, before I was ready either mentally or physically. This caused me to have frequent wetting and messing accidents throughout my childhood and teen years before I was back in diapers full-time.
matthew	21	i didnt miss my diapers i feel i should of been toilet trained earlier
Joey Jamison	26	even though i was put back into diapers because of bedwetting, i soon started liking them a lot and then became attached to them. at age 15 i began to really like diapers, plastic pants and rubber sheets.
Bobby	61	I missed my diapers, wish I was never toilet trained.
dave	13	I think that the age i was toilet trained was a factor, at first i wanted to be abig boy, but i wanted to wear my diapers ads well. I think because i was trained later i was more attached to my diapers
Tyler	9	forced into
thickndry	55	I was told that training pants were the next step to "big boy" underpants, and that if all went well, I could wear underwear like big boys.
mexicandiaper	13	I feel I would had ever wear diapers.
Nick	15	I always liked diapers and i miss them alot bat i can't aford* to bay some. and yes it verry has a fact on me that toilet trained early
baby dillon	13	yes,i cried when they were taken away
bedwetter	38	i likes wearing my diapers and did not want to be taken out of them but i was finally i remember when i was 4 and 5 yrs old and would be put down for a nap i cried until i was put in a diaper and then i would take a nap with no other problems
Tad	34	I wore diapers every night, so the big boy thing was never used. Just a need to use the potty durring the day.
Roger		I went for big boy stuff hook, line and sinker. I wanted to be a big boy and wear regular boys underwear. Once I was day trained I felt I had done the job. Night training did not go as well though. I continued to wet the bed.
	21	Never left them still in them now.
soaker	61	I was trained late but do to a back injury was never realy fully trained. I still wear diapers for night time protection and on long trips.
Bobg	62	Don't really remember being only 12 to 14 months old.
jc	59	missed my diapers started to wear as a teenager
Greg	28	I never thought about the toilet training and I never remember any major problems with the training itself. One day I noticed that all my friends still wore diapers and I didn't. I think this early loss of diapers may have had a long term effect. I think I felt that I missed something early on.
lil baby matty	13	i loved nappies and yes i realli missed them in my mind i never grew out of nappies
roger stiger	15	never trained but i would never part with my diapers
Loring	39	I had a vivid awareness of wearing cloth diapers and plastic panties. I missed the feel of the diapers after being toilet trained. Also see the following answer.
		well I think I like diapers as a result of having a younger brother when I was three, losing the attention I was used to, and seeing the diapers as a way to bring my self to his level. And Gain back my parents attention. Unfortently I never new about these feelings till I was 12 when I stoped having accident's at night, and my parents got ride of the Diapers I had for waring at night. Then around the age of 14 I started having these feelings towards diapers agian. And started making up lies that I needed diapers because I was wetting the bed again... I think it shows to what great lengths you are willing to go though to get diapers, when you get those feelings. I will say this about that, I have noticed that it is part of my personality to a certain extent, becuse of my past. But it is something you just have to do something about.
robby staiger	14	during my traning i was hidding my diaper under my bed
tommy	25	no and i still dont think of m,yself as adult
	19	i was always in diapers
Deeker	35	I knew very early on that I enjoyed wearing my diapers, and I suspect that my liking them-- liking how they looked on me and how they felt, being so soft, warm and thick-- was one reason I was so reluctant to part with them, knowing that demonstrating the ability to make it to the toilet would mean having to part with my diapers. I'm sure I did buy into the "big boy" propaganda that my parents used. Most accounts I read indicate that being toilet trained too early is a factor contributing to diaper fetishism, but I believe that my pre-existing fondness for diapers is what prolonged and delayed the toilet training process for me.
Toadboy	7	I had a lot of pee accidents and I thought, "Is this what it's all about, peeing down your leg if you can't make it to the toilet on time or if it was in use?" Finally, my dad told me no, I just wasn't able to hold it long enough to wait, so dad asked me about wearing a "special kind of underwear", meaning diapers. At first I wasn't sure, but when I had an accident later that evening I decided to go ahead with dad's plan and wear the diapers and was glad that I did.
Marc & Sassja	16	As I have never been toilet trained, & all the above asked propaganda, came from my parents, sisters, & their girl friends, I've always been a diaper-boy, & gone along with what was expected of me, to both wear & use Diapers.

How did you feel when you were put back into diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		Enjoyed them, but was taken out of them for good at age 5.
Jeff	11	Embarassed. My mom was so frustrated with me she really tried to "baby" me when she decided I had regressed back to the point of needing diapers full-time. She made me and my younger sister switch beds so she got my bed and I had to sleep in a crib.
[email protected]	22	i was in high school
diaperedteen	22	I was somewhat embarassed, but then I recall loving every minute of it, and not wanting to take off the warm, thick, wet, comfortable diapers when I was in them.
matthew	21	i was sad and humiliated
Joey Jamison	26	i was very humiliated at first, but they made me feel secure at night because i couldn't wet my bed if i had them on. i had a friend who also had to wear them for bedwetting and it made it easier knowing i wasn't the only kid who did it.
Bobby	61	I felt great when I was put back in diapers and plastic baby pants because I didn't want to grow up.
		wore training pants and plastic pant to bed for years. It was never a question of being put back into them. When we went on trips, and Mom would buy disposable Diapers, I remember not liking the idea, but they did the job better than the training pants. I remember not liking it when I stayed with my cousins, and had to wear their training and plastic pants. I didn't want my friends to know I wet the bed.
dave	13	I liked being put back into diapers, but my parents gave me the bad abby look and said i wasnt a good boy and that id never be a big boy
Tyler	9	great
thickndry	55	Never happened that I recall
mexicandiaper	13	Excellent
Nick	15	very good i was so exsited
baby dillon	13	great and i get real horny
bedwetter	38	i was 12yrs old and had started wetting the bed and had wet the bed for about a week straight when my mom told me to go into my room one night just before bed time and to take my pants and underware off and lay down on my bed i thaught i was going to get another spanking for wetting my bed but when she came in she was holding a disposible diaper and then i knew what was going to happen to me and i asked not to be put in diapers i was to big for it and she said since i wet the bed i was going to have to wear diapers at night until i stopped so i layed there and let her put the diaper on me and thats how i slept for the next few years in a diaper and t shirt i did not like to have pants over my diaper it made it feel to tight and after a while i got used to wearing diapers and started to like them again i was even caught wearing my diapers durning the day when i did not really need them
Tad	34	I was always in them at night.
Roger		After a lot of wet beds my folks decided that diapers would be a big help for everybody. I did not like being put into diapers and rubber pants every night at bed time. I finally did get used to it and then things went along pretty good.
sam	14	happy
soaker	61	had no choice
Bobg	62	Wasn't, unfortunatly
jc	59	wonderful got erections sucked my thumb my mother started to change me again
kelly	15	i felt like alittle baby getting spanked by mom and my sisters
Greg	28	It was my choice and I had an erection every time.
lil baby matty	13	like i was in heaven
don	56	remember only one time at grandparents, when I was about 8 for bedwetting. I said I did not need a diaper that night but was diapered after I fell asleep I woke up enough to notice my ants and grand standing over me while my mother diapered me.
roger stiger	15	ii was very happy to be back in them
Loring	39	Once I was out of diapers, I got the mindset that diapers were for babies. So I felt an element of shame.
		I was wetting the bed, it was a way to deal w/ it.
robby staiger	14	i was very happy
tommy	25	very happy
	19	always kept in diapers
Deeker	35	I was always happy when I got put back into training pants, even if my parents weren't happy about it. Later on, once the diapers and training pants were gone, my parents used several pairs of underwear for diapers. While I was embarrassed about it, especially in the presence of my sisters, I enjoyed the look and feel of my "makeshift diapers" as well as liking the attention I was getting from my sisters, even if it was in the form of teasing. It was enough to make me wish that I could be put back into real diapers permanently.
Toadboy	7	At first it felt kind of funny, but then I realized if it means not standing in a puddle of potty when I didn't make it then let's go for it. I'd rather wear diapers than be all wet.

Share your worst, or otherwise most notable or memorable toilet training "horror story":

Name	Age	Answer
		I bedwet and had rubber sheets until I was past 13. I remember wetting my pants in our car at least once and having some other daytime wetting accidents until around 7�. I continued bedwetting (3 or 4 times a month) until age 13. Then I started to become attracted to diapers, plastic pants and rubber sheets again.
Jeff	11	When I was six, we went to Nevada to visit my aunt and uncle for two weeks and drove there from our home in Virginia. My mom decided to keep me in diapers for the entire trip because my aunt has a really nice house with expensive furniture and she was afraid I'd pee all over everything. We went in July and it was really hot so I spent the entire two weeks in nothing but a diaper if we were home and just a t-shirt and diaper if we went out. To make things worse, because I wore diapers all vacation, I lost alot of my control and had to wear diapers full-time for another 6 weeks until I was potty-trained enough in the daytime to keep my pants dry.
diaperedteen	22	Not sure. See above.
matthew	21	one day my mom put me in regular underwear adn sent me to school and i soaked myself in class
Joey Jamison	26	getting caught in diapers. see my story under 'true accounts',joey jamison
Bobby	61	I was 9 years old my parents and I spent the weekend with friends. The grownups went out for the nigh and left their oldest son Paul in charge. At bed time he diapered his younger brother and told me I was next I protested. He put 3 or 4 diapers on me I couls hardley walk. I was made to say good night to his 9 year old sister in my very thick diapers I was very embaressed.
thickndry	55	One afternoon, I had an "accident" in training pants, and figured I might as well let everything go, since I was "dirty" already. So I peed and pooped a whole bunch, then tried to hide and get away from my mom. She chased me all over the apartment, and I got poop all over my self andpants, and got a spanking for being bad, and told that she was disgusted, and that she thought i was a big boy and wouldn't do that anymore.
mexicandiaper	13	None.
baby dillon	13	very scary,my parents were so happy it was disgusting
Roger		Having caught a bug I stayed home from school and stayed in bed for a few days. Mom kept me in diapers and rubber pants all of the time. My brothers and sisters saw me being changed or walking around in diapers and would snap or tug at the waistband of the rubber pants and it made a loud snap when they let it go.
sam	14	pooping in my pants at a campground and sitting in my own shit for two hours
soaker	61	I was 12 and at my mothers friends house and my mother was telling her about how I was dry during the days. Her friends daugher was a night time wetter like me. As they were talking her daugher came in on the conversation. I froze and started to wet my pants in front of them. My mother changed me into the diapers and plastic pants.The 14 year old daughter wanted to do the change so my mother let her. I was not allowed to wear the pants until they were washed and dried. We were there most of the day. My mother told me to drink a lot of coolaid to flush out any infection I may have. I wet 2 or 3 times befor being changed and going home. The next day I was sent back with freshly cleaned diapers and pants to give back to the girl. My mother had me back in a diaper and if showed. I had to thank them for the diapers. The mother ask if I needed a change before I returned home. The girl checked my diaper for wetness just to make sure. I was dry thank god.
jc	59	peeing my pants in the closet when the door was opened by my girl and boy friends
lil baby matty	13	being changed in the busiest street in london
Loring	39	I was a perfectionist when it came to using the toilet. I remember fussing because I couldn't get the toilet paper folded 'just right'.
robby staiger	14	i would wet my self during my traning
	19	had a big accednt as soon as i was taken out of diapers
Deeker	35	I don't really remember any specific horror stories from my toilet training. Overall it was a very bad experience as I hated being forced to sit there on the toilet and being checked on all the time.
Toadboy	7	Before my dad put me in diapers again I would get made because I would have an accident because I couldn't make it to the toilet in time. with the toilet seat up, & fell in butt first & couldn't get out. For me attempt to train me was very short lived as I resisted it all the way. With Sassja, he was toilet trained at age 3, but still wet the bed at nights occasionally. Sassja, was toilet trained easy & for him it was not a factor, he uses diapers now because of medical reasons.

Average Age of respondents to this question:	25.5
Range of ages of respondents:	7 -  62

Age Distribution
Under 10	2
10-14	14
15-19	14
20-24	6
25-29	5
30-34	1
35-39	4
40-44	0
45-49	2
50-54	2
55-59	3
60-64	3
65-69	0
70-74	0
75-79	0
80+	0

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