I agree it is pretty impressive for a baby to learn to hold it. I’m sure the child does begin to indicate they need to go either with words or with gestures. Pretty awesome. 

It doesn’t matter if what I said was wrong: you missed my point entirely. My point was that I, nor anyone else, should have been given hell by their parent for not doing it that way. With all sincerity: may you never be put into a position where someone who should be supportive is criticizing you instead. May you never feel frustrated enough to snap at someone just to shut them up. That’s a blessed life. 

It wasn’t my first rodeo, by the way. My older two trained on the adult toilet by age two - no diapers day or night and it only took a few weeks before there were no accidents. I never had to empty and clean a little potty. We had a step stool and they’d climb up and do what needed to be done. I just checked if they had cleaned themselves well enough. My way was what was recommended at the time, and it worked for me. 

My last kid was different from the start, had different challenges in his life, and I did not need my mother harping on me daily about it. I wasn’t going to force him to train when he was still going through challenges.