If you did not use 3 day method for PT...

aboulhos

Did you have your LO in underwear and have them tell you when they had to go?  Also, how many days was it before you were able to leave the house (like to go to the store) and if you did leave the house during the very beginning, did you put a diaper on LO?  Did it confuse them when they had a diaper on sometimes and not others?  Thanks!  I'm just toying with how I want to approach PT...any advice would be awesome!

MrsCripe10

I used John Rosemund Potty training without Tantrums.  It worked well for us.  It is a no nonsense approach to potty training, but don't expect them to tell you when they have to go.  I think that takes a while for them to develop.

ridesbuttons

I let my kids go bottomless at home for a period of weeks with a little potty in the living room to start.  Did not set a timer or put them on the potty.  They decided when naturally they needed to go.

Slowly moved the potty closer and closer to the bathroom over a couple of weeks. 

Then a week or so at home with underwear.  Then short trips with underwear/pants/shorts.

Then...full time underwear.  DS1 potty trained fairly easily at 2.5 years over a period of approx 2 months (went on a 2 week vacation during that time that he was in pull ups most days).  DS2 is nearly 2.5 and I haven't changed a diaper in 2 weeks.  Still some messes, but we are nearly there.

I used pull ups for outings that I thought would result in an accident.  It was ok.

kshoes

We PT DD last year over memorial day weekend.  We spent most of the time outside so we let her go in a dress with nothing else.  Every so often we would ask if she needed to use the potty.  By the end of the weekend she was fully potty trained and didn't need a diaper at all.  DS would go on his own when he was naked from about 18 months.  If I put underwear on him he would pee even if he had just gone 5 minutes before.  Just before Easter he just kind of got it on his own.  My only advice is to make sure your LO is ready. 

aboulhos

I just ordered that book...it looks great.  Thanks.

momtoRaegan041008

We didn't use any real method other than my own.  We had the potty sitting out starting at 18 months.  I tried to go straight to panties at 18 months and it didn't happen.  So I put them away.  We continued to leave the potty in the bathroom.  She went probably 10 times between 18 and 21 months.  She started going on her own at night before her bath.  I decided that she was interested in going that I misewell take advantage of it.  I woke up one morning and put her on the potty.  She went.  I cheered her on, gave her hugs, kisses, and just got very excited and so did she.  I packed the potty up and off to the sitter's we went.  I left her in diapers.  We started potty training on a Wednesday and she was wearing underwear by Sunday.

ktb31

DS is almost 3 so I decided it was time.  I just switched him to underwear one day and told him he needed to go on the potty from now on.  I couldn't bear not leaving the house so if we went out in those first few days I put a pull up on over the underwear so he would still feel the wetness if he went but it wouldn't make a mess in my car or wherever we were.  It really only took a few days before he caught on. We also used a homemade sticker chart that really seemed to encourage him.  It's only been a couple weeks and although I put a diaper on him at night it's usually dry in the morning now. I was putting a pull up on him at nap time but he doesn't even need that now.

I have heard great things about the 3 day method, I just didn't feel like doing it that way. 

mavs_girl07

We tried pull ups, but those didn't work at all.  DD went in those just like she would a diaper.  We also tried taking her to the potty every 30mins, but that didn't work either.  She'd get frustrated that I was constantly interrupting her playing, she'd sit and say she didn't need to go, then as soon as she went back to playing she'd have an accident.  Potty training really clicked for her when I let her run around bottomless and let her tell me when she needed to go.  I would just remind her over and over "If you have to go potty, let Mommy know".  She had a couple of accidents but after that it was smooth sailing.  She was fully potty trained at 28mos and it just took a few days.  The first 3-4 days we basically stuck to the house.  After that we went out, but made it very short.  I'd have her go potty before leaving the house, then I'd try to be gone no more than 1-1.5hrs.  I still put her in underwear, but I always made sure to have a change of clothes with me just in case.  Also as soon as we got inside the store, I spotted the bathrooms in case we needed to make a mad dash.  The whole PT'ing thing was really quick and easy for us....hoping DS will be the same way.

lmdbww

DD was in pull ups (no more diapers) for a few months before she turned 2. I started officially PT when she turned 2 with sitting on the potty, and I would say about a month in we switched to big girl panties when awake.  I think pull ups really worked for her. She just got it and hated feeling wet. She started to ask to sit on the potty right off the bat and we didn't really have a hard time with it.

We kept pull ups on when sleeping and I think by Christmas she was in big girl panties all day and when sleeping. One day she just said she wanted to sleep with panties on, so I put a potty seat in her bedroom and it's been fine. I was strict about no fluids after 7pm but now she drinks until bedtime and it's fine, no accidents to speak of.

The only places that we went for a long time were relatives houses where she was comfortable pottying. I didn't take her out in public for a few months but I think it had more to do with  my comfort level than hers.