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We started in March at 26 months and I would say we are at 90% success now at 29 months.

We skipped commando bc LO plays with himself all day long and we thought it was more uncomfy for him to have wet undies then to pee outward into a spot and leave it.

We used training pants undies at home to minimize puddles and at the park. We use pull-ups when out at places with carpet. We will probably stop that soon.

We have had a lot more success telling him when to go potty (every 2 hours, and during transitions) vs. him telling us. So, for the first 2-3 months, I said basically he was really good at peeing on command. Now finally he is telling us on his own, but I don't think we would have gotten to this stage earlier/quicker if we had stuck to OCPT more or started later.

OCPT helped us with poop tips... reading special books on the potty, giving him privacy, and using a stool to get his legs into a "squatting" position has been key.

OCPT says that kids instinctually try to hide or get privacy to poop, and it's true for the 3 toddlers I know.

We haven't attempted night training bc I have a newborn / young baby and sleep is life.

ETA: I probably would have ditched pull-ups earlier if I didn't have a newborn along with me most of the time.

We did this meathod at 29mo and it went super smoothly. Lots of accidents the first day, then maybe 3 more spread out over a week. I was a liter nervous but he did great!

I don't know how to say this and not sound like a pompous turd but my son was quite possibly the easiest child in humanity to potty train - and we used Oh Crap. He was 25 months when he showed "the signs" of being ready. The author mentions a sweet spot developmentally of them 1) being not too independent aka don't resist you too much but also 2) being communicative and physically ready to understand the process of bathrooms and reading his body. I hit that sweet spot and it was amazing. He had 2 poop accidents total and he told me he had to poop but we were way far from a toilet and it was my fault. We never used pullups and he stopped wetting overnight at 28 months. He was cloth diapers mostly FWIW.
I used candy as rewards for him not peeing at daycare. Not sure if the book suggested that but It worked.
Author was right about daycare being annoying about things but if you have very experienced, PATIENT carers, it should be ok!

@wrkbrk: I know she has a Skype option!

My daughter likes to make most things difficult, but I was shocked at how well she took to potty training. We did Oh Crap when she was a little more than 2.5. She wasn’t necessarily showing signs that she was interested, but we were all ready and went for it. We did commando for the first day, she peed on the floor maybe 3 times and I caught her and put her on the potty, and it clicked. Poop took one extra day (and a turd on my kitchen floor while I nursed the baby...) The hard part was the frequency that I had to take her to the potty- every store, new house, anything, she wanted to go potty. I knew she couldn’t have to go that often but you can’t say no! We used pull-ups for long car rides but she just refused to go in one.

Naps came a bit later then night time, I let her lead. But even as a baby she often woke up with a dry diaper, then would pee a ton shortly after getting up, so I think she’s just naturally not a heavy wetter overnight.

We are thinking about potty training our now 2.5 year old. She’s my easier kid so I assume that means this will be harder.

@wrkbrk: I wouldn't wake, but that's just me speaking as a mom of a child that wasn't the best sleeper. Once he was asleep, I preserved that.

When we went through the process with my son, I kept him in pull ups overnight. As a working mom, I didn't have it in me to do extra laundry, so I just let the process occur naturally.

We did it over Memorial Day weekend at 30/31 months and it went really well. Felt like we had a puppy the first day with the pee we were cleaning up but after that it got a lot better and by day 3 she was telling us when she had to pee. Poop is still an ongoing issue. She would poop in her underwear and then tell us she had to poop. I think it's a hard concept for her to get but she really started to make progress the last week or so and I'd say we're 50% of the way there with poop. Haven't done night training yet. She chugs fluids when she gets home from school and it's so hot I don't want to regulate her fluid intake before bed.

@wrkbrk: My understanding is that the body secretes an enzyme to help the body produce less urine overnight. If they don't produce this enzyme, they won't be able to stay dry overnight. This is why one can't night train, if the body doesn't produce the enzyme that signals less urine production, there's not much to be done. It's a process that happens on their own time.

We did OCPT for both kids, right about 2.5-3. The key is really to keep an eye on the transitions (I peed, I'm peeing, I have to pee) so that you can progress through the stages. But every kid is different!

My oldest at 2.5 really took an interest to potty training, so we did it when he requested it, and it was REALLY EASY. He wanted to do it himself, so he learned quickly. Plus he pees a LOT, like every hour, so he had a ton of practice. On top of that, he's dairy-free, so has softer poops, so pooping was easy for him and there was zero struggle with it.

My youngest we trained at 3 and it SUCKED. He wasn't interested, is very stubborn and independent, and struggles with constipation. Plus he's a camel and can hold it for HOURS. Training him was a serious struggle and we had to resort to bribery to even have the tiniest bit of success with pee. 6 months later, and he's still not poop-trained, though he's STARTING to show an interest himself in doing it.

Whatever you do, try to be as relaxed and chill as possible. If you get anxious or stressed, it'll make your kid anxious and stressed. DON'T make it a power struggle or they will resist and just pee all over the floor to spite you.

@wrkbrk: The only thing that worked with my youngest was bribery. He'd get chocolate skippers (nut-free m&ms) for peeing and pooping on the potty. That and really letting him figure it out on his own. He didn't like being reminded to sit on the potty or pressured to do it, so we kind of had to let him take the lead "Here's the potty, use it when you have to pee."

Even now, 6 months later, he can sometimes be resistant. I can often tell when he has to go potty because he starts getting really whiny and just wants to be held or lay down. Sometimes when we get home from daycare, I just have to tell him "You're not allowed on the rug or the couch until you go potty." But I couldn't be that strict 6 months ago when we were first training because he'd just pee on the floor (which happened a TON).