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I waited a month after she was ripping diapers off.
Took them away, gave her a potty and some lollipops and she was going on her own by the next morning. Only had a couple accidents.

Big sister was about the same but it took four days of prompting before she was going on her own.

I have a lot of anxiety around potty training but have had two easy to train kids and very few accidents.

Xander: 2.5 - He asked to not wear a diaper and go in the potty (had been periodically going at daycare). Did OCPT for 2 days, sent him to daycare with lots of spare clothes, and by the following weekend, he was pretty good (minus naps and nighttime).

Logan: still waiting (he's currently 2.5)

We kind of overwaited, I think. We had a lot going on at the time and lo didn't seem interested in the potty so we just held off until 2.75. We kind of had to force her so there was a lot of holding it in and accidents for a few days and then she just got it. She refused to poop in the potty for a couple weeks and refused to use the big potty in the very beginning but honestly within a few weeks we were only in pull ups or diapers at night. Nights we never pushed and one day she was just ready.

We bought a potty at around 2.5 and started offering occasionally, but he wasn't interested. A few months later he started telling us when he had to poop and we'd ask him if he wanted to use the potty to do it, within a few days he did all his pooping in the potty and only peed in his diaper. It went on like this for a few months, and shortly after 3 he started telling us when he had to pee. He spent probably two more weeks in diapers, just to be safe (and because it took him a while before he would use the potty at daycare) and then we switched to underwear. Accidents have always been really rare, usually when he gets caught up playing and forgets. He still wears a pull-up at night but it's almost always dry, I'm just too lazy to risk having to change the sheets in the middle of the night.

Well, our LOs are the same age and we are still just waiting and going with the flow. She asks to sit on the potty daily, but hasn't actually gone. She always tells us when she is going in her diaper but freaks out if we try to get her on the potty when she is going. She is so strong willed and stubborn that nothing good will come from pushing it, at least for now. I think around 3, if she is still not really interested, we may push it? I don't really know.

@snowjewelz: lol we had undies over pull ups too!

@snowjewelz: yes! Everytime I ask DD about wearing underwear and using the potty she says "no thanks, I like my diapers. Maybe when I'm bigger." While I think lots of kids are trained before 3, I know SO many kids that potty trained between 3 and 4. I'm not worried.

How old were they? Almost 3

What were the signs? They were talking, wanted their diaper changed right away and seemed receptive. The most important thing to me was that they were speaking well and would be able to communicate that they needed to go.

How much training did you actually have to do? Not much, honestly. We had bought potties about 6 months prior so they were familiar with them and they had a doll that grandma gave them that pottied as well. We bought them some fun underwear and told them in a few days they would begin wearing them instead of diapers (making it sound exciting...ha). We started on a Saturday and since they're competitive with one another, it only took 3 hours. Once they pottied once, that was it. Pooping took 2 days of them holding it until they went in the potty. Only like 2 accidents since *knock on wood* and they only wear pull ups to bed and they hold it through the night.

Time between they were ready and you started and when they were fully trained? I think they could have been ready a few months prior but we didn't have a free period of time at home to work on it.

How old were they? First attempt - almost 2.5 years; successful second attempt 2.75 years

What were the signs? This was the problem - we didn't really have signs. He did not show an interest in using the potty - we had it out for a long time and he didn't want to use it and seemed to enjoying doing his business in his diaper. But he was interested in wearing undies. One book said if they can sing the ABCs they are ready.

How much training did you actually have to do? I spent a 3 day weekend with him in the house - he wore the undies starting from Day 1 and we would give him rewards (sticker, candy) for using the potty. With the undies on he was less resistant than when we tried commando with the first attempt. He did not poop in the potty though those first 3 days - that came later in the week.

Time between they were ready and you started and when they were fully trained? 4-5 weeks. Daycare let him wear undies to school when after the 3 day weekend and helped us with finishing the training. He started to poop in the potty that first week and then got more comfortable using public restrooms in Weeks 3-4 (we take a seat with us to put on top).

DS was 30m and was dry in pull-ups at daycare and for naps too. He also used the potty consistently in the mornings and evenings. One weekend we just asked him whether he wanted to wear underwear he said yes and that was it. He was dry at night pretty immediately too.

DD was showing the same signs like being dry and using the potty and we also chose a weekend where there wasn't as much going on and asked her whether she wanted to wear underwear. She did and did well immediately she had some issues with pooping on the toilet for about two-three weeks but that has resolved too. She was 29 months. She is currently still in diapers overnight but I think she would be fine without too. I'll just use the last pull-ups we have and then she what happens.

We took her lead on and off from 18 months. At a few months shy of 3 she was ready. I knew she was ready because when she had accidents and I offered new undies or diapers, she chose undies. Any time before that she chose diapers after 1-2 accidents. It was very easy and minimal work. First week was the constant bathroom reminders and lots of accidents. Second week was great for pee but not poop. Week 3 she was going great with both and by week 4 she was refusing pull-ups at nap and night. She was never dry for naps or night before the day we made the switch to undies. Since then, I can count on one hand how many accidents she has had. I was dreading pottytraining, but it was easy and I really believe it's because we waited. I wasn't even planning on attempting until she turned 3.

We did ocpt for a weekend in March, so around 27 months. It went pretty well, although our daycare's policy is they basically need to be potty trained before wearing underwear so she still wore diapers at school and underwear at home.

But dh wasn't really on board either. And we went through a ton of sickness and general craziness so we were pretty lazy on no diapers. But in June she asked to start wearing underwear. We wore them consistently at home for about 2 weeks and then started using them at daycare. In the past month there's been an occasional pee accident, but I think only one poop and that was at home.

Following. DS is 20 months this weekend and has no - I mean no - interest in his potty. Lots of my friends have kids the same age who at least tell them when their diaper is dirty which is a good start! Nope. None of that here. I had always hoped to start when he turned 2 on Thanksgiving but we may be pushing that back .....

@snowjewelz: I think we'll probably be waiting until after 3 too. Logan is just showing almost ZERO interest in it, and I don't think daycare is doing regular potty breaks to get him interested. I think once he moves up a class and is with potty-trained peers is when he'll actually start being interested.

@snowjewelz: Aww is Kara your daughter's name? I love that name.

I introduced the potty seat at 2. He showed a little interest right before DS2 was born at 29 months, but that was not a good time, and he ceased any interest after DS2 was born. He started showing some interest at a little past 3, and just seemed ready/old enough, so we went for it. We did a more gradual approach, and was fully trained in about a month (very rare accidents, but still used pull-ups at night). We focused on poop especially at the beginning, and he was poop trained in the first week. I am glad we waited, he was pretty independent in toileting from the beginning, and never required regular reminders.