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Same boat! We're planning on trying the 3 day over Thanksgiving holiday! Or maybe a long wknd before then!

@hilsy85: There's a few blogs on here. Also this articles:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-in-three-days-or-less_10310078.bc

and this general potty training website:

http://www.pottywhiz.com/

I know there's a PDF version of the book you can download/pay for on the website!

@hilsy85: i did the 3 day bottomless and followed the baby center website. Two days of accidents - totally walking up to potty and using it for pee/poo on day 3. So worth the long weekend stuck at home. We did just pants for about a month when we went out of the house. At home we we kept her bottomless for about 3 weeks. I think some kids just take longer than others to listen to their bodies to it can take up to 3 months but I know others were in pants within a week at home too.

We didn't have any signs of readiness other than she was the right age (24 months) and I wanted to try. I have no regrets and think the 3 day method is awesome!

Following! DD is 20 months old and I just ordered a baby bjorn potty chair. It arrived today but I don't think I'm ready yet!

@hilsy85: DD seemed to be fascinated by it when she saw it today and kept wanting to sit in it. Now the actual training part I have no clue how to begin!

@hilsy85: we went for brunch that Sunday with some friends. We were there maybe 1.5 hours and made about 6 trips to the bathroom. I think he peed just once, but no accidents! I never did pull ups, we went straight to underwear. The first few weeks when we were out, I would always tell him that he was a big boy and mama didn't have any diapers, so if he had to go, he would have to tell me. It sounds like your little guy is ready! I would try since he's showing so many signs!

- How did you know your LO was ready? How old was he/she?
He was never really ready but I pushed him. After a short weekend of wearing underwear and having tons of accidents at home, he suddenly realized he can control his pee and poop. We went from there. He was 2.5 years old sharp!

- what method did you use? Do you have any good websites/books that discuss this method?
No I didn't read any books and maybe that's the problem. The "modified" version of 3-day potty training did not work for us (well obviously I was too chicken to go bottomless, maybe that's why we weren't successful), but then LO wasn't really ready at that point when we tried. After that unsuccessful training bootcamp, I just let him wear underwear for a period of time every day. He had accidents and cried, but he slowly learned to control and would tell me when he needs to go. I gradually increase the underwear time every day.

- how long did it take til your LO was accident free and in underwear during the day (I plan on doing a diaper for naps and night for a while)
Haha! Still working on the "accident free" part but he is diaper free during daytime now. We'll just deal with it when there's an accident. Usually he has no accidents, only occasionally when he forgot he's in underwear.

- what would you have done differently?
I guess I probably would have skipped the "3-day" thing completely. I would have just start him with underwear for a period of a time every day and deal with the accidents if it happens. My friend said, it is really pointless to let potty training consume your life and ruin your perfectly good long weekend. And I truly agree.

@hilsy85: I think yours seem to be more ready than mine when I started, and it doesn't hurt to try! Make sure you buy really cool underwear to begin with that he likes and would hate to mess it up!

For us, when we got home from daycare, I would lure him to use the potty, and sometimes he'd ask to use the potty. If he peed and pooped (which makes me feel comfortable that he'd probably be able to remain dry for a period of time), I'd let him choose between two underwear and let him wear it until bath time, which is about an hour or so. Remind him that since he is in underwear, he'd need to remain clean and dry and remember to use the potty. You don't have to do it every day to begin with, just start it out as a game and gradually increase the time.

And when he does have an accident, he would hate it and he would remember not to mess up his underwear again next time!

With our situation, I see potty training similar to the time when we introduced solids at 6 months. It is similar to how we go from 1 solid meal to 2 solid meal to 3 solid meal a day and so on...etc.

Good luck!!

@hilsy85: any progress on this with L?