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Put him on the potty first thing in the morning and before bed. Turn on the faucet. He’ll pee and this will help him put it all together. But basically my advice is to tell him he’s supposed to use the potty then don’t go back. He’s old enough to get it. Btw my son was SUPER easily trained and I think it’s cuz he has an older sibling to watch. So just go for it! I’d say any time is fine, I def didn’t stay home with him like I did with my first

Ok, 5 months is eons in baby time. We tried the 3 day method with my son at 2.5 and it was an epic failure. Six months later he was ready on his own and I literally did nothing. I’d say wait until June or July to worry about an August start date! When they’re actually ready it takes like four days total. (In my and my fiends’ experience).

I agree with @wrkbrk: that August is SO far away. Both my kids trained around 2 years 8- 9 months- mostly because that’s when I felt ready to give it a go. I did the 3 day method with both. My older was a champ, it clicked right away. My younger one definitely took longer. She started preschool in September and while she didn’t have to be potty trained, I felt like she was just about ready and wanted to try before she started since it seemed a lot harder to try once she was in school. So I started in mid August, figuring we’ll try, if it takes, great, if not, she goes in pull ups. But once I got through the first two days I wasn’t going back! She’s actually never had an accident at school, although she definitely has at home.

I would definitely do it when you husband is home to help. One person needs to be really focused on the potty training one. By day three or four hopefully you can handle it alone.

And neither of my kids had really peed on the potty at all before training. Even if you don’t follow it to a T I think the Oh Crap book is helpful!

We waited to train DS until he was a few weeks shy of 3 - little sister was born when he was 2y9mo and I wanted to give him a little time to adjust (and I was not going to potty train third tri!). Before that he regularly peed on the potty before baths and occasionally other times as well, but nothing hugely consistent. He started preschool something like 9/5 and we started training him on 8/20 (like basically 2.5 weeks out). I was nervous but it worked out totally fine. We didn't do the 3 day method/oh crap but we did spend the first 2-3 days home and had him go every 15-20 minutes and then gradually spaced it back out to a more reasonable interval. We also did rewards - a sticker for each pee (I made a drawing for him to put dinosaur stickers into a scene, taped on the door of our playroom) and a matchbox car for poops/accident-free days. If your son is at all bribeable I would recommend some variety of rewards.

His school was "need to be trained/independent in 3s class" but during his teacher visit we learned they would accommodate pull-ups if needed. He was fully trained by the time school started though and we never used pull-ups.

If I were you I would aim for the week in June or maybe Memorial Day weekend if you're really worried about timing.