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That's how we did it. I just set some time where we'd be home for a few days so she'd have a chance to have a lot of success without the stress of public washrooms.
It actually ended up being easier than I thought it'd be.
She was fully trained day and night at 30 months.

@illumina: yep, DS got m&m's and DD got stickers

I read the basics of three day and mixed that with all of the things I've read over the years and did what I felt was best. Now it didn't magically work, but I'm not sure whether a strict method would have made any difference. We are still chugging along...

Ok well, I'm a person who did it just following their child's lead. I don't actually know anyone who had success with a three day method - I'd personally be inclined to think that they don't really work unless a child is already ready, and then why push it so quickly? But instead I'm just content to know that whatever works works.

But yeah, I totally just followed my daughter's lead. At 18 months we bought a little potty and started talking about what it was for. Around that time she started asking for disposable diapers instead of cloth, so she was clearly starting to be more aware. Then for the next year she'd sometimes tell us when she had to pee, or when she had. Then around 28 months it finally clicked, and one day she told me that she had to pee, successfully held it for 30 seconds while I ran and got the potty, and then peed in it. We just went from there, letting her run around naked mostly and cleaning up some accidents, and in a week she was pretty much accident free in the day time.

So my LO was not potty trained at 3 and still isn't fully potty trained at 3.5. We are doing this because it was recommend by our pedi.

At his 3 years appointment I talked to our pedi about how he's not potty trained and asked him about the 3 day method and he told me he would not recommend it unless I was in a hurry like going on vacation. He thinks the natural approach is so much better. Which is what we are doing and it's working for us slowly but surely. Just like you rolls of good days and rolls of bad days. But it seems to be getting better.

Good luck! You are not alone.

Coming out of semi-retirement to say ABSOLUTELY. You can absolutely do it that way. I did it that way with both girls, and both are now in underwear. Very little drama, very little work on my part, other than making things available and giving support and encouragement. I'm a firm believer that "methods" only truly work if the child is basically there anyway. A kid who isn't ready for underwear isn't going to be just because you read a book and implement some ideas. It's possible that a kid who is ready might do the lazy thing and continue to use diapers without some push, but sometimes pushing can lead to other issues. As a general rule, I find the best results combine child's interest and desire and readiness with parental support. So pretty much just what you are talking about. My oldest was in underwear full-time at 24 months and only had three accidents ever. Lorelei is 3.5 and has been in underwear for a little over a month. She's a hellion (a cute and loveable one, so no worries) and was "ready" in terms of skills for quite a while before she was ready to be in underwear. For example, we had a period where she would revenge pee on sister's floor; so she clearly knew what it felt like to need to go and could choose where to do so. But once she decided to not use a diaper it was super easy. She's had a few accidents, but she's doing really well and we're happy that we are no longer a diapering family. Nights are another story. Oldest didn't need a diaper for sleep after about 2.5, but Lorelei is still in a nighttime diaper. I'm confident that she won't need one for much longer, but one diaper/24 hours is pretty sweet! Good luck!

We took the long route and didn't follow any sort of method. We introduced a potty at around 16 months when I noticed that Miss A could wee on command when in the nude outside, we bought the potty because it was getting too cold to pee outside before her bath! We kept the potty beside the bath and A would use it before her bath most nights.

My Mum bought A some undies when she was around 27 months so when A decided she was ready to wear them we decided to follow her lead. I explained that wearing undies meant that she had to use the toilet or potty (and I knew that she could physically do it and knew how it all worked) and we introduced "special" nappy pants for when we were out and about during the first couple of weeks. Miss A was old enough that she knew the difference between undies and nappies so it wasn't a point of confusion with her. We did a couple of play dates at a friend's so she could practice wearing undies away from the house and using other toilets and after 3-4 weeks she was completely out of undies during the day.

Miss A has just turned three and although we have had periods of refusal and regression (mainly related to her new brother and her personality), I'm confident that she is now day trained and she only requires the occasional reminder, she also does well managing her own toileting at preschool.

We let our daughter take the lead and she is recently fully potty trained at 31 months. She has had a little toilet since 18 months and would go on it when she was interested. She has pooped pretty much exclusively in that toilet or the "real" toilet for 3 or 4 months, but didn't seem particularly concerned about peeing in her diaper. We would occasionally have her hang out in undies at home, and she would inevitably pee on the floor. At daycare's suggestion, I put a pair of underwear on under her diaper (ostensibly do she could feel the wet more), but since the first day we put on the undies she hasn't had an accident. We don't offer rewards other than lavish praise. Well, I also let her pick out her own underwear at the store after the first dry day; as a result she has boy Thomas the train undies that she adores!

For all of you who successfully followed your child's lead- did you take them to the potty every time they asked, even early on? C has been expressing interest sometimes, and did actually say she had to poop, then actually poop in the potty, once. But most of the time she sits there, we read a book, and she's done, no pee or anything. So sometimes I just don't feel like taking her diaper off and going in and sitting on the bathroom floor, but I wondered if I'm just doing the exact wrong thing by not taking her right away?

I'm leaning more towards a 3 day thing where I roll up all our rugs and have her bottomless for a few days, but just don't have the energy for that right now.

I was determined to have my son trained, but he was of a different mind and didn't respond to rewards, so we just waited it out and when he was ready, it was uneventful. I think the key for me was to not make a big deal out of it.

It never really occurred to me to use a formal method. Lo was interested in potty training around 18 ms and I got her a potty but didn't push or even encourage cuz honestly I wasn't ready! At around 2 yrs 5 ms I felt she was ready to really do it so I let her pick out some undies and put them on her. Within a few weeks she was going pee and poop on the toilet all the time. No drama, very few accidents. In the first few weeks we did use a reward (stickers first pees, m&ms for poops) just to keep her motivated to stop playing and go to the bathroom but within a few weeks we didn't need them. It seems like if they're ready, they don't need a strict method.

Another non formal training mom here. He started using the potty about a year ago (he's 30m) and has been going on it mornings and night. We introduced underwear and let him run around in it. He's otherwise in pull ups because every so often he'll ask to go the bathroom and then he can do it himself. Seems he's pretty much done with diapers now (not quite calling it yet).

We don't use any rewards, it's kind of intrinsic for him to go so he doesn't need anything except for a well-done and a high five or fist pump