First, the process...Many of my friends have recommended a three-day potty training "boot camp." I believe there are several versions out there that you can find. Some are free and some you will pay for, but they are much like this one. We did not use this method. Instead, Wells basically trained himself. How did this happen? We waited until he was ready. Mostly, this happened by accident. I bought a small potty for him when he was around 18 months old, and he would sit on it from time to time. But, that was also around the time I found out I was pregnant with Wren, so I decided I didn't want to work to get him potty trained and then have him regress after she was born. We decided to wait until after she was born to start "getting serious" about potty training. In the meantime, we would put Wells on the potty before bath time (some nights) and at other times when he wanted to. Sometimes he peed, sometimes he didn't. Over the summer (after his 2nd birthday), he started showing more and more interest. His friends at school started using the potty more, and that created a little peer pressure. By Christmas, he was using the potty at least once a day, according to his own initiative. Santa brought him some underwear for Christmas, which he really wanted to wear. Once he was in underwear, he has had very few accidents! Now, this was not exactly a quick process. But, it also involved very little stress on any of us, very few wet clothes, and no tears of frustration!
Now, about the products... this is the potty I bought.
It is a potty/step stool combination. It worked great at first. However, Wells is now learning to stand when he pees. I would much rather him stand at the big toilet, where he has less room for missing the toilet. However, he still wants to use his "little potty" which means a lot more clean up for me!
So, if you have a boy, I would suggest something like this instead:
It just sits on the regular potty, and you can move it when they start standing!
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