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[quote=Anonymous]We trained at about this age with pretty fast success and no bribery.  We did basically what you are describing (although I'm at home with my DS, so there wasn't the daycare component to worry about, and we did it over the holidays, so our preschool was closed until he was pretty settled in the new system anyway).

We went with pants but no undies and just took him to the potty fairly regularly.  If he didn't go, he didn't go.  If he did, great.  No big deal either way but offered another potty trip again soon if he didn't.  About every hour or two, max.  My DS actually prefers to hold it for a long time, so that made it a little hard.  Now that he's potty trained, he will refuse to go most of the afternoon until he REALLY needs to, but I know I can trust him based on what he says now, so it's not such a big deal as it was when we were training.

Just keep with it and don't do pullups -- always do undies or nothing.  I think having on pants or undies (not totally free) is best because they can see the mess in their pants, and it's more uncomfortable than when they just pee on the floor.

Make access to the toilet easy and fun.  Do you have a small toilet so he can do some of it himself (like at least getting on and off, maybe even pulling down pants)?  My DS prefers the little potty over the adult one because he can do more himself.

Just keep with it -- it took us a couple of weeks of working at it before all accidents were gone, but after a few days, it was already pretty good.  Is daycare on board with no diapers?  If so, go with that -- try to keep him out of diapers/pullups there and undies at home.  That's confusing to them.[/quote]

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