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Luckily though my son was absolutely fantastic, and with every decision I have made with my son, it was very easy going to get him to use the potty, in fact he chose to himself.
Just before I go into my potty training experience, I just wanted to give some background to it all.
My son wore cloth diapers until he was about 1 years old.
I really enjoyed using the cloth diapers, but I couldn't afford to get pull-up cloth diapers in order to continue using them and as my son started walking at 10 months he was just getting annoyed with me laying him down to change.
I decided to use cloth at night and then eco disposables during the day, which was a hard decision for me, but my son was happy to throw on a pull-up and not happy to have to lay down and wait for a diaper to be put on him.
I wish I could have found the money to buy pull-up reusables but even eBay didn't have any.
I was using prefolds which are extremely cheap and pull-up styles are about 10 pounds/15 dollars just for one and my son is a heavy wetter - having lots of changes a day.
I thought changing to disposables during the day would be a bad thing in terms of potty training because I had read a lot about cloth diapers being better for potty training because your child has already experienced the wetness and this will help.
I now believe that this doesn't really mean anything when it comes to potty training.
Anyway I did some reading and discovered elimination communication, which I think I may try with my next child.
With what I read I decided to introduce the potty but my son showed no interest and I decided that it was too much trouble to try and force it.
I am glad I did because when he turned 2, he suddenly got this interest in using the toilet.
From that moment on he has initiated using it and uses it all the time now (at 2 and half).
At first he would pick and choose when using it but I didn't mind I just let him get on with what he wanted to do, and now he HAS to use it.
He isn't trained at night yet but he is completely trained during the day and I didn't do it he did it himself.
I think that we need to take more cues from our children and have faith in their ability to pick things up on their own.
I have always been really laidback with my son and I think this has been to my advantage.
While I have seen others getting stressed and flustered over making sure their child is doing something by a certain age, I haven't worried and now my son is potty trained but because he chose to not because I decided it was time.
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