Quitting Diapers Cold Turkey

I would use pull ups for outings and night time.

Remember kids are not machines. They mature along a zig-zag line not a straight line. Two steps forward -- one back -- three steps forward one back. Sometimes two steps forward --three steps back. It's totally normal.

To save your sanity, keep a change of clothes in a tote bag in the car for a few months. Even at 4 and 5 kids can have accidents. And then there is the no warning vomiting and diarrhea a change of clothes, a plastic bag (for the soiled clothes) and baby wipes will be so handy at those times.

Have you heard of the 3 day potty training? I was very skeptical of it but decided to try it with my son. We potty trained him at 2 (he showed signs of being ready) using the 3 day method and quitting diapers cold turkey. We were home bound for days 1 & 2 but we went on a short outing (Target) on day 3. I would suggest staying away from diapers and pull ups altogether because it does send mixed messages. Of course there will be accidents but with discipline on your part, it can be done in 3 days :) If you want more information, please send me a private message with your email. Good luck!

I would never do what you are proposing. For one reason your house will start to smell like pee and pooh. Even when you mop or steam clean the carpet repeatedly the urine and feces still are in the fibers, pads, and cracks. It is really unsanitary. I would use pullups because their purpose is to work like underwear. They are able to pull them up and down like real underwear but not make messes on their clothes and on the furniture and floors. If they have an accident on the leather couch you have to have it professionally cleaned, if they have an accident while playing on their bed the mattress gets soaked...the list goes on and on.

I say start them going and when they are going consistently that is when you put them in underwear all day. But you still have to stay on schedule and take them when they need to go.

2.5 is still really young to go full time without accidents.

ha, good luck! I would never do this, especially with a boy! You house is going to get pee in every corner!

My main tip is do not get angry at him not one bit...this could be the worse thing you could do...and I am going to have to say this is going to be very hard to do with the method of going about this. That tenth time he pee's a poops in his undies instead of the toilet it going to pinch a nerve!

What I have learned through all my friends with kids and my three kids myself. You do not Train Kids to go to the potty in the toilet, they will when they are ready especially boys.

If it works for you/him - great!
Some kids can be trained at this age.
But other kids can't.
If you get to a point where you get frustrated and angry about it,
remember - he's not doing this to you - you put yourself in this situation and you are doing it to yourself - put the blame/anger where it belongs and don't take it out on your son.
My son was day trained at 3.5 and he was 7 before he could make it through the night and stay dry.
I kept him in pullups at night till he woke up dry 2 weeks in a row.

I would not put him in diapers to go out. Buy a package of pull ups for those occasions. Those may not undo your lessons as easily as diapers would.