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everyone is different but i personally think pull- ups confuse children as they feel just like a nappy to them so in the child's eyes you tell them from day one they can poo and pee in a nappy now all of a sudden the cant also if they do have an accident in a pull up it soaks it up so the child doesn't realise and thinks its ok, wheres with pants its all wet and uncomfey which might help stop them from doing it.

I think you are doing just fine. My daughter was 'house trained' for about 2 - 2 1/2 months before being fully potty trained. Out of the house she wore a skirt with no pants on. When we then put pants we used ones that were a size too big so they were baggy and to her felt like she has nothing on. She didn't learn to pull down her own pants until she was 2 2/2 - it's quite a hard thing to do I realise! Just keep encouraging (thumbs in the pants at the hips and pull down - we sang a song and I helped for quite a while). With my son we did the same but rather than a skirt (!) he wore loose trousers with poppers at the crotch and no underpants. Worked the same way. I would not recommend using pull ups, if your son is managing to stay dry bare bottommed then using pull ups would quite probably set him back (feels too much like a nappy - doesn't give a consistent message). Just try the no pants with clothes.

Good luck, he's doing incredibly well so far at only 19 months - just keep encouraging him!!!

I think pullups are a great idea. If you take him to the potty or toilet every hour, he will get into the habit. He is still very young, so expect quite a few accidents for a while. This is normal. At pre-school, we usually start training around 2-3 years,and we use pullups. Dont make a fuss if he has an accident, but give him lots of praise when he goes to the potty. It may take a little time, but that will be less confusing than putting a nappy back on when he goes out but not at home.

AHH. I've got just the thing, and it works EVERY time:

Buy him his favorite underwear, because it is light and tell him that if he wees or poops in them, he will upset the character that is on the underwear. It works every time. I would say, to take this outside of the house, you should take him maybe to a friends or grandma's and let him play outside, if he wants to wee, take him in on the potty and reward him for telling you with a candy or something else. Because he is outside, if he does an accident, no harm is made. (P.S. Keep an extra set of clothes in your car at all times.)

Wow, that's early to potty train, but if he's not struggling, than ok. Put underwear on him. Pull-ups may reverse the progress cuz they feel like diapers. You have to show him how to pull his bottoms down, he'll need bottoms w/ an elastic waist to make it easy for him. As for out of the house, just ask him if he has to go a lot.