hes 3.4.
actually hes not quite there yet, still wears his nappy pants out and about, but when at home he either doesnt wear them or pulls them down when nec, takes himself off to the potty, or yesterday, the loo itself (hurrah!), then announces it to every1, beaming with pride. he likes the whole clean-up routine too, and always flushes the loo and rinses the pot himself.
all ive really done (through laziness/not being able to face it rather than design, i must confess) is talk to him about it all, buy him the props, encourage and talk about it (ie reading him I Want My Potty at preschool the other day, often chatting him through the proces of me going to the loo, etc) without ever really putting any pressure on him and hes responding slowly but surely all by himself. i think maria montessori would be proud. dp thinks freud would be happy too all this has taken place over months and months however, and ive been talking about out it in a chatty was since forever in preparation. whoever wrote about potty training in a week would not be quite so impressed methinks!
he does get little gold star stickers, btw, which we stick on a cupboard in the bathroom, but some of those are for letting me finish brushing his teeth with no fuss too.
now, just need to get ds's 2&3 to do the same and we're laughing!