So I tried potty training DS2 with books, timer, treats, giving him lots of kool-aid & when he feels the sensation he'd go...nothing worked. Until two weeks ago I said: Diapers are yucky gross. You are a big boy and had him throw them out. And he was trained just like that. Every kid is SO different!!

I'm part of a moms group on Facebook, but I almost never post anything (although I do answer questions sometimes). I just don't need 100 other women to know how my kids' potty training is going, and I don't think my kid would appreciate me sharing that info, either. It amazes me how much people will share. Here, on the other hand, no one knows me, so I can ask away! Love that.

DH just got his official orders for a new duty station and by July, we should be at Fort Carson, Colorado. I'm really excited but it's still going to be another two months before he's home from Germany and I feel like I'm barely hanging on. We have two boys, 5 and 3 and they're driving me crazy. DS 3 has started regressing in potty training and I find myself escaping to my laptop more often. I have family nearby but it's not the same as having DH home. He's already been gone three months and I'm feeling so overwhelmed and guilty for being a bad mom. I just wish he was here already.

Finally, a potty training break-though: what he wouldn't do for candy and cajoling he'll do for a stuffed dog wearing underwear! We have a potty training coach!

Teaching dd3 to dress and undress herself is a nightmare. Worse than terrible twos and potty training combined. I put it off because I was pregnant and couldn't deal with her tantrums. She is very easily frustrated and whines and screams and throws a fit when it's the least bit difficult. I help her when something's really tricky, but she's been able to, for example, take off and put on pants for three months. No, I am not going to do it for you, and please stop screaming while you do it!!! When will this end?!!!

I always told my friends that their kids will get the jist of potty training by the time they go to college. it will happen.

Shit, my daughter now has a waist, hips (hourglass figure)and other grown woman things! She was just potty training last week wasn't she? I swear this happened overnight. Where did my little baby girl go?!

Moms-- Don't beat yourself up over potty training by a certain age. It'll happen. No one ever went to senior prom in a diaper.

Got to brag somewhere so here it is. DD2.5 saw her first movie theater movie this weekend and did great. Also was 99% accident free on potty training even though our weekend was so busy! I'm one proud momma!

I believe that potty training will be a long drawn out battle if kids don't learn how to "feel" when they have to go to the bathroom. I never just placed my kids on the potty in hopes they would go, or when I knew they had to. I waited until they started and then rushed them to the bathroom. Yes, it was a messy and chaotic for a bit, but after 1 day they understood the feeling of having to go and that they needed to get to the restroom. 4 days later, completely trained and never looked back. Not saying this is what everybody should do, but it's what I believe works best.