Lindsay was nearly 3 and VERY bashful and would not pull his pants down in front of anyone to sit on the potty. So for the first week the poor little bugger would just sit on it with his undies up to do it. Then he wouldn't poo in the potty and would do it in his night nappy before it came off in the morning, so to get him to do it in the toilet, I bribed him with a new toy car. That first time he did it in the toilet he realised it wasn't so bad afterall and was fine after that (he also had his new car too!). He was night trained a few days after that, so the process only took about 3wks all up. Erin was a different kettle of fish altogether and took to it right away and was trained at 2.