nelly - you just know LOL. He was running off and hiding to poo (for a long long time.. probably could have trained him for poos much earlier.. but wee's just weren't co-operating) and then he started telling me each time he wee'd. I must admit, my failed attempt at training before did heighten his awareness of the wee's too.. so it doesn't hurt to try now and then, just don't stress about 'making' them train just cos you picked that time IYKWIM.

Also, I was reading about signs of being ready, and one was that they start insisting they do things on their own, and he really stepped that up recently wanting to do everything like dressing himself and doing up his buttons and shoes and things. I also realised that a sticker chart would now work.. I could just tell he'd understand it now.. where as back in July or whenever I tried before, he wouldn't really have grasped that.

Plus I had to be ready too, and I finally got my head around not having the 'convenience' of nappies anymore, that we'd have to get him to go to the loo before we go anywhere, and I'd have to know where all the public toilets and things are. That really overwhelmed me before, so i think we were both ready this time

ETA: mind you, we're still only on day 3 LOL. Haven't gone out yet or anything, so we'll see how we go! At least with a little boy you can just stop on the side of the road and easily get him to go behind a bush or something heheh.