It does sound like he definatly could be ready.. isnt' that exciting?! I just loved knowing that very soon, my DS would be out of diapers!! yay! And summer is the PERFECT time to do this! For many reasons. One, of course that he can be pantless out in the yard for a good chunk of each day and get used to not wearing a diaper. Also, if you want to find a potty seat insert, it's yardsale season and they're easy to find there or at the thrift for cheapo (which is good if you don't know that DC will get use out of it or not).
DS#1 learned to use the potty at that exact same age and it was this time of year. We had different circumstances, being that we moved into a house that had a composting toilet so that there was no way to rinse out poopy dipes. But he was old enough to understand why he couldn't wear them anymore. And he learned to pee outside or in the potty in just a few days. I should also say that we lived on 40 acres in the desert, so nosy neighbors weren't a problem - he pooped out in our yard for quite a while, too (I just picked it up in a plastic bag and threw it away). So you may not be able to be as free about his elimination as we were!
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DS#1 learned to use the potty at that exact same age and it was this time of year. We had different circumstances, being that we moved into a house that had a composting toilet so that there was no way to rinse out poopy dipes. But he was old enough to understand why he couldn't wear them anymore. And he learned to pee outside or in the potty in just a few days. I should also say that we lived on 40 acres in the desert, so nosy neighbors weren't a problem - he pooped out in our yard for quite a while, too (I just picked it up in a plastic bag and threw it away). So you may not be able to be as free about his elimination as we were!
