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My son's only 14 months old now, but I was just curious... I think it's funny that he ALWAYS goes to the same spot (behind my elliptical) to poop. Whenever I can't find him, he's right there, squatting. Also, in the past two weeks he started grabbing his diaper whenever I ask him if he's stinky (sometimes he's not though). So, just curious as to when your little one started exhibiting some real signs that they were ready to give it a go...

My 15 month old lets me know when she's wet already. She comes up to me and grabs her diaper. She also follows me into the bathroom when I go and I let her flush the toilet... so I'm planning on after the new year seriously get her trained before 2. Ambitious, yes, but it can be done!

When they started to wake up with a dry diaper. I would take them to the washroom and sit them on the potty and I would pee with them. I never asked them do you have to pee. They were all around the age of 18months to 2 years except for one of my daughters. She took a little longer. Your son is still young but you could start my friends daughter was 18 months when she was totally toilet trained. Just don't push it to much. I would give them juice or water and wait for about 25 to 30 mins and take them to the potty and say the juice or water has turned in to pee. Let see you pee it out. When you ask it is giving a choice do you want to use the potty or your diaper. I had noise makers form the dollar store and when they did pee I would clap and make noise have a little celebration. The would feel go great and would get a noise maker and make noise to. Don't let them have the noise maker until he pees on the potty. Then when the party is done put the noise makers up. With my boys I would also but Cheerios in the toilet and make them pee on them they LOVED it then the party after was the icing on the cake.Good luck