Mission accomplished: Betsy of Fluffy Windover's Diary discusses the success of potty training in this week's Toddler Thursday:

I thought I would post an update on our potty training progress with Edwin. We are diaper free! (Well, except for nighttime.) I never thought it would happen, but Edwin has been diaper-free for almost two weeks. He can do it all by himself (though we are still working on him putting his pants back on after). I know he may regress, but for now I'm just relieved that he seems to have embraced the new normal of using the potty all the time.

I cannot really take credit for his success; I think he was just ready. All kids are different and I don't believe there is any sure-fire trick to potty training. But I'll let you know what things seemed to help us, in case you are going through it with your toddler and need some things to try. We used a reward system-- I filled a box with a variety of "prizes" (just cheap dollar store crap), and he could choose one prize after he went potty. But I don't even know if this was necessary. We also did a lot of silly games with his stuffed animals "racing" him to the potty. He thought that was hilarious and it always worked to get him to go. I really tried to make it fun for him to avoid giving him the impression that it was something I wanted him to do. Because like most toddlers, Edwin doesn't do anything I want him to do.

Here's hoping it sticks, at least until Baby Brother comes to town and Edwin starts peeing on the floor in revolt.