One of the most intimidating parts of potty training has nothing to do with actually getting your toddler to use the potty. It’s figuring out how you’re ever supposed to leave the house again. What if they have to pee in the car? What if there isn’t a bathroom nearby? What if they refuse to use a public toilet? And, of course, what if they have an accident in the middle of a store, restaurant, or airplane? We potty trained my son at two and a half using the three-day potty tr

When we potty trained my son at 2½, I didn’t want to buy a million things we didn’t need. But there were a handful of potty training essentials that genuinely made the process easier. We followed the three-day potty training method, and while every toddler is different, these are the products we actually used, what I liked about them, and what I’d buy again. If a friend told me she was potty training this weekend, this is what I’d tell her to have ready. 1. The Big Little Fee

When we potty trained my son at 2½, peeing clicked surprisingly quickly. We followed the three-day method, and he really seemed to understand it. Pooping was a completely different story. At first, he would make it through the day without pooping and then go in the pull-up he still wears to sleep. Eventually, he started pooping on the potty, and I thought we were past the hard part. More than six months later, I’ve realized poop has been its own potty-training journey. Potty