"My two generally receive so many chocolates from friends and family I like to make them a little hamper each of alternative goodies eg book, soft toy etc"

"I bought a soft duck toy and painted some hard boiled eggs :-)"

"I think it's different from child to child. My daughter point blank refused to sit on the toilet or the small kiddie toilet seat and would only sit on the potty. She saw my neighbors toddler (3 months older than her) on the 'big girl toilet' and has now decided that she can do that too (thank goodness). I bought about 20 pairs of knickers and use nappies at night time. I don't want to use pull ups as they are expensive and to me, they still represent wearing a nappy. She loves her little girl knickers and we have only had a handful of 'accidents' since trying over the past 3 to 4 weeks."

"I give my daughter a bit of window down time and then usually bath her at 6.30/7 pm. It's quite late but I only get home from work at about 6/6.30 pm. We are at the potty training stage (she is 27 months old) and so I always ask her a number of times if she needs the potty. She has only made a number 2 just after she has woken up or near as to that time."