Our three year old son has been potty trained for about three months now. We did’t push it at all and I think that helped. We often asked if he wanted to use the toilet, but when he said “no” we let it go. A lot of people had told us that he’d go when he was ready.
Although I was nervous about waiting for him to decide (I had visions of a seven year old wearing Depends), it seems like it was the best thing. Suddenly one day, it was like someone flipped a switch. He hasn’t worn diapers (except for night time) since. From the beginning he did both on the toilet. He’s had a total of less than five accident. He really loves his spiderman underwear.
We never used pull-ups. First of all, they’re very expensive. Second, if your child is like ours, you won’t need them. He didn’t have accidents. If your child is one who has accidents, I really don’t see much difference between a diaper and the pull-up (other than just teaching the mechanics of pulling underwear up and down).
Oh well, that’s my two cents. Good luck.