My son just used pull-ups like diapers and was not having potty success, he was almost 3. My mother told me how she used training pants w/ rubber pants over them to potty train us. I could not find them in stores but did here. 3 days after switching to these with the rubber pants he was potty-trained completely. After two weeks with no accidents we stopped using them and he was able to get "big boy" underwear at Target. He has now been potty-trained for 3 months.