Potty Training

So we have started down the road that most parents would consider one of the biggest milestones for turning their darling little "baby" into a big boy/girl. N will be three next month and we have been working with him this past month on "listening" to his body and doing the appropriate "big boy" action instead of relying on his diaper/pull-up. I would like to mention the the two older boys were complete opposites when it came to this stage in their life...M by 3 he was 100% good to go day and night, J not so much ;) J had the worse cases of diaper rash, but really didn't care if he sat in his diaper all day. He didn't completely get it until he went off to preschool in NJ--age 4, and then I think the only reason he finally decided it was worth it was that he wouldn't get to go to preschool with his friends unless he was a "big boy".
N has been a mix of the two older boys. He has a strong desire to be one of the "big boys" in the house and do everything they do, but really loses track and needs to be reminded to keep his big boy underwear dry and clean and that he isn't allowed to pee or poop on my floor! Bribery also seems to work with him, we are currently on his 7th potty chart that he gets to fill up with Thomas the Train stickers (1 sticker for pee, 2 for BM, 2 for staying dry all night, and 2 for using the potty when we are outside the house). When the chart is full we have a toy that he has picked out. So far it has been going great, there have only been a couple of days that he shows no interest at working towards the reward. Most of the time when we leave the house he is still wearing pull-ups, but we have taken the chance a couple of times with going to stores in underwear and have had no accidents. Overnight he has also had hardly any wet diapers and wakes up wanting to go sit on the potty, so hopefully we won't have to be changing a lot of sheets when he tries undies overnight...don't know when that jump will be made, but it probably isn't too far off.

N with his newly filled chart and wearing the underwear he picked out to wear for the day.