You can do diaper free in the house as well. That's how my friends started. (Vt is pretty darn cold too) There will be some accidents, but that's to be expected. The floor is no harder to clean than a cloth diaper!

not 11months, one son age 2yrs 11months!

My girls were a little past i year when they started. I never really thought of it as training tho, more like allowing. They were interested in what I was doing on the potty and would show them and talk about it. They had a little potty in the bathroom and would sit on it when they wanted. We also had a house with wood floors and my girls often went about nakey-bird so were very aware of when pottying occurred. I also think cloth diapers are helpful in this respect as it is very obvious when it is wet as opposed to disposables that wick moisture away from the skin. They did not like having a wet diaper or worse yet a poopy diaper. I think the most important thing about potty training whenever you decide to do it is to not let it become a control issue. I never scolded my kids when they had an accident. I just cleaned it up and did not make a thing of it. We did do a little cheer however when they went in the potty and had a little potty song.