Advice, Re: DD 18months please.

[DialsMavis]

Firstly I had better say i am not trying to train DD super early or anything. But, I have also been told that you should follow the child's lead (I had to force DS kicking and screaming out of nappys at well over 3 years old). DD is nearly 18 months old and for ages has been telling us when she has done a poo (not every time). Recently, she has started telling us when she needs to do a poo too. When she says this I say good girl for telling us and sit her on the potty or toilet. She will sometimes sit quite happily for a little while and sometimes is not impressed at all, cries and legs it. She never does a poo in the potty so I put her nappy back on and within the next 30 mins slopes off somewhere quiet and fills her nappy! Should I continue as I am or just totally ignore her telling me she needs to go? I thought about maybe keeping the potty to hand, and telling her to go and get it when she wants to go or something? As I say I don't want to try and train her when she isn't ready or make it in to a power thing ( I am sure she holds it in until she has a nappy back on), but I think I should be acknowledging that she is aware when she needs to go? She understands quite a lot of what we say and can follow instructions, but she isn't really very verbal yet. There has been no mention of knowing when her nappy is wet yet. She does seem to be able to go a long time without doing a wee though, she has never had an accident while running around without a nappy on.

[brettgirl2]

My daughter went through a phase around 2 where she would only poo in a clean nappy. I dont know if a similar fussiness has anything to do with it? We had about 4 months of this routine b4 one day she finally overcame fear and went on the toilet. She then never poo'ed in a nappy again.