HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN THE RIGHT TIME FOR POTTY TRAINING IS??

[whatsthestoryinbalamorytoday]

My sister was potty trained at 9 months. My dd is 15 months and I'm confused as to when I should be starting to encourage her to use a potty.

If now is the right time, what do I do to start????!!!!

IIRC most advice these days says not until they are 2ish. Wait until they show an interest in using the loo or not wearing nappies.

Ds is 2 3/4 and still not potty-trained - thought we were going for it a month or so ago, he was really keen, but took against it for some reason I don't understand and started demanding nappies. Am going to wait until he brings it up again - you can't force them so what's the point of trying to hurry it?

9 months is very young - I assume she must have been walking?

I think children who are ready for toilet training before 18 months are probably quite few and far between. Personally I don't even think about it until the child's 2nd birthday, but that's just me.

signs of being ready are:

walking well
able to pull trousers up/down
able to undress, take nappy off
enough receptive language to follow simple instructions
appears to have an idea when they are urinating/pooing

Thanks!!!

Definately not my little bundle of joy then!!!

My dd's still very much a baby-certainly isn't capable of those things-phew!!! One less thing to worry about!!!!!!!!!