When should I start potty training???? Tips n advice please!

[EastbourneGal]

DD is now 2.2 years, n from reading other threads I feel like I'm a little behind in getting her started. She has started to show some interest now, but when we are home she never does the business on the potty.

I'll admit, we are out A LOT as I hate to sit at home all day, and nappies are convenient.....but when I do try with her, shes happy to play, but when she needs the loo, wants her nappy back!

Should I just take it in her stride? Im not particularly worried at this stage, but hoping by sept she'll be in some routine when she goes to creshe full time.

You're not behind. Many children aren't ready until they're 3.

Take it as it comes and let her do it when she's ready.

Thanks for that. She seems so bright n advanced in the head, n with speech etc....but just seems to have started everything else slower....from walking, teething, sleeping etc. She still has a bottle which I am watering down and trying to get her off at the mo, as she gets so wet in the night. Cant imagine her not having a nappi.....she'd drown in her bed!

EG, I've only just started DS1 3 weeks shy of his 3rd birthday. He simply wasn't ready before and even though the peer pressure was getting to me, ( he was oblivious) I'm glad we've waited as he's caught on really quickly.
Some of my friends have been "potty training" for a year now and it made one of them really miserable and almost depressed because her DD simply wasn't ready and she felt she couldn't stop once she'd started.
Someone told me to try it for 3 days and if they show no improvement then put them back in pull ups for a while. This was exactly DS's pattern, 3 days of hell then all of a sudden he told me every time before he needed to go!
Don't give in to peer pressure

Being ready for the toilet has nothing to do with how bright or advanced she is, really - don't think that she's "behind" just because she's not dry yet. When she's ready it will happen very quickly.

Agree with pepperrabbit - don't get dragged into competitive parenting! That way madness lies.

Perfect time to start about 2.3
Look up Cod's old potty training threads that's all you need.
Basics - plan to be at home for about a week - with a bit of luck you will feel confident enough to go out sooner but if you're out and about or have friends over too much you won't concentrate on her and do it right. Tell her what's going to happen and show her that there's no more nappies (except night time). First morning, get her up and take her straight to potty and get her to sit on (small reward like a choc button every time you ask her to sit on and she does). Then no knickers or trousers or tights on (its easier for them to recognise the signs then). Sit her on the potty every twenty minutes (choc button) then make a star chart and make a big fuss every time there's a wee or poo on the potty. If she has an accident take her straight there and sit her on and lots of praise so she gets the message that's the place to go.
Go for it and don't look back though, don't faf around and use nappies when you're out, it will only lead to more accidents in the long run imo - they need to know its the end of nappies forever or they won't want to bother when they are tired or bored.

when the child is ready..

mine is 2.7 yrs old and is getting there but she prefer the toilets more than the potty. She had been doing really good since ive bought 2 books of "i want my potty!!" and another is about a bear about 2 months ago....she loves reading the books with me

i do have to remind her a few times a day or she just wet her pull ups or nappies