Should I potty train 17 month old?

[Walktwomoons]

My friend recently told me that she has a potty in the bathroom and puts her baby on it before a bath. I thought this was a nice idea for getting my toddler used to having a potty around, so I bought a potty and showed my daughter how to put her baby born doll on it and make her do a wee.

Since then my daughter has been doing wees and poos on the potty fully clothed, sits on her potty to keep me company while I use the loo or she will say she wants to use the potty but when I take her nappy down she wees or poos on the floor.
I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for her because she kind of gets it but her coordination and understanding is holding her back. I didn't really expect her to understand any of it so now I don't know whether I should go ahead and train her properly with loose clothes/ training pants etc or put the potty away in a cupboard for a few months and do it properly when she's a bit older.
What do you think? Is she showing me that she's ready or have I just confused her?

I would say too early.

Is she able to reliably communicate information with you? Does she understand the difference between wet and dry? Can she pull her trousers up and down herself? These are all essential skills needed before potty training can begin.

I started potty training by having potty ready for bath time. I stripped my boys clothes off and whilst bath was running, I sat him on potty. If she shows interest in going then with water running, put her on potty throughout the day.

Take away the nappies & give it a whole hearted attempt. Reading The Nappy Free Baby by Amber Hatch or Oh Crap Potty Training might help you. I trained DC3 at 18m, it’s definitely possible. He didn’t show any particular ‘signs‘ but I needed him out of nappies by 24m so I gave it a go.

Ours used the potty as a hat more than for it's actual purpose at that age. It is nice to have around for them to get used to but do not put any pressure on them to do it before they are ready.

Once ours decided THEY were ready they did day and night in a matter of weeks but they were much older. We tried to do the eldest before she was ready and it just lead to a lot of frustration.

I tried it at 18 months, as I thought my DS got it, but in reality it just didn't work. I was totally put off.

I could of trained him at 2 years 5 months, but the timing wasn't good due to a holiday, so he got it easily at 2 years 7 months, only one accident and none when back at nursery ( never)

Age 2 often works.

Ok good most of you agree with what I decided, which was to wait. :) Thanks