dd immediately taken against the potty

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DD is 22 months. I don't think she's necessarily ready for training but she has shown an interest in the idea of toilet an potty for several months, so I thought it would be nice for her to have a potty and see where we go from there.

I let her choose one today and she went for a blue 'Thomas tank' one. At bath time, I told her she could sit on it. She started to say 'blue one, boy's one' repeatedly, even though she'd chosen it. I asked if she'd like to sit on it and she said yes and did. She immediately jumped up shouting 'too big' when it clearly wasn't. It was as if she really understood that it signified the end of nappies and babyhood. Anyway, I took her off it and moved it.

I'm in no rush to potty train, but if anyone has any tips I'd be grateful.

my son does the same... but getting a little better now.. (hes 23mths) i would say- leave it out downstairs... & let her sit on it when she wants to... no preasure... i found he prefered the higher one (more like a chair) as sitting right down low on a potty- he hates it & starts screaming... also.. sit some dollys etc.. on there- play with it

hope thi shelps xx

DS refused the potty so we have abandoned and are going to just put him straight on the toilet. Leave the potty hanging around but don't mention it for a while and try again in abit.

Thanks for your replies. I will get a throne type one and leave it hanging about. She's very indepent and prefers to do things at her pace!

Hiya - we had a potty for months and dd showed no interest. Then we got one which is more of a 'chair', or a 'throne' as someone else has described (winnie the pooh green and blue one from mothercare) and fairly soon after, she started using it unprompted. In conjunction with this we started reading her 'Once Upon a Potty' by Alona Frankel (from Amazon - lots of good reviews). Bear in mind if you get this that it is American, so we substituted the word nappy for diaper. I'm not saying we're there yet but I bet as soon as your DD does it once and gets all the praise and you make a big fuss of letting her flush it away and saying 'bye bye' - she'll want to do it more and more. One more obvious thing - we always talk really positively about the potty - smiling as we do - and make it into a game - I pick ours up and smiling I say to her, is there a wee wee in here and tip it upside down above my head and say 'no' !!! I find this a better option than actually picking her up and putting her on it (which other people suggest but she would never let me do) - or even saying 'do you need a wee' to which the answer is always no ! Playing this game just alerts her to the fact that it is there if she needs it, without her feeling I am telling her what to do !!Good luck.

Sorry - should have said, DD is 2 in 2 weeks. I'm 25 weeks preg so am keen to get it sorted before baby no 2 arrives - but won't be putting any pressure on her if it doesn't go that way.

just leave the potty lying around for her dont make a fuss and then every now and then maybe sit teddy or doll on it and make a big fuss if she sits on it.

Thanks Looby and Nemo. I'll look out for the potty book.