Is my DD ready for potty training?

[Alitlebitsleepy]

My DD is 22 months and I have been thinking for a while that she's ready for potty training. These are my reasons:

1. She tells us when she's having a poo, and is very aware of her wee when her nappy is off.

1. She can hold her bladder for a long time (she can have a dry nappy for several hours and then have an enormous wee and is hydrated)

1. She will sometimes lie down and tell us that her nappy needs changing.

4.we've been talking about the potty for a long time. We read books about it, and sits her toys on the potty and she comes to the toilet with me and we talk about wee and poo all the time.

With all this in mind, I tried potty training a couple of days ago. We have been doing the Big Little Feelings potty training course which involves 3 days (which can be extended if needed) which begins with a day totally naked. We did the first day naked and I found she was really reluctant to sit on the potty, saying 'no want it' every time I could tell she needed a wee. I couldn't seem to put her on the potty quick enough when she had actually started weeing. If she did sit, it was for a couple of seconds before she stood up. At the end of the day, it felt like a big failure and I wondered if perhaps I've started too early? Or maybe I'm not committing enough?

Any suggestions?

She is physically ready but she may not be emotionally ready.

My youngest trained at 22 months with no issues during lockdown.

You will get loads of people on here telling you it’s too young. IME it isn’t.

Good luck :-)

Lots of children are nervous of sitting on the potty, I used bribery I am afraid. If she is physically ready then it's just about ensuring that she is comfortable and happy on the potty. Many parents leave potty training til later, but I found my dc were more biddable and had less anxiety about accidents etc at that age. Good luck.

I trained mine around that age. Day one was a mess for all three. They all cracked the basics within a week.

My first trained at that age too but my second was the same as the OPs and we had a year of her not being properly potty trained. Each child is different.

You need BIG incentives for sitting on the potty, it’s scary.
You can do it with small ones, a smartie for a wee and a button for a poo, and it will work.

But you can properly speed the process up with an iPad showing their favourite show and haribo. 😁

My daughter was ready around then. We waited a few more months mostly because we were finishing renovating our house.

We went straight for pants, none of the naked stuff.

Stickers to get her to sit on the potty and she got it in days.

If there is no progress after a couple of days then wait and try again later.

Thanks everyone. I must admit that the idea of using stickers or chocolate buttons did cross my mind but the course we're doing is very against them... Although I've heard quite a few people on here saying they've had success that way.

Well first advice is chick the course in the bin.

It doesn't know your child or what they can do. If stickers work for you daughter go for it.

Chuck not chick