Is it working or not??

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Started potty training DD yesterday who is 2.5. One poo accident yesterday morning, since then everything in the loo (we're trying to bypass the potty as have easily reached downstairs loo)

The only thing is that she hasn't asked to go to the loo at all - have only caught everything because I've been taking her regularly.

My question is whetherthis normal for the beginning - i.e. getting them used to going so they then start asking, or is the fact she doesn't ask at all mean she isn't actually ready and I'm only succeeding because I'm taking her to the loo every 45-60 mins?

(I should add it's all a massive faff which is fine if it succeeds in the longer term, but I don't want to be doing it like this for weeks!)

Anyone..?

I started potty training my little girl 5 weeks ago and we've been at this stage for nearly 2 weeks now. When we started, it was bare bum at home and after a good week of accidents she'd started to say 'wee wee mummy' so I would take her to the potty or tell her to go to the potty herself and she'd do her wee in the potty. This was all going good until nearly 2 weeks ago when I ditched the pulls up (she would treat them as a nappy and not tell me) and ventured outside in knickers with our travel potty. It's been very good and she's only had one accident at the park in this time but all the other times I'm reminding her and taking her to the toilet or potty! She's stopped telling me all together and now relying on me taking her to the toilet or the potty to try for a wee which is usually every 1-1.5 hours. So she's mostly holding it until I take her and pees on que. We are having full dry days but only because of my reminding or sign spotting.
Do I need to stop reminding her so much and go back to having more accidents so she hopefully learns to tell me again or do I persevere this way and hope she starts to tell me again? Any advice or tips would be brill please ;)

Ps sorry to hijack your post btw. I was on the search for tips or advice for my situation when I came across your post and I felt like I needed to share my similar problem. I will definitely post any successes or changes that help me.

And they say potty training can only take a week :-/ lol.

dd is same age been going ok got 6 months until dc2 born so plenty time. if we are going yo be at home for little while i ask if she wants to potty train and normally yes unless tired. then we have v cheap 99p shop potty in lounge and say she can have a treat if wees in potty. normally she will have small accident and then rush onto potty. working well so far

I am potty training my dd at the moment that sounds really good for day 1. We are a few weeks in and I found it was nearer 2 weeks before she would say when she needed a wee and was reliably dry. I just take her regularly when we are out and about but leave her to it a bit more at home. A lot of my friends have children similar ages and it does seem to take longer than a week.