When should you start potty training ? Are these signs of being ready?

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My little boy is just turning 18 months. I know this may be a little early to start potty training but I feel he sometimes shows signs of being ready/being ready soon .

Signs if notice
-when he needs a poo he will go hide somewhere so we can see him
-he will try and pull his nappy of
-he touches it when it's puffy
-yesterday after undressing him from lunch, he was completely naked and he ran away, squatted down and did a wee on the floor (he was very aware of what he was doing )

I know this may now all be sings , and I'm a 1st time mum so I have no idea when I should start!! He is 1 in August so my original plan was to start then as it would be summer and it would be easier to let him run around the house in the nud while training

I've already heard that boys can be harder to train than girls? Not sure if this is true

Like I said first time mum so this is all new to me but one of my concerns is that I'm working from home due to lockdown atm so he is with me daily but when I go back to work (in a school) my mother and mother in law look after him. My mum will 100% stick to what I ask her to do with regards to keeping up the training, but my mother in law will not (experienced her with another grandchild just putting a nappy on them because she's to lazy to attempt the training)

Any advice appreciated

Thank you

I'm only on day 8 of PT but didn't want to read and run because my girl is only 19 months. Tried a day bare bum on boxing day but none of us were quite ready but this time feels very different. I'm using the Oh Crap! Potty Training book and it seems to be working well.
I'd say ignore anyone that says boys are harder to train, there's no real biological reason for boys and girls to be different.

I'm WFH atm too, I booked the week off so had a 9 day run at it before the grandparents take over childcare.

If you think he's ready now and it suits then I'd say go for it!

Hi, I would also recommend the ‘Oh Crap! Potty training’. This is the method we used and worked well, (we PT at aged 2, DD now 3) the going bare bottomed approach ( eg cold turkey with nappies except night nappy) made sense. First week is hardest but stick with it! We covered our carpet with wipeable tablecloth (oil cloth) from local haberdasher sold by meter on a roll which was just easier to clean spills in the early days of getting the hang of using potty, and absorbent wee mats on sofas. Lots of praise and cuddles when they catch it in the potty was good encouragement. Good luck 🙂