I'm sure I already know the answer to my own question but....
My DD is 2.2 years old and me and my hubby are looking at begin the enjoyable process of potty training ideally before baby no 2 comes along in February.
We have bought a bog standard potty, a potty which looks like a toilet that sings when you poo/wee in it and a toilet seat.
I know all children are different and we are hopeful that she will be happy to use one of these to go for a wee/poo.
We talk a lot about the potty/toilet and how that's where you poo and wee. I also have an open "door policy" so she can wander into the bathroom when I am on the toilet and I will explain that I am having a poo or a wee.
She's been sitting her baby doll on her potty and saying that baby is having a wee wee. She will also sit on her potty fully clothed and say "I'm having a wee mummy" We keep her potties in the bathroom to try and encourage the association between the bathroom and going for a wee/poo.
She also fights every nappy change. Screaming, kicking, crying... you'd think I was torturing her.
However when we've encouraged her to use the potty/toilet without her nappy she declines. And when we've sat her on it without a nappy she either cries and gets upset or will sit happily for a minute or two before running off without having done anything.
We've tried giving her time during the day without a nappy on but this upsets her and she will cry and say she wants to wear a nappy. Which says to me that she has some awareness of when she needs to wee?!?
However, she doesn't tell us when she's having/had a wee. I will just check her nappy every couple of hours and then change her accordingly. I'll tell her she needs a nappy change because her nappy has wee in and she will tell me that she does not need a new nappy.
When she has a poo she will take herself to a corner to do her business in semi privacy and when she is finished she will say "Mummy I've not done a poo" probably because she hates nappy changing.
Do you think she is ready for potty training yet? And if so how do I start. She is a very headstrong, stubborn little girl. She will not do something that she does not want to do and I don't want to force anything on her as that will only get her and me frustrated.
She has never been bothered about being in a soiled nappy. And she would quite happily sit in a wee/poo filled nappy all day if I'd let her.