How to teach my dd to go on a potty

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Good Morning everyone.

My dd who is 2 years and 8 months is not potty trained as of yet. She is very private and very timid and every time we remind her to go on a potty she stops all together. She always goes into separate room to do a poo. We keep reminding her but she will not attempt to go on a potty. We were ok with this and we want to give her time however nursery key worker approached me and started asking questions how things are going with potty training on two occasions. I explained how things are but she asked to send my dd to nursery In panties and she will show her toilet and change her if necessary. I know deep inside that it's probably the right age but because she approached me twice I feel pressured. I feel like. My dd is behind as she said that most of the kids who attend are potty trained.She goes there on for 3 hours a day. My older daughter was 2,5 and she was fully potty train. I would welcome and advice or opinion in regards to my post and also do you have any tips to encourage my dd to potty train? We tried all videos on YouTube, we keep reminding her about it and we try to make it fun. Thank you

Following with interest OP. I have twins who will be three at the end of February and I am getting nowhere at the moment. They will both sit on the potty but NEVER do a a wee or poo. DS1 was potty trained by this time and I feel rubbish.
If the key worker is saying to send her in pants then I would give it a try with plenty of changes of outfit in her bag and I bet it will work out better than you think OP. lI would love to try the same but no nursery places available for my two until September.

If you don't think she ready then say no. They don't get to tell you when she needs to do it. Just explain that she's very shy about it and you want to be led by her. Also if you can't support it at home then what's the point?

At home just try to normalise it as much as possible. Talk about going to the toilet yourself and be relaxed about poo and wee talk. Will she sit in the toilet with a seat? Some children don't like potties.

Honestly some kids aren't ready until later it's fine. Summer is way better anyway as they have less layers on and you can dry their many changes of clothes easier!

Also I'd be annoyed if they implied she was behind. Every child is different, they're not robots with a switch for potty training. If she's not ready she's not ready and with the way she is shy about it pushing it on her might make that worse!

Just remove the nappy. The first few days no bottom half at all and leave the potty in the room. If you see signs put her on it, when she does it on the potty make a HUGE deal about it. Hopefully then she'll come back to it. If you keep putting her in a nappy of course she'll go in it so just remove them.