2.2yo obsessed with "playing" potty bit not actually doing anything

[EllaWt]

Our 2 yo daughter will spend ages playing potty. She sets up, pull her trousers down, sits, pretends there is pee/poo and waves them goodbye as flushes etc but she has never actually done anything. This sort of pretend play is really high on her priority lists and she will thrown a tantrum if we take her away after some time. I have tried reward charts and flash cards etc to help but it hasnt worked. It seems she just enjoys playing potty! Also its not like she doesn't want to go because sometimes she will go in her nappy or on the floor within minutes after finishing playing.
Has anyone experienced this? How do I get her from potty play to potty trained?

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My DD did this for a while but she would get upset if we suggested actually using the potty properly.
We left it and she lost interest in playing with it. When she was 2.5 her nursery suggested she was ready for potty training so we tried then and she took to it fine, we didn't have any problems.

Figuring out what a potty is and what it does and what you’re supposed to do with it is typical learning, though, OP. It’s great she knows about it, and is happy to get to learn more about it. She is just connecting the dots, hence why she is likely to be going in her nappy soon after. She’s still figuring out that feeling the need to go is connected to actually going. 2.2 is about age appropriate for this type of development and it may be a while til it all connects together but she’ll get there. Follow her lead, help her continue to learn the process: you need to go, so you do go and then you get on with your day! Make the end of the process a little longer and introduce washing hands after and then finding a favourite toy to play with. The closure process will help structure it. If you don’t do it already, build in potty breaks when she’s first up in the morning and before snacks, lunch, dinner and bed. Personally, I’d drop the reward and flash card path but that just me. The “What Is Poo” book is fun and engaging for her age and takes the focus off potty training and angles more towards the ‘usual’ process itself. Good luck!

Playing is a great first step OP!
Sit her on it before and after the bath and let her play at other times, eventually she will do something on it and you can praise here and she will get the idea.

Watching interestedly. I'm having the same sort of thing with my nearly 2.5 year old. She's happy to sit on it and wipe and then wash her hands but nothing comes out.