loads of people are potty training there toddlers and they are all doing so well but i try with caitlin but shes not interested she doesnt know when shes weeing as everytime she crys as she doesnt realis! we leave the potty and keep reminding her you wee wee in the potty but shes not really interested
my mil keeps telling me i should push her more and she needs to be trained by winter but i dont agree in pushing them into somethin if there not ready!
does anyone have any tips or advice

Hun. It's got nothing to do with anyone but you and your daughter. Tell them to *$%£ off if they feel the need to interfere.

It's really not worth trying until 1) she is aware she needs a wee/poo before she's actually doing it and 2) that she can tell you this.

I wouldn't worry Hun. They're all different x

I honestly think you will know when she is ready!

We are taking a laid back approach to potty training. I need Andrew potty trained by Sept because the nursery wont take him if he isnt... An yways, We have had days where we have had pants on and it has showed me that he knows he wants to wee as he asks me for a nappy! And he can hold it because he was refusing to wee on the potty! So 2 of the major signs but Andrew simply doesnt want to do it at the moment, I am hoping by letting him lead me it will help him when he does decide to do it.

Most of Andrews friends are potty trained right now but have only been doing it for a month or so.

Could you get some stickers and give her a sticker every time she sits on the potty? just to get her used to sitting on it - this is if you think she is ready! - it doesnt even have to be without the nappy just to get her used to sitting on it?

Dont feel pressured into potty training! Let Caitlin lead you! Otherwise both you and Caitlin will get stressed and it doesnt need to be stressful

Also be prepared lol Sophie is always going up to Andrew saying 'I have a turn' Or 'Get up' Lol wanting a turn on the potty so we have 2 now and she has a turn when Andrew does Lesh may well want to join in!!

I truly believe that children will 'get it' when they are supposed to.

I think you could spend 6 months trying and trying and getting wee everywhere and Caitlin getting distressed, when you could just continue with nappies and when the time is right, it will all just click into place.

Aimee isnt quite ready yet either, so im just going to sit back and wait for her to guide me.

Dont let anybody pressure you both. Caitlin will get it in her own time xx

I've always heard that if you try too soon it could take months and be very stressful but if you wait till they are ready it can be over and done with in a few weeks and like babymilly says they need to know when they need to wee/poo, be able to tell you about it, and be able to hold it in first.

It must be hard when people are pressuring you but you will know when the time is right x

Im the same im gettin my mu and step sister say arent you potty training yet but i just know callum isnt ready.
a, his nappys are still quite damp during naps/bedtime
b, he cant tell me when he drinks let alone when he needs the potty
the list goes on
Im just gonna do it when i feel hes ready too x

I havent even attempted this yet - dont let anyone rush you xx

I asked the HV this at her 2yr check up. as she tells me when shes been or when shes wet/dirty but not before. Iv tried her without napies (ok not put my heart and sole into it) but she just doesnt tell me before.

But the HV said its a mental thing, you can push and push them and if they're not ready they will not get it. Its a nerve thing that tells the brain when they need to go (she drew me a lovely diagram! haha) untill the brains nerves are ready then your fighting a losing battle.

I would love lillie to be out of nappies soon save some £££ more than anything! 2 in nappies is costing a fortune right now! lol x

There is no point in pushing it until she is ready you will just create more stress and unhappiness unnecessarily.

I would just leave the potty lying around and let her use it as a seat if she wants. Give her lots of praise if you ever do get a wee in the potty but don't push her. Talk about going to the toilet and let her see you go so she learns about the principle of it.

When she is ready she will just do it.

One of Wil's friends was done in a weekend just after he was 3. He went straight from nappies to potty trained with virtually no accidents in 3 days. He was ready and he knew exactly what he had to do.

I don't agree with pushing them before they are ready either, as the others have said it can cause a lot of stress and can actually give them a complex if they are not truely ready and it'll knock them back even further if they are seen to 'get it wrong'

My friend potty trained her LO from 18mth (before she was 'ready') and the whole process took her a lot longer and even a year on she's still has mishaps in certain situations.
I did Oliver in a matter of weeks (probably 2wks max) << am not bragging btw, I'm just proving a point lol (although I am extremely proud )

Just try little things like letting her go commando at home..no stress about it, take her to the loo with you and have a little potty in there for her. Sit dolly's on the potty, you sit on the potty (lol - I did it and so did OH ) Also a great book is 'I want my potty' by Tony Ross

She will get there in her own time, believe me. xx

im not even attempting it with evan because he cant talk yet so cant tell me he needs a weewe have his potty and have had it for months he knows he sits on it wen he is naked but never pees on it! he grabs his nappy after he has peed or poo'd and lets me know he wants it changed so its is obvious he is starting to not like the feeling of a wet nappy but until he can talk there is no point!tonight i got him stripped for bath and he was playing in his room and i was in bathroom running bath and he came thru saying "me, me" i thought he was wanting in the bath but he pointed to his room he had poo'd on the floor so he knew it was wrong and he shudnt have done it there but he obviously had to go and didnt understand to tell me or maybe he didnt even know he was needing before it was too late