Some of you may have seen on my fb that DD is most likely ready to TT.

However...I am clueless. I wasn't even planning on starting until after 2.

Okay - here are the facts at the moment:

  • We live in a unit/flat and the laundry door opens into the laundry and directly onto the toilet door. So to get to the toilet, you have to open the laundry door, squeeze behind it, close it, then you can open the toilet door and get to the toilet. Hence, getting *anyone* to the toilet in a hurry (even me in the middle of the night LOL) is a pita.
  • I can't lift her at the moment becuase of SPD (even up to the toilet)
  • She suddenly changed - a couple of weeks ago - from saying "no" to every offer of a nappy change (even when it was blatantly obvious she needed one) to saying "yes"
  • She can tell you *after* she has done "wee wee" or "poo poo", but not before. During nappy free time outside she shows no signs of being aware before she wees...she just looks down to the general area a split second beforehand, wees all over the courtyard and says "WATER!"
  • She has very recently gone from screaming and crying at the suggestion of sitting on the potty, to calmly and happily sitting on it when asked.
  • She can take off her wet and dirty nappies if wearing a dress.


She also knows to wash her hands after every nappy change. I know this isn't needed, but we thought a while ago that we'd teach her the habit of washing after toileting.

She's 19 months old, 13.5 kilos but rather tall...suggestions on knickers for bumless kids? I have some Pumpkin Patch ones in a 1-2 which I used ages ago for summer nappy covers :-P and will use them in the meantime, but, any cheaper suggestions?

What will daycare do to help? If we start now, she'll be the only one in her room TT. Will they bother at all? She's in 5 days a week.

We are renting and fully carpeted...so would love to be able to avoid poo on the floor/rubbed into things as much as humanly possible...so want to make sure we do this right!

Sorry for all the questions...I just don't want to do it 'wrong' and essentially make her confused or anything.

Thanks in advance!