I am planning on starting toilet training in the next few months. DD will be 2 in July and she already tells me when she's done #2 most times. She has watched me on the toilet a few times and is very curious.
I am just not sure how to go about it. I was thinking a potty first, set up where she can see it. Then move onto one of those seats with the steps that go onto the toilet. A friend of mine suggested to skip the potty and go straight to the step seat, but I'm not sure about that. I imagine she'd find it a bit daunting at her age. I don't want to scare her.

So what did you do? Did you skip the potty?

Oh and also, is just a cheap all plastic potty better than the fancy padded seat that you can take apart and clean?

TIA