Hi Girls,

I am really starting to feel the pressure to have DD toilet trained (she turned 2 in Jan) but it is not going well.

I tried about 6 weeks ago for a few days and decided she just wasn't ready.

I've pretty much followed the lead of my best friend who has twins 3 months older than DD - she basically took their nappies off (she TT'd one at a time, her DD first because she was much more ready than DS) put them in knickers and for a week sat them on the toilet every 5 minutes. Each time they'd get off the toilet, she'd give them a drink.

Now I mean she did it every 5 mins to the minute, she watched the clock. I just can't seem to do this! I have a one year old niece that I have at home with us on the days I don't work and have other things to do, every 5 mins seems OTT to me. I also think the more I push her, the less happy she will be to sit on the toilet (she's fine with it now and has been for months).

BUT it worked for her. Both of her kids are tt'd and I feel like a loser because my DD isn't. I'm starting to get paranoid when we go out that people will notice she's in nappies and judge me/her.

Today I've gone through about 6 pairs of knickers. I'll sit her on the toilet - nothing. I'll get her off and 2 mins later she'll do a wee or a poo in her knickers. She knows when she's done a wee because she comes and tells me. She also gets very uncomfortable in nappies that are very wet or dirty and starts walking funny.

I'm thinking of switching to pull ups to save the mess but is this the right thing to do??

HELP!! How did you do it?