Do you think she's ready?

[chody47]

DD is only 21 months old, but is starting to do things that I think shows she might be nearing readiness for toilet training.

1. She loves following us into the toilet and saying 'wees' whilst watching us
2. She loves sitting on her potty before her bath/shower. Occasionally she does a wee in there and loves the applause lol.
3. (Now here's the big one), she's started telling us when she wants her nappy changed - especially if she's done a poo.

Do you think this is enough, or would you wait longer for more signs?

[Santosha]

My DD started at 21 months - and was fully day trained by 23 months and was doing similar things to your DD. I guess the only other criteria I went by is that she was dry for at least an hour at a time, usually longer, so I knew that she was able to hold on.

No harm in giving her the opportunity... we're getting into good weather to just toddle around with no nappy on and see if you can catch those wees!

[chody47]

Now that you mention it - her nappy is often dry when I check, so I guess she can hold on for a while at least.

Hmmmm might give it a go one weekend when we have nothing on...

[Mrs P]

Hey Chody

My DD is nearly 27 months but showed similar signs around the same age, maybe slightly later. We've been encouraging her to sit on the toilet when the opportunity arises, and she often does a wee but rarely poos (actually its a bit frustrating as I always ask her in the morning if she needs to and she always says no but then does a poo within minutes!) but we haven't started fully TT yet. Mainly because with me working 3 days we don't have a span of days where we can be home and not go anywhere!
I think if I was to try it now it would work though. I'm guessing you'd like to do it before bub arrives? That's my plan too. I'm stopping work at 33 weeks so going to try then I think, or maybe a bit before. I'm not sure I'm ready yet!!
I say if you are ready (cos it sounds like she may be!) then give it a go.

[chody47]

I would like to at least try before bubs, but I'm worried if I try too close to the birth she will go backwards when bubs is born (read that somewhere lol). Due to school hols, I'll only be 30 weeks when I finish work, so I'm not sure if I should wait til then or attempt sooner?

[Mrs P]

That's my thoughts too - don't want to do it too soon but if I don't do it before bub then I don't see myself doing it for ages. Also trying to work out when to move her to her new room!
Realistically I think I will need to try TT sooner rather than later. Eeek!