"Potty training" at 18 months - Am I crazy?

[lifeishardsometimes]

I've put "potty training" in quotation marks in the title because I'm not really potty my dc in the traditional sense. I just bought a potty ( thinking I would need it some day) and sometimes my dd sits on it for a bit ( e.g. before bath time).

She is very aware of the toilet and when she sees me on it she will say things like "wee" and "potty".

She will also often say "wee" or "potty" whilst she is wearing, and sometimes she even says it before she starts weeing/pooing.

The other night she asked for the potty so I put her on it, and then she weed in the potty!

However often she will still wee in her nappy without saying anything.

I'm not sure what to do next. She seems very young for proper potty training, but on the other hand she is showing some signs of readiness.

Would love some advice from experienced potty trainers, or people who have been in a similar situation!

[HavanaSlife]

Just carry on how you are, if she asks for the potty give it her, maybe asj her occasionally if she wants the potty. Id leave it at that though, 18 months is very young.

My eldest was potty trained by 21 months but only because he took his nappy off one day, refused to put another on and went to the toilet. Hed been using the toilet occasionally for a few months before that.

[CMOTDibbler]

How about just trundling on like this for a while - when you go to the loo, or at opportune times, then offer her a sit on the potty. If she does anything, great.

You could also try having her nappyless in the garden with the potty close by so that she has immediate access.

Don't stress about it, just think about it as 'getting ready for potty training'

[BloominNora]

She sounds like my DD1. I'd put her in pull-ups. That way if she asks to go on the potty she can easily but if she doesn't it doesn't matter. Get huggies with the dissappearing pictures on the front. Regularly ask her if she needs to go. Lots of praise if she does and if her pull up is dry when you change her, no fuss if it's not.

Just remember that if she becomes dry in the day, it doesn't necessarily follow that she will be dry at night.

I used this method with both of mine. Dd1 was dry in the day before she was 2 (but not at night until she was nearly 4) and barely had any accidents. It took about a fortnight for her to become reliably dry but we didn't start until 22 months. DD2 took a bit longer - about two months after a couple of false starts but is now fairly reliably dry both day and night and she's not 3 yet. She does have more accidents than DD1 did but that is because she is more stubborn and gets distracted more when she is playing.

[ExcuseTypos]

My dd was 19months when she was potty trained. She just decided she wasnt going to wear a nappy and kept trying to get on the loo.
It was a lovely hot summer so I let her get on with it, and spent a lot of time in the garden with a potty. We had a lot of accidents but she soon started to use the potty on her own. Within a week she was trained. She dis still wear one at night for quite a few months.

I think if you can spend a lot of time outside you should give it a try. Good luck.

[lifeishardsometimes]

Hey guys, thanks for all the sound advice! It sounds like the best thing to do is to chill out and go with the flow:-) Thanks again.