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We just jumped. There really were no times she had gone on the potty at all before we tried. I knew she was ready though and after a few accidents that was that! It was way easier than I expected. She may surprise you and just get it.

I definitely think the sticker chart and an m&m after going to the potty helped. She forgot about the m&ms after about a day so I didn't feel too bad using candy as incentive

DD started showing signs of readiness at around 20 months. DS was about to pop out so we waited until he was 3 months old and DD was 2 weeks shy of her 2nd bday. We just picked a week and did it!
By the start of day 2 she was prancing around bottomless and running to the potty whenever she had to go #1 and #2!

At 25 months, DS is showing signs of readiness, so we're gonna train him next month!

We are doing the slow and lots of practice approach. I'm in no rush. DD is 25 months and she started using the potty before bath when she was 21 months. The past few months she's been using the potty more and more and sometimes even tells us before she needs to go pee and poop. I think she's ready but I'm just not ready to take the plunge and commit. Our pediatrician just said to do it. Put her in underwear and see. If she has too many accidents that means she's not ready and try again another time. I just bought big girl underwear but still too scared to try. Haha. My goal is to try within the next few months. I definitely want her potty trained before baby 2 arrives in July!

@jetsa: I'm in the same boat as you!! I want to encourage it if he's excited about it and I would hate to miss the opportunity but then I also feel like he'll regress when LO2 comes, so why bother? I think I will just follow his lead and see what happens. In the toddler room at daycare they offer them the potty when they change their diaper, so maybe I'll ask their insight too.

We just jumped in with the help of our daycare. LO was showing signs of knowing when he was pooping, etc. With the daycare and us, we put him in undies and pottied him every 30 minutes to start. As all of us got used to it, he had more time in between sessions. We had accidents, but they've become rarer. We started with day training at 25 months old and have been doing potty since September. It was a nice built in plus when he switched to a preschool environment. He was prepared for it and didn't need diapers.

I have been trying since she was 18 months but she is no where near ready. She runs to a hiding place now to poop in her diaper away from me. We bought some Frozen themed underwear yesterday so we're going to try it again now at 20 months.

My personal theory is that the longer you put it off because you think your child isn't ready, the harder it is. When they're newly two, they aren't as willful as when they're, say, almost three. I would encourage you to jump in head first and get it over with!

We introduced a potty at 19 months. She would go pee here and there. At 26 months I took 3 days and dove in 100%, and by day 3 she was totally trained.