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I don't know, but I'm following. H can tell us when she has pooped, is very interested in our potty habits, and has started pulling off her diapers a bit. She won't sit on the big potty though.

@Chillybear: I think H is afraid of it too, but at the same time I don't want to get a little potty seat because it will be hard to keep the cats and dog out of it when it's empty.

I can tell you both that M has no interest in the potty and I don't see any signs that he's ready so trust your gut! Our daycare starts working on it at 22-24 months so I'm planning on following their lead.

My daughter is around the same age and we bought a little potty for her bathroom a few months ago. She likes to sit on it (with her diaper on or even all her clothes on!) and pretend to go and wipe. I say try getting a potty and see what happens. We have put LO on the potty without her diaper a few times and she doesn't go but we figure that when she is ready, she will do it.

Btw, I don't think you are jumping the gun at all, especially for a girl. Our daycare requires toddlers to be potty trained before moving up to the preschool room, and that room starts at age 2 years 9 months.

@Chillybear: @avivoca: my advice, find out what kind of potty day care has and do the same. Ours just has a shorter regular one. So we got a ring for ours at home. She uses a step-stool to get up there, but now she doesn't even use the ring. Just sits on it and uses her hands to support herself so she doesn't fall it. But she has no issues going in public since they look all the same.

@GreenThumb: Exactly! Who wants to lug around a potty?!?!

Definitely following this thread - I think LO is showing several signs of potty readiness, too, but I am putting off potty training until after we move. We do have a potty and she sits on it once a day or so and mimics the whole process of wiping, flushing, etc. but she has never gone on it. I go back and forth between wondering if it's good that we have the potty seat for her to get used to - or if I should have waited until we are really training because it feels a little like a game for her.