Potty Training a Girl - Toms River,NJ

Seems young to me, but they are all different. I'd start by putting her on w/o clothes and see if she's still interested. They key of readiness (one big one anyway) is the ability to recognize you have to "go". Until she recognizes that sensation, there isn't much you can do IMO

I'd avoid saying no when she's interacting with the little potty. You don't want her to have any negative feelings about it. It won't hurt if she plays with it now and feels "friendly" toward it. When she's ready to actually try to use it (probably not yet), she'll start to think about it differently.

Here's an extremely useful website that talks about all things potty. There are alternate approaches suggested for potty training, and checklists that will help you decide when your little girl is ready. Many kids train very quickly and easily if the parents learn to recognize and follow their cues.
http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-tips.html

Are you just saying no? Don't say no at all (IMO) playing with it is her getting familiar with it, but re-direct it. Talk to her about what the potty is for. "When you are a bigger girl you will put your pee and poop in the potty like Mommy" That when you are a bigger girl can be 2 days from now. Get the princess potty book. My daughter didn't like princesses that much but she got a huge kick out of that book. She tells my folks that the little potty she has is her princess potty lol. If she doesn't seem to click with the little potty, get one of those toilet cushions WITH the ladder attached. I regretted not getting the ladder attached cushion b/c it goes all the way up so a step stool is harder for her to sit on the big potty.

She is young so keep it very casual and don't push her. If you think she will use it why not put a long shirt on and underwear and see if she will start using the potty (or pull ups and a long shirt). Have her watch you using the potty. Always keep it positive 24/7... even when your so tired of accidents lol no negativity.

I agree with D M. the number one aspect of training is can she tell you before she has to go that she needs to go. That is a development young kids may not have.

That was exactly when my DD started showing interest in the potty...but it was just that-interest.
Sure, keep it light and fun like SingleMa said-though I think Pull-Ups are completely counter productive.
If she wants to sit on the potty, let her.
We liked the Once Upon a Potty video. Sang "The Potty Song" all the time.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CBLBB/ref=pd_lpo_k2...

So, relax and have fun-don't expect too much!

DD...she didn't really potty train until she was 3.5...and it was so easy then! ;)

My daughter did the same thing so my pediatrician told me to put the potty in the bathroom or whatever room she was in and let her run around without a diaper, then when she has to go she can go sit on the potty. After a few days of this I put it in the bathroom and whenever I thought she had to go I would say "Mommy needs to go potty do you want to go too?" She would say yes and eventually she started going when I went. With us she was completely trained by the time my son was born which was great. Most of my friends kids were still in diapers at night but here I was with a 2 1/2 year old and the only diapers I used were for the baby. Whatever you do don't push her it will make things worse.

my boys are also 18 months apart and they are now 3 and a half and 2...my older son wasnt fully potty trained until he was already after 3 and my 2 year old is kinda learning but not pushing it...there was a time when i was changing both at the same time and i didnt mind lol. But you know when they are ready and when you see the signs you just encourage and reinforce it. I think my younger son is much faster though and will be potty trained before my older son was. They are all different.

I used the cushioned potty eat that fits over the big potty, daughter still played with it but i didn't have to clean up after every visit. It also helped her get used to the flush sound that scares most little ones. The pull-ups with the disappearing images helped us too. I was able to show her when she had gone in them and when she was dry and made it to the potty.

Keep things easy for now, take her every now and then and if she actually manages to go while on the potty go wild for her. The happier the better. Sing, dance, whatever you want the bigger deal you make of her going the faster she'll get the idea. When you're really ready take her ever 20-30 mins after drinking.

My Daughter was trained with in two weeks, but we weren't really able to until after she was 3.

Don't push too hard and good luck.

Sitting on the toilet with clothes on and playing with toilet paper are really not signs of readiness. She is only mimicking what you are doing. She doesn't know what you are actually doing on the toilet. She is playing with the little potty because she does not know what it is. She does not know that it's a toddler version of your toilet. Signs of readiness are showing discomfort at being wet/dirty, awareness of peeing/pooping while it's happening, the ability to hold urine for a couple of hours. I know that someone else said the ability to tell you that they have to go, but honestly, telling you first is one of the later things that happens during the process, not an early part. If you are serious about training, put her in cloth diapers, so that she knows what happens when she pees - it means you get very wet. Then she'll start to realize what it feels like before that happens. Take her to the toilet every hour or so. If in a few weeks, she isn't regularly using the toilet instead of her diapers, then she realy isn't ready and it's not time.
I know that some people think using the potty is cute and are fine with their kid using it occasionally, taking a year to train, having a lot of accidents. I personally preferred having a child in diapers to extended training and frequent accidents, so I waited with my first til just after her third birthday and with my second, til a month before his third birthday.
Good luck

Don't push it. You will be the one frustrated. My daughter was 18 months when she was fully trained. She said no more diapers and that was that. I would encourage it, but not spend too much time on it until she is ready.

Potty train her doll or two. Talk to doll as if she's your child and read a potty book together. Congratulate the doll for sitting and hopefully next time peeing....after a few tries of sitting exclaim happily that the doll did it, wipe + flush + wash hands! No reward other than accomplishment needed and praise of course. Also, sAve some naked time before bath. While water is running, tru to sit on potty. This is the best time to start! Good luck!

Here is an awesome potty training guide that I came across when I had started potty training and I think you'll find it to be helpful: http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/eden/tips-for-potty-training

Good luck!! :)