She Will Sit on the Toilet for a Second, Then Hop off - Is This a Stage?

What about an incentive to stay on the potty maybe? Juice worked REALLY well for our first since that was the only time he had juice. Our second is 21 months. He'll sometimes tell me when he needs to go potty, but then I tell him lets go sit on the potty and he quickly says no. He doesn't want to be interupted from playing, but recognizes when he's filling his diaper. But since your daughter is willing and excited to sit on the potty, maybe an incentive to stay on the potty would work. Something that takes a while, like sipping juice from a cup or if that's not incentive enough for her, maybe a lollipop or popsicle. Just a thought.

Yes this is very typical! Praise her, even if she doesn't do anything because she IS, she is recognizing that she has to do something, she just hasn't connected that it is the pee and poop you want to go in the chair. Remember, you are asking her to use a muscle, it is just like walking, she may WANT to walk but still may not know how. She is young, give her time.

my 20 month old is kind of doing the same thing. We've gotten better results with a cushie ring on the toilet rather than her little potty--she HATES her own potty,she would cry too, but will sit on the toilet. We read her favorite books and save them only for when she's on the potty. Mine actually poops in the potty once in a while, but still pees all the time in the diaper. Basically, we sit with her when she says she wants to go, and if she doesn't..oh well. I guess she'll get it in time.

Some kids just are not ready yet, and your experiance is very common. We started with my daughter when she was about two, but even when she knew she had to pee she prefered to pee in her diaper. It was like she wanted to use the potty but just couldn't bring herself to do it. She was ready to pee in the potty long before she was ready to poop in the potty, and even when she was in underpants, she would bring me a diaper when she had to poop. I just told her that I love her and she can choose if she wants to put her pee/poop in a diaper or potty. I also told her that I knew that she would be able to put her poop in the potty when she was ready. Eventually, she decided that she was ready, and now she is in underpant all day.

I wouldn't worry about it. She'll use the potty when she is ready, and you can continue to talk about it and let her know that it is there when she wants to use it. I think that the important thing is to avoid a battle over it. I know people whose kids have gotten really constipated or won't drink any water becuase they don't want to use the potty. If you don't force it, it will happen eventually.

I think that right now she understands the concept, but she just doesn't feel ready to sit on the potty.
Every child is different, so this is probably her 'stage'. My son would sit on it for the longest time(like 45 mins) but not a 'fruitful' session. As soon as he would put him in his diaper, he would 'go'.
However, if you can sit with her and maybe read a book or let her do some activity she really likes, she might sit on it longer. Don't put her back if she doesn't want to sit, because you don't want her to dislike the whole process and scare her.
I know it's easier and a BIG relief if they could just get potty trained as early as possible, but in most cases we just have to wait for THEIR time. And when they are ready, it will happen even before you know it!