I don't mean here to sound at all patronising or condescending,(so apologies in advance if it comes across that way),but can I give you some advice not only as a mum but also as a former child care provider (qualified in education and development)??
Make sure your child is ready for toilet training as if she's not you're just setting her up to fail and going to cause yourself a whole lot of stress and possible problems for the future.
Does she recognise the need to use the toilet,and more importanly does she recognise when she's been??
The amount of parents I had to have the talk with about toilet training when I worked in childcare (I refused to assist with it if the child was plainly not ready).I had children sent to me that were supposedly 'ready' that would quite happily walk around with wet pants and not notice they had been until I pointed it out to them!!
If they don't understand or recognise the urge to go or at least the sensation of having gone (or preferably when they've just started to go!!),then they can't possibly be successful at toilet training.They will just have accident after accident and slowly lose their confidence with it,or worse stop trying and get in the habit of not othering where or when they do it.
Sorry for the lecture,it wasn't meant to sound that way,but just trying to explain properly what I mean:redface:
Assuming your daughter *is* ready and willing then my advice would be definitely stay at home as much as poss,let her go without pants/bottoms so can reach the pot quicker and less for her to have to faff around with.Sit her on it after each sleep and mealtime (very much like a puppy lol),and at regualr intervals when playing or concentrating (engrossed children generally means accidents!!).
Has she chosen her own pot or toilet seat?? Bit of input will generate interest and motivation,little girls especially tend to have an opinion and like to do it on their terms I have found:wink:
I had 3 boys,eldest was 2 yrs 2 months did it in a matter of days with only two accidents the whole time including at night,middle one tried it at just over 2 yrs and wasn't getting it within a week so assumed not ready and left it 6 months and then he managed it in a couple of weeks also with minimal accidents.Waited until 2 yrs 9 months with the youngest before even attempting it as worked out that was summer time and is much easier in summer,just leave half dressed and outside,much easier on the cleaning front!! He was very easy and more or less trained himself in a week or so.
All different and no hard and fast rules,they all get there is the way to think about it.By the time they're all at school none of them are still in nappies are they:wink:
Good luck!!
would go nuts if he knew I was posting but not on here anyhow) I can remember going everywhere with potty. We even had to stop in Canterbury high street one day (Middle of winter, I remember the Christmas decoration shop). I had a really bad shoulder un just had to get out off house, I never could stand being stuffed up in doors. Anyhow no one took any notice and my my shoulder got better, some time later. He did'nt do to bad in day as time went by but he wasn't dry at nights for ages, 3, or 4 maybe or might even might have been night before school:help: Anyway The days weren't to bad, just had to be vigilant like with a puppy. He took along time to be dry at nights though, not helped by fact that I couldn't get up early and was happy to let him sleep lol (much needed respite for me). We eventually got there with a 'dry nights' chart ( i have kept it, sad:smile