Signs to start toilet training?

I don't know about the bare bum method specifically but we did do a bare bum method of our own LOL. Amelie had been telling us of "poo"for a while but no mention of wees. By pure coincidence she had her nappy off at the start of one day and just kept taking herself off to the potty for wees. So we left it off from then on and she has just gone herself. Had one poo on the first day on the floor but otherwise all in the potty and no accidents out. She was just before her 2nd birthday when we started. So our bare bum method worked - I wonder what the äcutal"method is??

I guess you can only give it a whirl and see what happens?

That sounds lucky!

What a bummer high9, regression sux.

We have 'poo' mentioned here too and wees only after she's gone. She thinks its hilarious when she goes in the bath though and I'm pretty sure she tries to squeeze more out...so I guess that's an indication she knows there are muscles down there?

This is it here - read about it in a mag first off
http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-in-three-days-or-less_10310078.bc?page=1

Edited by kyromaniac

I started TT DD at 18 months when she showed all the signs except for being dry for 2 hours during the day. I used a variation on the method you've linked in that she was bare bottomed all the time at home but when she was at daycare she was in pullups.

It worked well for a while - I started by putting her on the potty every 45 minutes or so but after a few days of writing down when she was going I figured out she could hold on for up to 3 hours in the morning but only an hour in the afternoons. I think she was more tired in the afternoons and less able to concentrate on holding on.

However after 2 months she did regress, mainly due to some stuff that was going on in her life (starting overnights at her Dad's house) and lack of daycare backup (the baby room teachers weren't paying attention to her signals for the toilet and she couldn't get there herself as it was off the toddler room which is several doors away from the baby room). But, I tried again when she was 24 months old and she was trained within 2 weeks for wees although poos took about 6 weeks. So I think it was worthwhile starting when I did.

Good luck!

My bubs isn't old enough yet .. but my friends have always tried to time it around summer if they could so they are outside a lot and bare-bummed.

My brother used to incentivise his kids with a chocolate or lolly when they had done wee or poo. What ended up happening was they would try and try (even when they didn't need to go) jsut so they would get a chocolate.

Good luck!