Potty training

First time mum here and my little one is 18 months old now and I was wondering when do you start potty training. I understand all children develop at different stages but on average what age should the potty be introduced.

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It was many years ago but my mum trained all four of us at 2 years.
I’m waiting til around 2 because it’ll be warmer so he can run around with just pants or nude for those first few days training! X

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We have a potty out now but she stands in it or plays with it 😂 but it's just so she gets used to it being around and then hopefully after her birthday give it a try. Like above said, it'll be ideal in the summer xx

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Same as fay , when my boy his 2 I will start x

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I will start when he asks to use the potty.

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Following as I feel like my girl is starting to be more aware of the toilet these days , at least for number 2s. I do think it sounds much easier to start potty training when the weather is warmer though, like mentioned above 🙂

I also listened to this really helpful podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hNp3rRObrg36BgiWsrEnv?si=55IUZ1_gSjqDgYMucZEgmw

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We have the potty out and she usually joins me in the toilet 😅
When she is in the toilet and needs to poo, she js really good at sitting on the potty to poo so I let her do so (with the diaper on). When she is motivated and I am I remove her diaper and she successfully pooed in her potty multiple times. I would just ask if she wants to remove her diaper and if she says yes, then I ll let her do so.
I ll wait for warmer days to do full on potty training, but she now sometimes ask to go on the potty by herself (sometimes to play, sometimes to poo 😅) I find it harder to train for pee, as if I don't remove the diaper I cannot ever be sure if she peed or just played, hence why I started offering her to remove the diaper 😂

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