I’m hoping to get some advice on potty training my 2.5 year old daughter. This is the second attempt to potty train her as the first time she was not ready, she refused to sit in the potty without a nappy on. She now understands what a potty is for and is happy sitting on it without a nappy, but is only staying there for about 30 seconds, I don’t want to start reading stories as i don’t want her to start thinking when she needs to pee she gets to read a book. I have put some knickers that she has chosen on and put a nappy over it hoping that when she wet herself she would be uncomfortable and want to be changed but it hasn’t worked. She didn’t tell me when she peed, when I asked her if she had peed she said yes. How can I get her to realise that she’s not supposed to be walking round with wet underwear?
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I have a son so it’s slightly different but we found it easier with nothing on for the first couple of days. We would then see that he is going potty and move him onto the potty. After the second or third time, he realized what was happening and stopped going on the floor. After a couple of days, we moved to baggy shorts, then a couple of days later, underwear and shorts. He’s now fully potty trained (minus naps and bed).

Just so you know we did books and my little one didn't expect it every single time, we don't even read those books anymore now cause she doesn't really need them, they're just for enjoyment now. Also they get used to ignoring that feeling, so it just needs to be reversed which takes a lot of work and practice, so let her have the accidents and then say "oh no, it's wet, now we need to change it" and keep it consistent so she learns it's not meant to be that way. You can also talk her through what you do when you need to go and go to the toilet. At this age they love being "just like mummy/daddy" x

She’s always with me when I go to the toilet, thank you I will try some books then. She’s having a nap
At the moment, she hates having no trousers or nappy on so I will try just having some knickers on so she will still have accidents and hopefully that will be more uncomfortable.

We did no tousers or knickers for first few days. Think for our lo it enabled her to notice more when she was wet so seemed to work well as even when having accidents she would be aware and tell us she had done a wee at least. Maybe worth a try although i know their all different