My son was 2 and a half when he was sucessfully trained.  Just do it when you are both ready.  There are heaps of websites that list the 'signs of readyness."

Don't feel pressured by anyone. Take your time.

you can start potty training as soon as your child can walk. The advantage of starting early is that it's alot easier and will happen sooner. You start with getting your child use to sitting on a potty. Make sitting ont he potty fun, read them a story on the potty and give treats. Let them watch you and your other children use the toilet and explain what you are doing on the toilet. Have jock or knicker free time. Let the walk around outside with no pants on and as soon as they start to "wee" sit them on the potty and explain that it's a "wee" and it goes in the potty. They need lot's of praise and you need to be very repetitive and say "wee" and "poo" alot! so they put it all together. All mine were toilet trained at 18 months old.

Hi,

My husband & I started our daughter potty training at 6 months of age. She could sit up unassisted and so we sat her on the potty each morning & then at least once during the day. We found mornings were the best time, straight after her feed, night nappy off & sit on potty for a few minutes. Initially she just urinated and we gave her lots of praise for this, after a few weeks we also got poop in the potty.

Our daughter is now 16 months old & sitting on the potty each morning is a part of her daily routine, and 9 out of 10 mornings she poops in the potty & we don't have to deal with poopy nappies at all. She is now indicating to us that she has a wet nappy and will point to the potty to let us know that she wants to go.

Each child is different. There is no right & wrong answer. You know your child best and can assess their capabilities. I would only say that the one thing we found was get a potty that is plain & simple, you don't need to spend lots of money on something that flushes, has bells & whistles, what you need is something that your child can sit on comfortably and can be cleaned easily. The potty is not a toy, any that have fancy gadgets attached become playthings and you loose the toilet training battle. Good Luck

I started my first child at two and it was just a game to her and time consuming.  Secound time round and looking back on children Ihave looked after I talked to my child reading toileting books and not putting them on the toilet every harf hour to try to catch a wee thats luck. My secound daugther started at two and a half I would ask her once a day around bath time if you would like to go, or in the morning because we all go then when you get a result lots of phrase.By the time they are just over two they are tall enough to get on themself and communicate well and understand what they are doing. But in saying that I have an auntie who toilet trained her daugther at one, but she probably didnt mention all the accedents  ect. I think it would be stressful for a one year old, but all children are different. 

i waited until my kids started showing signs of being ready to be trained- including taking nappies off after weeing, telling us that they had wee'd in their nappy etc.  for my daughter, this was at about age 2, for my son, he was nearly 3 when we seriously started training him....although for both we introduced them to the potty at about age 2.  the whole process for us was very gradual and not at all rushed.  they went at their own pace and had a few accidents along the way, which are to be expected.  boys generally take longer with these things than girls.  you could get the potty out and give it a go, but i wouldn't push it too early.  he will let you know when he is ready.

just wait and see what bubs wants to do, dont in any way force him as this will just scare him. remember when you start also use a sticker chart for when he does go you give him a sticker as a reward, after 5 stickers you get a chocolate.

hope this has helped

Anita XXX