How to potty train

I would start out with regular visits on the potty (every 30 minutes or so). You may also have to go diaper-less so she starts to understand the feeling of that need to pee/just relieved myself. Diapers are so good at absorbing now kids don't always register that going sensation and sometimes pee going down the leg is the moment they understand. Children's books about potty training are good for her too - not mandatory, but sometimes it can help for further understanding. But your biggest place to start is getting her to go that first time in the potty so you can get her excited about it, then the next step is getting to understand the feeling of "needing to go" so she CAN tell you she has to go.

i wait until mine are 2 and a half or closer to 3 to potty train. i have no problems with them checking out their potties and occasionally pretending to use them, but i won't take them every so many minutes because that's them training me when to take them versus them actually knowing/feeling when they need to go. sure, the repetition of it will eventually work but i'd rather a week or two of potty training when they're ready than weeks-months of it.

when you do decide to start her, i wouldn't use any pull ups or diapers. if it feels like a diaper, it's a diaper, and she will use it. go out and let her pick her own panties and deal with the messes for a few days. also, i do a sticker system and let them pick out the stickers they want for training. they get a sticker each time they use it, even if they didn't go. 2 for peeing and 3 for pooping. you could do any reward system though.

good luck!

I agree with Tnm. It's great she is interested, but wait until she is 3 or close to it, then take diapers away. Stay home for 3 days, take her every half hour. She'll be trained in 2-3 days.

In my experience with mine, I respectfully disagree about the whole "her training me" - the goal with every 30 mins is to give her that first use excitement, then you start letting them have accidents to learn. But I also listen to her to let me know when she has an interest in something. Definitely didn't take me 2-3 days to train starting at 2, but she was completely night-trained, day trained, and can hold it with 0 accidents just before she turned 3. (she had 1 night time accident since turning 3, but she was sick.) It also took me longer because of the age and maturity - I couldn't exactly night-train her when she was having issues with leaving her room when she woke up and going outside by herself. But to not have to change diapers or buy them as often was definitely worth taking the time to do it.

Mine has been potty training since shortly after her first birthday. She was interested, so I took her to pick out a potty and ever since then she has been pretty diligent about using it. She had a few issues when we moved and she still has issues when we aren't home, but she is only 2 so I am not too pushy with her on it.
What I have found at home, though, is sometimes she will say she has to go, but has already gone in her pull up. I started letting her run around at home without anything on. She doesn't like to pee on herself, and she remembers to use her potty when she has to go. Cuts down on costs of pull ups and cuts down on accidents. :)

Mine would grab her sticker book and doodle in it, so I kept it up on a counter. I also used the toilet with a potty seat/step stool. I didn't like the idea of emptying a potty seat and washing it or the possibility that DD might think anything she could sit on = potty (like a toy box or whatnot). Just going to have to teach the kids that toilet paper isn't something you tear up.

We started familiarizing my DD with the potty shortly after 1 as well. About 18 months she was using it pretty regular, but not always. She's been diaper free since her 2nd birthday, with the exception of when we take her to the movies (that's more for me so i don't have to leave the movie) I'd set her on it immediately after waking up, and fairly frequently. But mainly , I was her cheerleader! When she does it, i act all excited, high fives, stickers, bragging to gramma in front of her... She used the cutsie pink potty better than the plain white one we originally had. The lid is covered with the stickers we'd give her for going. It's all about the positve re-enforcement.