Potty trained?

a real mommy's kid-story...if you're interested

I was wondering...when do you know to start potty training...Around here people say a kid takes its own intitiative and actually leads the way...As if a kid will say "mommy, I'm ready to be potty trained now!"
In our case I think we listened to Zoey's signals a bit too lightly. Around summer time, after we got back from our trip across the pond for Stefan and Genae's wedding, Zoey started wanting to use her potty, or sometimes the "big toilet" as she called it. We would let her do so before her nap and before bedtime, but didn't really encourage it for the rest.
After a chat with a friend who is an experienced mom with four kids of her own, and a bunch of nephews and nieces, and the fact that Zoey was wanting "to go" on the toilet more often, we took the plunge. And in no time she was diaper-free when awake! The first 2 or 3 days we had to remind her a lot, and at the end of the morning when she'd get really tired, she'd forget and be standing in a puddle of fluid, but after a week she did really well. She's now a dry three-year old! The next step will be figuring out when we need to start experimenting with nights! We'll postpone that for now though!!