Potty Training?????

So BG just turned 2 and I'm starting to get serious about potty training her. It is not an easy task to even imagine doing with 4 tiny toddlers too. So I've been procrastinating. But with a little push from Nicole I have been thinking more about it. We have introduced potty training to BG and attempted to get her to use the potty chair. However, she has no interest. So I got to thinking that she might do better if she thought that she was teaching the tiny toddlers to use the potty since she thinks she is their mother hen. I know that other countries potty train sooner so I did a quick research. I was surprised to find methods for potty training infants (by age 1). So I am considering having all my babies try the potty chair, my big toddler and 4 tiny toddlers. I just plan to use the tiny toddlers to train the big toddler, but who knows maybe it will work on all of them???

I do have to say that potty training earlier does make sense in the fact that the babies never get into the habit of using a diaper. Like, we sleep trained early, before they got in the habit of getting up at night. We stopped using a bottle before they got in the habit of having one. It only make sense to stop using a diaper before they get in the habit of going potty in it, but the logistics of it is what has me concerned.

I realize that potty training is a very personal and sensitive subject and I'm opening myself up here for potential lashing. So please go easy on me. But if you do have positive, helpful advice, I'd love to hear from you.

So now as for the right potty chair? There are so many options out there. I've found chairs for as cheap as $10 and as expensive as $100. Wow! And even with the cheapest, it's a big investment to purchase 5 potty chairs. And part of me really thinks that the type of chair does not matter. When my twins were toddlers I bought the BEST (or at least most expensive at the time). I think it was called Tinkle Tunes? Anyway it played music as a reward when it got wet. Awesome, instant reward, what could be better? Right? Well... I remember sitting them on the potty with their book. All full of hope. I walked down the hall for just a minute, when I heard the sweet sound of music! Yay! I ran down the hall yelling out praises, clapping my hands, huge smile on my face, thinking that was the best $100 I'd spent. Only to find my 2 precious (or should I say devilish) 2 year olds standing over the potty chairs with empty cups of water in their hands. Needless to say those potty chairs became no more than a toy and my boys were 3 before fully trained (and were trained using the $5 toilet ring).