A good start to potty training

Time flies. Our little Sheri is going to be two in this coming December. The next milestone that mommy hopes Sheri can achieve is be potty trained. With no one to turn to in this foreign country, we have learnt to be self-reliant in raising our little girl for the past two years.Thankfully, mommy has a very supportive mother whom she can seek advice from whenever she calls home.
With her encouragement, mommy started potty training when Sheri was 15 months. Frankly speaking, I did not expect much success in my first attempt. My initial goal at that time was to let her be accustomed to the idea of urinating in the potty without a diaper. This might sound trivial, but it was not easy. I had to keep her entertained at the potty so that she could sit on it for awhile. Being an avid reader, mommy just had to keep on reading books to her at the potty, so potty time also became a storytime during that time. Sometimes, we could sit there for hours, but she might not pee into the potty. After awhile, both mommy and Sheri just lost patience and it became a very stressful time for both of us. Forcing her to be potty trained when she is not ready may cause her to have unnecessary resentment against using the potty in the future. Thus, mommy decided to give it up for awhile. Since then, mommy has been seeking advice from other moms regarding potty training. Most of them advised me that I should start potty training only when she is two years old.
Just before we moved to Berkeley, mommy bought a training seat for our little Sheri to avoid the hassle of cleaning the potty and at the same time, bypass the transitional stage from the potty to the toilet seat. After settling down in Berkeley for almost two months, mommy decided to give it a try again using the training seat. Besides making the potty experience to be as fun and enjoyable as possible, I will applaud her achievement each time she is successful. The results has been very encouraging. Our little girl is now comfortable with idea of urinating into the toilet, and she will clap her hands and say the word 'yeah' whenever she is successful. That is certainly a good start to her potty training.
However, our little girl is still unable to convey her need to go to the potty even though mommy keeps reminding her to do so, so mommy has to make her sit on the toilet at appropriate times. I guess this is something that mommy needs to continue to work on it.