Productive And Positive Potty Training: Essential Family Info
Your child’s showing all the signs of being ready to potty train. That’s great! But now, where do you start?
Explain to your toddler that going potty is a normal process of life and everyone does it, even animals. Talk with them about the toilet, a special place where they can potty just like the big kids. Tell him how the potty works and let him try flushing himself. Explain that they will be wearing underwear and not diapers. Find some educational and entertaining videos of their favorite characters learning to go potty. Be sure to involve other family members in the process and emphasize the importance of consistency during this process. This all happens before you even start to use the potty.
Make a special trip to the store and purchase new underwear with your toddler. You must make this shopping trip an adventure – put some excitement into it. Let them have a voice in what you get. The underwear will have much more significance if your toddler helped pick them.
You could even potty train an anatomically correct doll to show your toddler how it’s done. Of course the doll gets praised when it uses the potty. Perhaps even a party!
Overalls, pants with lots of buttons, snaps or zips, tight or restrictive clothing and oversized shirts will all be an obstacle to your child during this process. Put these kinds of clothes away for the time being.
Decide whether or not you’re going to use pull-ups, training pants or regular underwear and try to stick with this decision so your child has consistency and isn’t confused. Think about whether or not you want to use rewards or not. Figure out a strategy on how to handle potty issues when you’re away from home.
If your child is in child care, ask your provider for their advice and make sure there aren’t any hard and fast rules the center or caregiver has in place that may be an issue. Let them know that you’re going to start and enlist their help with the process.
Praise your child for each successful trip to the potty, and comfort them when accidents happen and try to remain patient and calm when they do. Avoid using candy or other treats as reinforcement. Let them know that it will take a while to get the hang of using the potty, and encourage and praise each attempt they make.
With consistency, encouragement and praise, they’ll soon be completely trained if you follow a toilet training strategy. Find out more
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Date posted: Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 6:20 pm | Under category: Family & Parenting
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I am not yet at this stage with my baby. At what age did you start potty training? My baby is only 10 months so I have a few more months before I start but I was reading up on it!
Did you know this:
6 Reasons Why Your Child Must Get Off “Diaper Dependence” Before It Is Too Late
Health Issues: Have you ever heard of a condition termed retentive encopresis? It is associated with unresolved constipation issues, and can become apparent from the age of 3-4 years plus. Retentive encopresis is also commonly known as uncontrolled pant soiling. This condition results in the stretching (and sometimes tearing) of the lower intestines from enlarged, hardened stools, to the extent that your child will no longer have the urge to defecate.
This can be problematic and very humiliating for your child as he/she grows older, requiring medical intervention and in some cases having to re-learn how to recognize the need to eliminate. Retentive encopresis can result in conditions such as mega colon, anal fissures and bladder infections. Delay potty and bowel training for too long, and you will increase the likelihood of your child ending up with this nasty condition. But it can be avoided in the majority of cases!
Psychological Issues: I am sure you can imagine the embarrassment and humiliation your child will feel if they are the only one at kinder or starting school, and having kids laugh at them for still wearing diapers!
Cost to You: You will be costing yourself thousands of dollars in disposable diapers (and feeding the negligent multinational diaper companies) and perpetuating the acceptance of delayed potty training in the community. Delaying the potty training of your child by 12 months will cost you around $1500 to $2000 in disposable diapers, wipes and cream!
Your Time: Every extra day that your child is not potty trained, you will be required to change around 3-4 diapers, when your child could be taking care of themself.
Trainability: The later you leave it to train your child, the more persuasion you have to go through to have your child accept going without their lifetime security of diapers.
Cost to the Environment: Disposable diapers are one of the greatest contributors to the waste landfill issues we face today.
But my real message to you is not about the complications associated with diaper dependence.
My Real Message To You Is That There Is A Really Simple Solution to Having Your Child Potty Trained Early, Quickly, And With The Least Stress For You And Your Child!
Now Just Imagine that you …
Solve The Potty Training Mystery Within 72 Hours And Your Toddler Is Diaper Free Forever!
To read more check this out: Potty Training