The important thing to remember, as with many milestones for our
children, is that toddlers are ready to be potty trained at different
times. Please don’t try and do it because a friend is doing it with
their child,or you feel pressure to. Potty training should be done only
when your child is ready otherwise it will only make both of you
miserable and go through unnecessary hurdles. Here are some tips I have
put together that will hopefully take the mystery out of Potty training
but remember as with all of these things, it’s a process, face it with
smiles and enthusiasm, not stress and pressure…who likes to go to the
potty after all in a stressful situation!
Potty
training often happens sometime before a child’s third birthday although
some do wait a little later than this. In my own personal experience we
potty trained my eldest son literally days before his third birthday.
He was ready, it wasn’t stressful and I am so glad I didn’t try and push
him to do it earlier.
1.
If you think your toddler is getting ready to be potty trained this
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learn with you. The more u know the better cause it might take more then
one way to train your kid and this book has the ways. This book is more
then enough knowledge to train your kid and it has worked for everyone
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2.
Buy a toddler toilet seat to attach to your toilet seat or purchase a
free standing potty. You’ll have to work with you toddler to see what
they prefer. Let you toddler be involved if you can in picking out the
new seat or potty so they are excited about it. I got all I needed for
potty training here.
Potty training concepts for all your potty training needs!
3.
Also, if you can shop for some fun “big girl”or “big boy”underwear. My
son loved the ones with the days of the week on them but others love
their favorite action hero or color.
4. Figure out a
reward system, be it praise or a sticker chart. All kids are different
so do what works best for your child and your parenting style. Remember
though,never scold them if they have an accident and don’t get to the
potty on time. Just tell them accidents happen and not to worry and next
time we’ll try and get to the potty. Making a big deal about this will
only increase their anxiety and delay the process.
5.
Find a time when you can commit to really focusing on it for at least 2
full days. Put your wee one in underwear and at-shirt. Go to the potty
every 30 minutes or every hour and make sure to ask them between these
times if they need to use the potty. This is great to do on a weekend,
just plan on being home, as outings can make this hard to accomplish
6.
Sometimes children are not completely sure where to stand. We put a box
in front of the toilet to help them to climb up and drew around my
eldest son’s feet so he could see where to place them. This seemed to
take the anxiety out of the preparation for him.
7. If
you have a boy and he is having trouble aiming,you can throw a few
cheerios into the toilet bowl and tell him to aim for them.
8.
It is important to remember that toddler’s learn by watching. If you
have boy consider letting Daddy show him how he uses the toilet and
vice-verse if you have a girl. Don’t be embarrassed, we all use the
potty and it is important for them to see how it is done.
9.
Never go back. Once you start down the potty training road, don’t go
back to diapers. Keep your toddler in underpants and be prepared with
back-up clothes in case of a few accidents. The perseverance will pay
off.
10. Lots of parents (including myself) still use
pull-ups for night time and while traveling for many toddlers as night
time training can take longer and traveling can be tricky, especially if
you are stuck in a car between rest stops.
Most
importantly,stay positive and proud,this is a huge milestone for your
wee one and you should be there every step of the way to help them make
this transition. Good luck!
Links:
1: Start Potty Training
2: Potty training concepts for all your potty training needs!
We were told that potty training a child is a process of trial and error too. It is both exciting and frustrating.
ReplyDeleteUntil I came across this program that showed my daughter and I how to potty train our grandson within three days. There were some great techniques and helpful information there that I felt compelled to share with others. We've been trying to potty train my grandson for the last six weeks with no luck, Googling potty training was turning up outdated techniques and some of them we believe were even harmful and I really didn't have the time for trial and error and all the researching. We needed something that worked and was easy to apply to everyday life.
We followed the instructions and "eureka" we found a successful formula in 3 days. It was "Potty Training Made Easy".
Three days completely trained our grandson, it worked for us and I hope it works for you.
So I hope this helps and good luck with your training.... O' almost forgot here's the site: www.threedayspottytraining.com