Successful Potty Training - It Can Be Done!



Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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t's a fact of life..every parent's child needs potty training. Unfortunately, not every parent knows where to start. Often, the toilet training cycle becomes extremely frustrating for most parents. Sometimes you will seem to be on the right track and then your child will have a relapse. This is very frustrating, especially when you think that you are doing the right things. Add to this that there are very few knowledgeable resources out there to help you, and you have a recipe for disaster!

The most important thing to do if this is happening to you is to realize that it is not your fault. Children have had to potty train since time immemorial, and you are not the only parent experiencing these frustrations. They are normal! The second most important thing to do is to not get impatient with your child. I know, easier said than done! Nothing like coasting along and seemingly making progress, then having a setback. It can push even the best-intentioned parent over the edge!

One of the things that you can do to help your child potty train faster is to explain to him or her that everyone needs to pee and poop every day, including you. And then explain that such things belong in the potty.

As a parent, this may seem counterintuitive but for many children, aids such as pull-ups and diapers can be a hindrance to potty training success. Not every child is the same many will take these aids as a sign that they don't have to go to the potty because that's what pull-ups are for!

There are a few things that must be learned before a child can be successful with potty training:

* The child needs to recognize that he/she has to go to the toilet

* The child needs to learn how to hold it

* The child needs to learn how to use the potty

In order to be successful at toilet training, you need to be patient as a parent. This means explaining to your child, sometimes over and over (and over again) that he/she needs to learn to hold it until they get to the potty and then release it. You as a parent need to be consistent. Potty training will not work if you do not insist each and every time. This is easier said than done, especially if you have had little success with your techniques until now. Here are some things that you can do to help your child be more at ease with potty training (and keep your own sanity!):

* Be consistent (yes, every time!)

* Use Praise (negative feedback does not work)

* Be patient (don't obsess over a relapse)

* Don't rely too much on pull-ups, diapers and other aids

With the right encouragement, you can help your child with toilet training and it will be successful faster. It also helps to find the right resources to help yourself through the process as well. The calmer and more confident you are as a parent, the easier and faster potty training success will be for your child.

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» left by Ally
from Northern, New Jersey 2 years 248 days ago.
My daughter is going to be 14 months in a few days. I started to potty train because I was changing so many dry diapers. Actually I switched from Pampers Ultras to Luv's because I felt like I was wasting money. She knows when she pees, poops because she stops dead in her tracks with playing and does it. So I just started to make a new habit since I am a working mother. Every morning, after daycare, after dinner, and before bed sit her on the potty. I have toys in a bin for her to play with. Sometimes I feel like that is the only place we have quiet time to play. We have been doing it more and more over the past month and she gets it. Yeah she still goes in her diaper here and there when we are running around but being a working mom I can't have the usual fits with my child that my friends have, our time together is not much and I like to keep it positive. We are creating a habit that she will need to know for the rest of her life. Why not start young it is just having paitents to sit on the floor and if she does it good! If not whatever! This readiness thing well, my daughter was not ready to eat when born and the doctors forced me to wake her ever 2 hours around the clock for 7 days. Its like anything else they don't know it until they practice it. She loves the musical potty!
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