HOW TO POTTY TRAIN YOUR CHILD WITHOUT STRESS. NO MORE DIAPERS.
GET YOUR CHILD OUT OF DIAPERS......
No child will wear diaper forever; he/ she will need to get out of diapers someday. Some children are easily potty trained especially girls , while for some it is an uphill task.
No child will wear diaper forever; he/ she will need to get out of diapers someday. Some children are easily potty trained especially girls , while for some it is an uphill task.
Anyhow, it depends on how we mothers approach and manage potty
training. It can be fun but stressful at the same time for both mother and child.
Potty
training has little to do with age but more with readiness of the child to be
potty trained. Some kids at 18 months, (a year and 6 months,) are already fully
potty trained while some at 2years or more has no interest in potty training,hence it still boils down to the mother.
It was easier potty training my
daughter than my boys; it took longer time and hard work to get my boys out of
diapers.
What is your answer to the following questions before you start the potty training process.
·
Does
your hold or clutch the diaper? My daughter at 1 year already started holding
her diaper when pressed, though she will still pee in the diaper but that was a
sign she understood and knew she wanted to pee or poo-poo. On the other hand,
my son at 2 years hasn't started that.
·
Does
he/she understand and follow simple instructions? For my daughter,she started talking
and understanding basic instructions like remove your pants, come and pee; earlier, that made the whole potty training process a whole lot easier.
·
Does
your child keep a diaper dry for at least 2 hours? I knew my kids were ready to be potty trained
when they don’t get to pee or poop in their diaper after church service or an outing. They can sleep and wake up without wetting their diapers, then i will know it is time to start potty training. For my
daughter she stopped wearing diapers before she started school at 1
year and 10 months, we were using the potty at bath time to poop or pee.
·
Does
your child seem interested in using the potty?
I normally make their potty look attractive and very colorful to make them
interested in using it. I use stickers of their favorite cartoon characters to decorate
their potty.
BEFORE YOU FINALLY START THE POTTY TRAINING PROCESS, PLEASE NOTE;
· Understand your child’s facial expression when they feel pressed to use the
toilet? For my daughter her facial expression changes the moment she wets her diaper but
turns deeply red when she wants to poop, and then comes the question, do you
want to poop baby? And she responds, positive. For my son you will see
him squat at which I will rush him to the potty to poop.
Does
your child verbally tell you that he/ she want to pee or poop? For my second child, we
never waited for that to happen because it took a long while for him to start talking
but for my girl before 2 years she already started telling me when she felt
pressed.
After
answering these questions you can then decide if it is time or not to start
potty training. You don’t have to be in a hurry and don’t say, “see your mate
she’s already fully potty trained”, remember different strokes for different
folks.
If you have
finally decided to start, make the whole process fun for your little one and
you see them enjoy using their potty and the potty training process.
TRIED, TESTED AND TRUSTED TIPS TO HELP YOU SUCCESSFULLY POTTY TRAIN YOUR CHLD. Make
the potty colorful and attractive to increase their interest in using it. Some kids don't like the sight of potty, they would prefer to use the toilet. My
daughter loved using her potty because she always wanted to see Dora which is
her favorite cartoon character and then shout doraaaaa. For my son I used Mickey
Mouse stickers. Each time I wanted him to use the potty, I will tell him lets
go see mickeyy and before I got there he is already there.
Set a timer. I had to set a timer for every 1hour- 90minutes for us to use the potty to pee(depending on how much water your child consumes) even though they must not pee every time. If your child already goes to school it might conflict with the potty training methods he/she is learning in school. I made sure they poop every morning before bath to avoid messing up unexpectedly in school.
Give rewards after like 3 successful use of the potty. If my kids used their potty I normally give them a sticker, I will say, for using your potty today you earned for yourself a sticker. This method is called motivation which we all know works better than criticism. Anticipating the lollipop will make them want to use the potty.
If your child successfully used the potty, sing praises of him/ her and tell her what big girl or boy he/ she is. My daughter hates to be called a small girl and she talked quite early, for that she always wanted to use her potty to show me that she is a big girl and I will respond," what a big girl thing you have done", big girls pee in their potty and not in their pants. After using her potty, she runs back to me shouting, mummy I’m a big girl and I will reply yes you are, take high five.
Set a timer. I had to set a timer for every 1hour- 90minutes for us to use the potty to pee(depending on how much water your child consumes) even though they must not pee every time. If your child already goes to school it might conflict with the potty training methods he/she is learning in school. I made sure they poop every morning before bath to avoid messing up unexpectedly in school.
Give rewards after like 3 successful use of the potty. If my kids used their potty I normally give them a sticker, I will say, for using your potty today you earned for yourself a sticker. This method is called motivation which we all know works better than criticism. Anticipating the lollipop will make them want to use the potty.
If your child successfully used the potty, sing praises of him/ her and tell her what big girl or boy he/ she is. My daughter hates to be called a small girl and she talked quite early, for that she always wanted to use her potty to show me that she is a big girl and I will respond," what a big girl thing you have done", big girls pee in their potty and not in their pants. After using her potty, she runs back to me shouting, mummy I’m a big girl and I will reply yes you are, take high five.
With my
daughter these tips worked very well easily and faster, but for my sons it
wasn’t that easy. It may take like 3 months to fully potty train a child depending on how well the child
picks up the training.
Don’t punish you child who is on potty training for any accidental discharge of peeing on the floor maybe if bare bottomed, that will discourage the child just make him understand that it is an accident and isn’t expected to happen again.
GOOD LUCK
MUMMY.
I may have missed some important points in this potty training process, please tell us more in the comment box.
Is there a method you used that worked faster and better please still tell us in the comment box.
I may have missed some important points in this potty training process, please tell us more in the comment box.
Is there a method you used that worked faster and better please still tell us in the comment box.
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