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Potty Training

When potting training your toddler who would be just about standing up, and balancing around the furniture, then remember for potty or toilet training to be successful that patience is the solution, as long as the infant has no underlying health problem. Just because your child is not as quick as the next child for weeing or pooing in the potty doesn’t mean you have to rush him or her off to the doctor. Children are different, some being slower than others at learning things like walking and talking, and others being faster at standing on their own two feet and picking up words. Well this goes for potty training too.

The following months that follow the birth of your baby, he/she will have a lot to take in. Things change so fast in a baby’s life like being weaned of the breast and getting used to drinking milk from a bottle, or just trying to get baby to stop sucking a dummy/pacifier is a mission alone

Give baby a wide birth while they are learning other things before rushing them with their potty training. Take one thing at a time to make sure they are comprehending the things they need to know that suits their age i.e. from 3 months to 6 months up towards toddling years when maybe is the right time to introduce the infant to the potty, and if your child is quick at picking up on this, then slowly take time doing the same for their toilet training

Little babies have a lot to take on board. Some youngsters fly through the potty training stage while others don’t. Some babies may even panic when they see a toilet. If an infant shows fear of the loo or potty do not force them to sit on it. Babies have their own way of letting you know when they are ready to use the potty. Some signs of a toddler wanting to wee or poo might include them dancing on the spot trying to hold in their wee. While their face being another giveaway sign to say they want to piddle.

It can be a frustrating time getting baby to use the potty/toilet, but we all have to do it, only some mother’s have to clean their baby’s dirty bum longer than others. To the young, potty training is a complicated issue which includes various types of actions that need to be remembered in order – so bear this mind and consider the little mite at this time trying to take in so much.

Signs of him or her ready to use the potty include:

The toddler stays dry for several hours of the day and starts to have a specific time for bowel movements. This shows they gain control over their removal muscles which is a necessity for potty training sessions to be a triumph. Toddlers don’t like to be left to long in a wet or soiled nappy, and will pull at it to remove it. As a mother you will know your own Childs behavior and know what they are up to when you see them squat and grunt, that’s right ready to open up their bowels to poo. Expect accidents to happen throughout the time of teaching your child how to use the potty. Its good advice to have toilet roll, or paper tissues easily to hand at every possible convenience for cleaning up after the toddler.

Babies understand and remember basic instructions and series of behavior, and has an attention span long enough to make it to the potty, and, remember it’s for weeing and pooing in. Just keep on reminding him or her frequently to see if they need to go to the toilet or use the potty. Some kids tend to forget until it’s too late when the pee trickles down their leg or worse still if we talk bottoms here. And if a toddler is enjoying themselves playing out with friends or other, they will wee their pants or panties before they’ll stop having fun.
Little boys and girls love the catchy little phrases you say or do for different actions. For instance: the penis might be his Willy or Widgee, and the girl, her Tuppence or the Minnie.

Let the child pick his or her own potty when going out to buy one. An ideal way to begin potty training is to sit the child while still in his/her nappy on the potty at around the same time every day, when you think they need a wee or poo. This will get them used to being on the potty.

Make potty training a fun time for the infant. This will make the process more exciting for them, instead of being a boring act. You can try sitting the child’s favorite cuddly toy on the toilet/potty to coax them to follow what the teddy or dolly is doing.

Explain in a fun way this is where they should go if they feel like they need to have a wee, or do a poo like their toy is doing.

Keep the potty in the same place so that it’s always accessible now baby knows when he/she needs to use it.
Reward charts are great for getting a child to use the potty. Draw up a reward chart and mark a star each time your child uses the potty. Once they earn an allotted number of stars reward them with whatever works best like a pieces of fruit being the healthiest option.

When your child uses the potty or toilet, praise and give them big hugs. Show how pleased you are with their effort and let them now know that they are mommy’s big boy or big girl now they are out of nappies.