Toilet Training your Baby
Potty training is another great milestone in your child’s life.
However, it can be quite difficult to train your child especially if he
has not understood yet what toilet training is. So it is necessary that
you give them the right information before you start training your child
to use the toilet.
The age of the child should not be the basis for potty training. You
must consider their abilities if you want to start to train them. If
they can already follow the simple instructions, then your child has a
great chance to immediately follow the training and the routine that you
will give.
In order to get ready to toilet train, you must first introduce your
child to the environment – the bathroom. Tell him that this where mommy
and daddy pee or poop. Tell your child the use of the potty and why
should he use the potty. You must always associate the words “pee or
peepee” and “poop or poopoo” without the potty or bathroom.
You must also talk to your child and tell him that he must advice you if
his diaper is already wet or if he have soiled or “pooped” in his
diaper. And as a parent, it is your job to identify the behaviors. Ask
your child if he is going to poop or to pee so that he can always
associate those activities with using the potty.
With your hectic schedule, it is very difficult that you spend an hour
or two for your child’s potty training. If you don’t have much available
time, you can allocate at least your weekend to train your child how to
use the toilet.
The first few days or even weeks of training your child are the most
challenging. However, even if you are already feeling frustrated and
exhausted, don’t push your child to sit at the toilet if he does not
want to. If you insist your child too much, the training can be very
stressful to him. Thus, it might become a traumatic experience for your
child which might result to the delay of his toilet use.
To let the tension loose between your child and the potty, it might need
some demonstrations from you. Show your toddler how you sit on the
toilet. While doing so, you must also explain what you are doing. Always
remember to use the words “pee” and “poop” when explaining. By doing so,
your child will easily learn and understand your instructions because of
what you show. You can also ask the help of your other children who just
learned how to use the potty or the toilet so that they won’t feel left
out with the attention that you are giving to your little student.
If you still have more time after eating, you can have your toddler sit
on the potty chair or at the toilet for at least 15 minutes or so. This
is to take advantage of the natural tendency of the body to eliminate
waste after eating. This is what they call the gastro-colic reflex.
Also, make sure that your child is wearing a toilet training-friendly
clothes. Try to use simple clothes so that he can easily undress himself
when it’s time to use the potty. |
