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Toilet Training - Working towards the BIG event |
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Anonymous Author (October 2008) |
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Re: Toilet Training
Asked by ellamia
Question:
Yeah yeah i know theres lots of advice on it but every child is good and new imput helps. Ella is 2 and a half. I ask her if she wants to use the toilet "NO
CANT" The potty is the same. I try putting her on and as soon as i put training pants on straight after she pees in them. I dunno wat to do, I want her to be toilet trained. :( She comes to me and says shes done poos or wees and needs a nappy change.
My Advice:
Hi there,
Toilet training, what fun . . he he . . S2 is the same age and she too says no when I ask her. So I have really began to try and take some control without her realiising what I am doing . . Here is what I am doing:
- Taking her to the loo with me and playing a game - I use a very silly voice and say shhh, shhhhh and listen (all the while holding on) then I finally let go and make a big deal of it by saying "WOW, mum's a good girl she did a wee wee" . . . The look of interest is amazing and eye light up
- I allow her to press the button once I have finished and she LOVES this special job BUT if she doesn't help with the game then she doesn't get to flush.
- When changing her nappy I always ask if she did wee wee or a stinky . . When she gives me the right answer we all JUMP for joy and make a huge fuss of her . (funny thing is that so far she only tells daddy when she is stinky . . lol . . no nappy changes for me) So far she is not telling us until after the deed is one but that will change when she is ready to use the BIG toilet . .
Because each child is different I have three different things for helping to toilet train her, this way she gets choose what she is most comfy with. Here is what we have:
- A Potty in the shape of a real loo and it even has a button that she can press when finished
- Small padded insert seat for the big toilet
- Steps with an insert that sits under the lid of the big toilet
I know that you will think this is over the top but I've now toilet trained my two other girls as well as some other kids through my foster parenting and no two kids have been the same. So what seat works one didn't always work for the other.
The most important part to toilet training is not to stress or try and force it. Believe me you will know when your child is ready. . . a few times over the last few days my S2 has asked to sit on the big toilet but refuses to take off her nappy. . . This is fine as its just her working her way towards the big event . .
Good luck to everyone going through the toilet training stage and remember that most toddlers learn more from interactive play and funny voices . . Who care if you are heard playing on the toilet with your tot . . .
Cheers Kellz
ps - On a funny note I remember when S was 3 and she wanted to do a stinky in town. The problem was that she refused to use a strange toilet and we were 40mins from home so I put on my best funny voice, covered the toinet in magic paper (loo roll) and proceed to do magic things to help her use the toilet. There were many people standing around when we finally came out, mission accomplished!! . . .
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