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12 ways to avoid a battle while toilet training |
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by franni  (February 2007) (rank 360th) |
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this is some advice ive picked up on the way to toilet training!
- DONT BEGIN TO APPROACH toilet traing till your child has celebrated her second birthday. girls may be ready to train from 2 years onwards, but boys are often a bit later, closer to the age
of three. being redy is when you child is physically able to detect when she/he needs to go, she will be able to hold on long enought to go to the toilet.and is a positive state of mind to attempt grown up steps.
- AVOID SIGNING YOUR CHILD into a daycare that requires children who are 3 and under to be out of nappies. this puts far to much preasure on parents to get training done even if there child is not physically able to control toiletry, instead try to find a center with more relaxed attitude or wait to enrole when your child is fully trained.
- DONT CONTINUE TO PUSH the training idea at your child if she or he trys and cannot manage to use the potty.drop the subject for a couple of weeks then try again.
- AVOID BUYING GROWN UP underpants for you child with out there consent, when you try to give training a try explaine to her that we are going shopping to choose undies like mum and dad wear, dont inferfear with her choices as it allows her some control, lol even if they are disgusting patterns.
- DONT BY INTO ANY claims that so and so was toilet trained by the time she was one.
- DONT USE COMPARISONS with other kids to persuade your child to toilet train, just because her best friend has been dry for a month dosent mean your child is ready, this will just make them lose confidence, every child is ready at there own time.
- AVOID FLUSHING THE TOILET straight after your child has used it as the noise of the flushing can be scary to a child, instead let her leave the bathroom, or if she is using the potty, allow her to go back to playing.before you flush it away.
- DONT TURN A POSITIVE result into a party, the best result is gentle and low key,but positive,outlook. make up a star chart and allow her/him to stick a star on there each time they use the potty.
- AVOID TOILET TRAINING in the middle of winter if you can. Lots of clothes and cold air can be real disincentives to using a toilet or potty. its easier to wait untill the warmer months. take the nappy off and let them run free around outside and get used to the feeling of peeing.
- DONT START toilet training when your child is dealing with other major life changes, such as house moving, moving into a big bed, or the birth of a sibbling. toilet training rarely works if your child is anxious, and if you presist it can evoke highly negative reactions.allow the stress to pass then try.
- TRY NOT TO VISIT new places in the first few weeks of toilet traing, your child wont be able to give you much warning when she needs to go, so you will need to plan outing carefully, so you are always near a toilet.
- ABOVE ALL ELSE NEVER get angry with your child, yes you will have to wash alot of underpants(like me atm), and more but this is very normal and to be expected. when you feel frusturated i allways walk away calm down and then try again another day.
i have been using baby wipes instead of touilet paper, its easier for her to wipe her own behind. i noticed when i did use toilet paper it used to fall apart and irritate her.
i have a doll that she see us taking of her pants and nappy then putting her on the potty, and the i praise the doll for going to the potty, i put the nappy back on and then pant, she then tries to copy the doll, so far it has been working. one day she will do it her self.
hope these help you all out with training your toddler, they have helped me and thats why i shared them with you.
love francine
