Potty training is a big milestone for young children. With them on their diapers for at least some 18 months or even more, young children are really acquainted with their diapers anywhere they go and whatever they do. Getting them into potty training is a tough change which needs the team effort between the parent and child, with lots of on-going support and encouragement, patience and great persistent to make potty training a success.
Some kindergarten has included potty training as one of the key criteria for their school admission especially those as young as two years old. They shall not accept any admission if the young students have not being trained on potty training because they are scared that these young children do not yet have their bladder and muscle control fully developed to control toileting, while some of them may not be able to trigger the teachers when they have the urge to go to the toilets. And in these situations, wetting accidents sound to be unavoidable on daily basis.
Some parents start to get the pressure when they found out that their neighbor child or niece of the same age as their child had started potty training and are doing well while on the other hand, their child may still be on their nappies. The fact is that chronological age might not be the right indicator to tell if a child is ready or otherwise. Instead parents should look for simple signs to tell that their children are ready, such as: they are able to follow simple instructions, understand the use of potty and the benefits of it, can stay dry for at least 2 hours, able to tell when they need to go to the washroom and dislike the idea of getting themselves wet!
For some, it takes time for different individual to be ready with this change and parents should not hard force them to be on their potties because this will only put pressure and anxiety on your young ones which might unnecessarily delay their success in potty training later. They need to understand the reason for the change and the benefits which they can achieved from this learning. Learning through appreciation and acceptance will achieve the best and most enduring results.
Here are 4 free potty training tips you can follow to help your child to achieve some good results:
1. First of all, dress your child in an easy to be removed clothing, avoid zips, snaps, buttons, which are difficult to be undone with, and pretty much time consuming to get over with especially when there is an urgent urge to do the peeing.
2. Allow your child to be on diapers some of the time especially during the early phases of potty training, then gradually reduce his diapers wearing duration as he slowly gets used to the potty.
3. Train the child to hop on the potty after his nap, his meal, or after sometime. Encourage him to be on his potty as and when needed. Get him to make it a habit to be consistently on his potty by establishing a routine for him.
4. Praise and continue to encourage your child to get familiar with the potty training and reward him he shows improvements in his toileting skills. With the continuous encouragement and motivations given to your little child, he is picking up new changes and learning of new things as he continues to grow and progress.
Are you ready to facilitate your child in his/her potty training now?
If you want Potty Training to be Fast, Fun and without Stress, you may want to check out this Complete Step by Step Guide To Potty Training that covering All Potty Training Issues.
