When To Potty Train

Archive for August, 2009

From the time babies are born until they are toilet trained, they use an average of 4,000 diapers! That’s a lot of money to be just chucking in the bin. Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day is the guide every parent has bee n waiting for to turn them into a potty training guru and help them create a lasting bond with their children.

Teri teaches parents to successfully potty train their children in just one day by helping them to:

• Look for the signs that your child is ready to be potty trained
• Make the potty connection by using a potty-training doll
• Create incentive through consistent positive reinforcement
• Use charts, quizzes, and checklists to help with every step of potty training
• Know when it’s time to bring in a potty pinch hitter
• Complete your potty training — no more accidents

Once Teri teaches you her techniques, she shares her secret — potty parties! She has carefully designed twelve imaginative themes for parties, such as a seriously silly circus, a cartoon character carnival, or a magic carpet express, and supplies parents with everything they will need. Teri has proven that a potty party day engages a child in potty training in a way that no other method has before — by speaking a toddler’s language. A party may translate to fun, games, cake, candy, presents, and prizes to a child, but with Teri’s expertise, parents can use it as a tool to motivate their child to want to go to the bathroom — and to keep on going. That’s why it works in just one day!

Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day: Proven Secrets of the Potty Pro [toilet training]

Potty Training Tips For Girls

Potty Training Tips For Girls
By Kelly Nault

Parenting Question

“My older daughter turns 4 in a few days and still has very little interest in potty training. Initially, I was waiting for her to lead the way by showing interest. Her sister was born when she was 27 months old, and I didn’t feel that either immediately before or after the birth was a good time for either of us to start potty training. Time dragged on, until I started finding myself getting angry about changing her dirty diapers just after she turned 3. One day, I decided it was time for her to start using the toilet. The first few mornings, she threw a tantrum about wanting a diaper, but then she accepted wearing underpants. I made up a chart and let her put stickers on it for going in the toilet. There was some success, but as time went by, the success rate declined.b She became more and more resistant to reminders to go to the toilet. Read the rest of this entry »

Some girls may start potty training as early as 18 months but many are not ready until much later, sometimes girls are not ready until they are nearly four.

To be successful at potty training your young girl it is vital that you remember that there is no point starting until they are ready and show signs of being ready. Girls tend to potty train faster than boys but there is still no reason to rush the process. It is wise not to start until she is physically and emotionally ready. If you rush and push her into it you will only delay your success.

When starting, buy her a kids sized potty seat that she comfortably sit on. You may also consider buying an adapter that fits onto your toilet seat. Don’t forget to have a step or stool that enables her to gain easy access.

Have some fun and go shopping for underwear together. This will make her feel more involved and important. Let her choose. Try to build some excitement about the trip by talking about it beforehand and make it out to be a big adventure.  Your little girl will be proud of growing up and wearing underpants like her big sister or her mummy.

Teaching a little girl to wipe properly is very important. Make sure you show her how to wipe from front to back. This is  especially important when she has a bowel movement to avoid infection from bacteria.

The more she uses the potty the better at it she will become. Make her job easier by dressing her in loose fitting clothing. If she has accidents make sure your frustration doesn’t show or get angry. When she does go to the potty or toilet make sure you praise her. Some people like to have a chart with stickers or some other reward system to encourage their children.  However you do it, it is  a great boost to her confidence when her achievements are congratulated.

Your little girl will have accomplished a great deal when she finally does say goodbye to diapers forever.