One of the biggest milestone the parents look forward to is
saying good bye to stinky diapers and training their child ready to use toilet.
Generally the child is ready for potty training at the age between 18 to 24
months. This process may differ upon the child’s eagerness for the potty
training. There are series of questions you should ask yourself before planning
a potty training for your kid. Is your kid ready for the training?
Every child is different and their eagerness to learn a new
thing is fluctuate. One moment they will be excited to learn a new thing but
few moments later they will show unwillingness to accept anything new. One
should always notice few things in their child before forcing them into potty
training. Does your kid understand the words like toilet, urine, and stool? Is
your kid feel irritated by wet or soiled feeling? Does your child show
curiousness about bathrooms or try to sit on the toilet seat.
Has your child got awareness of his/her bowel movements? Your
child says words like pee or poop or show any kind of reactions when he/she
needs a change. These are few important points every parent needs to point in
their child for at least one month before they start a potty training with kid.
Remember, if your child is not ready, it will be useless to force your child
into anything. It might be possible that your child will retaliate to your
commands by crying or showing irritation.
Are you ready for
Potty Training?
Teaching a kid anything new takes a lot of energy and
patience. You should be prepared for countless visits to bathroom, extra
laundry and not to mention excessive cleaning of puddle everywhere. In this
stressful time, you are expected to stay calm and smile no matter how irritated
you feel. You should also consider the role of your spouse in potty training.
If you and your spouse are busy with new jobs, facing some stressful situation
or adjusting to parenthood, it will be alright to postpone potty training for
some time. If you are not ready to make your child learn potty training, its ok
to accept it and give time to adjust and learn what you can do to make the
potty training process easy. Remember, it’s a team work and you need the help
of your spouse in that. Parents should sit and plan the whole process of
training before going for actual application on child.
Once you are very sure that your child is ready for the
potty training, introduce the potty chair to your child. Take them with you for
choosing their favorite chair. Have some patience and tell them about the usage
of this thing. Purchase some fun underwear for your child. Try to encourage
them with a smile even when they fail. Your one sign of irritation might
demotivate them in learning potty training. Give them small treats, hugs and
kisses when they use potty correctly. Clap for them and also point out their
accomplishment to other family members. Potty training process takes a lot of
time, so it’s advisable to keep a stock of diapers handy for your kid.