The Gentle Potty Training Book: The calmer, easier approach to toilet training

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Infant urination is not merely an automatic reflex (Sillén 2001; Yeung et al 1995). And that’s why infant potty training — relative dryness achieved through parental supervision — is possible. What about the burden on parents? Isn’t infant toilet training time-consuming and messy? I actually don’t mind my children in the bathroom. They follow me almost everywhere anyways. So, when they follow me into the bathroom I just let it be normal.deVries MW and deVries MR. 1977. Cultural relativity of toilet training readiness: A perspective from East Africa. Pediatrics, 60: 170-177. Evidence-based social skills activities for children and teens (with teaching tips) October 21, 2023 Some children with a long-term illness or disability find it more difficult to learn to use a potty or toilet. This can be challenging for them and for you, but it's important not to avoid potty training for too long. Kuhn BR, Marcus BA, Pitner SL. 1999. Treatment guidelines for primary nonretentive encopresis and stool toileting refusal. Am Fam Physician. 59(8):2171-8, 2184-6.

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Ask your child to use the potty last thing before they go to bed and make sure it's close by, so they can use it if they need to wee in the night. There are bound to be a few accidents, so a waterproof sheet to protect your child's mattress is a good idea. You can read more about this in my article, “Signs of toilet training readiness.” But, as I note there, you don’t have to simply wait it out if you decide your child ready. Instead, use the time to familiarize your child with the steps people take when they need to use the toilet. The last of these — health and safety guidelines — are described in my article on how to avoid toilet training resistance, infections, and other problems. The rest of this article provides you the information you need to create your own, personal potty training plan. The options include: Smeets PM, Lancioni GE, Ball, TS, and Oliva DS. 1985. Shaping self-initiated toileting in infants. Journal of applied behavior analysis, 18: 303-308.

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For the first few practice sits, your child may remain fully clothed, and sit for only 30 seconds or so. Praise your child for cooperating. As your child becomes more accepting of the process, you can have your child practice bare-bottomed, and gradually lengthen the sessions.

The Gentle Potty Training Book: The calmer, easier approach

This is because they are always wanting to do what others do. Monkey see, monkey do, right? There’s nothing wrong with this either! Schmidt BA. 2004a. Toilet training: Getting it right the first time. Contemporary Pediatrics, 21: 105-119. Le H-N. 2000. “Never leave your little one alone: Raising an Ifaluk child,” in A world of babies: Imagined childcare guides for seven societies (J. DeLoache and A. Gottlieb, eds.) New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-231. Common potty training problems include anxiety, refusal to use the potty, and attempts to delay or avoid defecation. In addition, it’s common for kids to have daytime accidents and wet the bed. Children may also feel reluctant to use toilet facilities when they are away from home. What about night? To stay dry at night, the bladder needs to receive a hormonal signal to produce less urine. Sleepers also need to have good bladder sensation, and then awaken when their bladders feel full.We used the 3 day method with our daughter and it went well, but since I hate changing poo, we started sitting our baby on the potty at 8 months, just to see what happened. Two months later, he goes about 50% of the time and is getting familiar with the routine. I suppose that if we took it seriously and made a potty schedule as you suggest, I’d probably be able to avoid diapers all together in a few months. Sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing what worked for your son! Portions of this text appeared in a previous version of this article, entitled “Potty training problems: Evidence-based tips for prevention” (Dewar 2006). Try potty training when there are no great disruptions or changes to your child's or your family's routine. It's important to stay consistent, so you do not confuse your child.

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We tend to assume potty training will go naturally because it’s a bodily function, but it takes time and can be stressful. Communication is very important at all stages; things can go wrong, so it’s a good idea to make it as relaxed and as fun as possible.” Anytime he wet his diaper I just reminded him where pee goes. Poo was different because I hate changing poopy diapers. So I made sure to tell him how dirty it is and even showed him what it looks like. Nor have I run across any studies suggesting that potty training of any kind–infant or otherwise–improves the parent-child relationship.Duong TH, Jansson UB, Hellström AL. 2013a. Vietnamese mothers’ experiences with potty training procedure for children from birth to 2 years of age. J Pediatr Urol. 9(6 Pt A):808-14. After the three days were up my son started to hate the potty. Simply saying the word would make him start to blubber and cry and I started to feel the same way. The morning of the second day, I started having horrible contractions. We didn’t even get through the second day of training because I went into pre-term labor and delivered my 4th child. The first step is to know when to begin potty training. Ask your child if they want to learn to go potty like (mom, dad, their older sibling, etc). Gauge their response. Be understanding and supportive.