Whats the easiest way to potty train a toddler?
i know its not easy but m sure someone out there must have learnt a quicker strategy or way!!u know experienced moms out there!!so help out!!:)
Answers:
Turn it into a fun experience and game. Make it something the toddler will look forward to doing.
I don't agree with the potty, i took my daughter straight to the loo. Buy a nice step take your kid with you to choose it. And a toilet seat. Make a really big thing about it every time he/she uses the loo. I think potty training is confusing, first you tell the kid to pee in a pot then it has to go to the loo. Straight to the loo i say.
Buy some nice wipes so that when kid has been kid has it's own special wipes.
Ask all the time, or at times when you think child needs to go. My daughter was on the loo at 12 months and clean night and day by 18 months.
A lot of it can be down to the kid though, she wouldn't keep her nappy on and couldn't wait to get on the loo.
Good luck
Don't push the child, let him/her do it in their own time.
Lots of praise if they get it right..never scold or embarrass if they get it wrong.
I used to let mine go around the house with just undies on through the day.( only at home obviously)...so it was quicker to get there. I used to ask them alot if they needed to go.
Also I found the small toilet insert for our toilet was alot better than an actual potty, because they preferred going to the "real toilet".
Give them there own potty, the real one can be very scary! Give them a book to read or a little Walkman something to occupy them while they are there and it helps them stay there long enough for something to *happen* I also used cloth diapers so my kids didn't like being wet.
There is no easy way.
After six kids, the easiest method ( and only method I know) is still rewarding them for certain behavior. Each child is different. Some like to be neat & clean (which carries over to their adult life) & are very easy to train. Others don't care. I usually familiarize them with the potty chair & have them sit in it while entertaining them. If they "go" I give them a reward like a little candy or gift & lots of praise. After awile they get the idea. Kids are so great & resilient and always love you unconditionally.
if you have a boy put cheerios in the toilet and let him have target practice. it worked for mine.
my best advice is to put the child in underwear two days after introducing the potty. DO NOT use diapers or pullups unless you are going in your car for longer that 20 minutes, or the child is going to bed. Pullups at night for only the first two weeks, then protect the mattress with plastic, and train at night. The more consistant you are, the easier it is. With all three of my kids, there were no regular accidents within 1 week, and very few accidents for about 2 months, then DONE! After the first month, encourage your child to do everything himself while you stand watching. They are truely trained when they are doing it themselves without any help (except when they have a BM, you want to make sure they are clean. I wipe those until they are about 3 and they've really got the hang of it.) Good luck and God bless.
To potty train, you need to wait til you both are ready for that a LOT of time, patience, and energy are required
Use your free time or weekends to train your toddler
Rememeber to show signs of approval, excitement, and happiness. so that your toddler will wanna do it over and over to make you happy ;-)
If it doesnt work right away try not to get upset or show disappointment
Be prepared for that accidents are bound to happen LOL
Good Luck ;-)
I have four kids, (1 is still ababy) they all did it at different times and in different ways. To encourage sit them on it from about a year as they are about to have a bath and let them see you wee.. (I didnt really have a choice about that!)
Dont just introduce a potty have it about in the and let them sit on it when you go too even if theyre are literally just using it as a seat, so its always there and the whole idea of using it isnt so daunting. Obviously making the sound effects off wee wee whilst doing so to help encourage them.
Good luck it will be messy.keep anti bacterial spray to hand!
Edit.Just so you know pull up pants a waste of time and money1
Im a nanny and have always done the same technique :
first of all when u decide to do it go for it dont go back to nappies ( except for night time )
if poss for the first few days stay in and just let them either have no pants on ( best) or just thier nickers . if you have to do school runs etc then just risk it accidents happen so go with it
i always use the bribe technique- rewards i used raisons n yes sweets !!
put the potty in the living room where they can see it and for the first day just keep asking them do they need it and putting them on it ..
after a few days or improvement move the potty closer to the toilet so then eventually it goes to the bathroom - toilet..
i always let them flush the toilet after so they feel a sense of achivement , lots of praise.
id say stay with the potty for 3-4 weeks then just use the toilet hope it helps .
In addition to any other technique you may try, get your child a copy of the book called "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel (there are girl and boy versions). It's the story of someone just like him/her who learned to use the potty, how proud they were of themselves, etc. etc. We used it with both of our boys and it's a great motivator for little ones.
Let her be.she will learn on her own
never potty trained mine, i've got four and put them all straight on the loo, it takes time and patience and a lot of mishaps along the way but it saves training them from potty to loo
Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.
Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.
How should I prepare my child for toilet training?
Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.
Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.
Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.
After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.
The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.
How do I teach my child to use the toilet?
After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.
Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.
Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.
In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.
How long will it take to toilet train my child?
It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.
If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training.
Good Luck (too both)
I used to let mine wander around with no nappy on and a potty in every room! Everytime she sat on the potty i would praise her, everytime i got a 'result' she would get a treat, she took 3 weeks to train and then we went on to the big white one! she was dry night and day within 1 month or so, however my little boy was different he wouldnt go near his potty and when he did his little willy used to pop up over the top and sprinkle everyone! so big toilet with a step it was, i got some bath stickers and put them at the back of the toilet and we had to spray them everytime we went to the toilet this worked really well he was dry at 14 months both day and night.
introduce the child to the potty, sit them on it every day, maybe with a book...that way they are familiar with the process.but it isnt something you can rush.the best way is to wait until they are ready.i have four children, and they were all potty trained at different ages.anywhere from 13 months to three years old!! practice patience!!
Once you decide its the right time to train, leave them out of nappies all day. Take a change of clothes everywhere with you as they will have a few accidents at first but my little boy didnt like having wet pants at all and he soon learned it was much better to use the toilet or potty. Never go back to putting the nappy back on like when you think it will be easier to ie on long journeys as this will take them back to square one. Once they know that nappies arent coming back you will be surprised how quickly they learn.
I can only answer this with personal experience. My son turned 2 in August 2004 so in the June and July (nice weather helped) I did a lot of nappy free time to watch how regularly he was doing a wee and also to make him aware of being wet as soon as he pee'd. By the August he was very aware of when he was having a wee. I then got a toy (happened to be a telly tubby) that had a hole in the bottom and when he was in the bath I would fill the toy with water and ask him to help ditsy do a wee into the "potty" (I used a stacking cup as the potty). Loads of praise for helping Ditsy go to the potty. After a week of this I introduced the real potty and asked my son to use it if he needed a wee, just like you showed Ditsy!! He wee'd in the potty within an hour and was using it all day, next day we bought big boy pants (with picture) and from then on he was out of nappies during the day (including Nap time) Aged 2yrs 1month. Out of nappies at night aged 3yrs. Good luck, make it fun and don't embark on it until you are both ready it,s not fun to fail. Use a sticker/reward chart if you are nearly there but having the odd accident.
cheerios in the water boys like to try to sink the ships
Cheerios don't sink but they do flush well
I took a weekend and let my boys go with "big boy" underwear on. When they wet themselves, they had to stay in the wet clothes for a few minutes, so they knew what it felt like to be wet. It took me about a week to potty train my youngest. The older one, I just let him run around the house without pants or a diaper on one weekend, while the younger one was with my parents. It only took 2 days, to train him! The colder air on his legs and such, made him realize when he had to go. I also put the potty in the room with us, so it was faster to get to than the bathroom. Hope this works for you!
The way my mom did it was to leave the child on the pot for a long time. This works like a charm if you are home all day with your child. Leave the child on the pot all day long and tell them that they can't move until they do something. They will soon realize that they have to use the pot everyday to get off of it. My mom did this for a little boy that she was potty training when he was about 10 months old and he has never peed on himself or in the bed since then and he is now 11 years old and has never had an accident.
i waited till my daughter was ready her self..i tried her at 2 but she werent interested .so i tried a few months later n she was fine..it took 5 months to teach her morning and nights so didnt take her long if get me
i dont mean to brag but i potty trained 7 of cousins in a day and a half
its not easy,my method was everytime my child weed i didnt make a issue out of it and just cleaned them up but and keep asking if they needed a wee if they said no ask them just to sit on the potty and try,leave the potty in site and when they do wee on it or even just sit on it,give them lots of praise and give them a sticker,they love it and will want to keep going on it but just be patient
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Answers:
Turn it into a fun experience and game. Make it something the toddler will look forward to doing.
I don't agree with the potty, i took my daughter straight to the loo. Buy a nice step take your kid with you to choose it. And a toilet seat. Make a really big thing about it every time he/she uses the loo. I think potty training is confusing, first you tell the kid to pee in a pot then it has to go to the loo. Straight to the loo i say.
Buy some nice wipes so that when kid has been kid has it's own special wipes.
Ask all the time, or at times when you think child needs to go. My daughter was on the loo at 12 months and clean night and day by 18 months.
A lot of it can be down to the kid though, she wouldn't keep her nappy on and couldn't wait to get on the loo.
Good luck
Don't push the child, let him/her do it in their own time.
Lots of praise if they get it right..never scold or embarrass if they get it wrong.
I used to let mine go around the house with just undies on through the day.( only at home obviously)...so it was quicker to get there. I used to ask them alot if they needed to go.
Also I found the small toilet insert for our toilet was alot better than an actual potty, because they preferred going to the "real toilet".
Give them there own potty, the real one can be very scary! Give them a book to read or a little Walkman something to occupy them while they are there and it helps them stay there long enough for something to *happen* I also used cloth diapers so my kids didn't like being wet.
There is no easy way.
After six kids, the easiest method ( and only method I know) is still rewarding them for certain behavior. Each child is different. Some like to be neat & clean (which carries over to their adult life) & are very easy to train. Others don't care. I usually familiarize them with the potty chair & have them sit in it while entertaining them. If they "go" I give them a reward like a little candy or gift & lots of praise. After awile they get the idea. Kids are so great & resilient and always love you unconditionally.
if you have a boy put cheerios in the toilet and let him have target practice. it worked for mine.
my best advice is to put the child in underwear two days after introducing the potty. DO NOT use diapers or pullups unless you are going in your car for longer that 20 minutes, or the child is going to bed. Pullups at night for only the first two weeks, then protect the mattress with plastic, and train at night. The more consistant you are, the easier it is. With all three of my kids, there were no regular accidents within 1 week, and very few accidents for about 2 months, then DONE! After the first month, encourage your child to do everything himself while you stand watching. They are truely trained when they are doing it themselves without any help (except when they have a BM, you want to make sure they are clean. I wipe those until they are about 3 and they've really got the hang of it.) Good luck and God bless.
To potty train, you need to wait til you both are ready for that a LOT of time, patience, and energy are required
Use your free time or weekends to train your toddler
Rememeber to show signs of approval, excitement, and happiness. so that your toddler will wanna do it over and over to make you happy ;-)
If it doesnt work right away try not to get upset or show disappointment
Be prepared for that accidents are bound to happen LOL
Good Luck ;-)
I have four kids, (1 is still ababy) they all did it at different times and in different ways. To encourage sit them on it from about a year as they are about to have a bath and let them see you wee.. (I didnt really have a choice about that!)
Dont just introduce a potty have it about in the and let them sit on it when you go too even if theyre are literally just using it as a seat, so its always there and the whole idea of using it isnt so daunting. Obviously making the sound effects off wee wee whilst doing so to help encourage them.
Good luck it will be messy.keep anti bacterial spray to hand!
Edit.Just so you know pull up pants a waste of time and money1
Im a nanny and have always done the same technique :
first of all when u decide to do it go for it dont go back to nappies ( except for night time )
if poss for the first few days stay in and just let them either have no pants on ( best) or just thier nickers . if you have to do school runs etc then just risk it accidents happen so go with it
i always use the bribe technique- rewards i used raisons n yes sweets !!
put the potty in the living room where they can see it and for the first day just keep asking them do they need it and putting them on it ..
after a few days or improvement move the potty closer to the toilet so then eventually it goes to the bathroom - toilet..
i always let them flush the toilet after so they feel a sense of achivement , lots of praise.
id say stay with the potty for 3-4 weeks then just use the toilet hope it helps .
In addition to any other technique you may try, get your child a copy of the book called "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel (there are girl and boy versions). It's the story of someone just like him/her who learned to use the potty, how proud they were of themselves, etc. etc. We used it with both of our boys and it's a great motivator for little ones.
Let her be.she will learn on her own
never potty trained mine, i've got four and put them all straight on the loo, it takes time and patience and a lot of mishaps along the way but it saves training them from potty to loo
Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.
Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.
How should I prepare my child for toilet training?
Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.
Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.
Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.
After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.
The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.
How do I teach my child to use the toilet?
After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.
Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.
Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.
In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.
How long will it take to toilet train my child?
It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.
If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training.
Good Luck (too both)
I used to let mine wander around with no nappy on and a potty in every room! Everytime she sat on the potty i would praise her, everytime i got a 'result' she would get a treat, she took 3 weeks to train and then we went on to the big white one! she was dry night and day within 1 month or so, however my little boy was different he wouldnt go near his potty and when he did his little willy used to pop up over the top and sprinkle everyone! so big toilet with a step it was, i got some bath stickers and put them at the back of the toilet and we had to spray them everytime we went to the toilet this worked really well he was dry at 14 months both day and night.
introduce the child to the potty, sit them on it every day, maybe with a book...that way they are familiar with the process.but it isnt something you can rush.the best way is to wait until they are ready.i have four children, and they were all potty trained at different ages.anywhere from 13 months to three years old!! practice patience!!
Once you decide its the right time to train, leave them out of nappies all day. Take a change of clothes everywhere with you as they will have a few accidents at first but my little boy didnt like having wet pants at all and he soon learned it was much better to use the toilet or potty. Never go back to putting the nappy back on like when you think it will be easier to ie on long journeys as this will take them back to square one. Once they know that nappies arent coming back you will be surprised how quickly they learn.
I can only answer this with personal experience. My son turned 2 in August 2004 so in the June and July (nice weather helped) I did a lot of nappy free time to watch how regularly he was doing a wee and also to make him aware of being wet as soon as he pee'd. By the August he was very aware of when he was having a wee. I then got a toy (happened to be a telly tubby) that had a hole in the bottom and when he was in the bath I would fill the toy with water and ask him to help ditsy do a wee into the "potty" (I used a stacking cup as the potty). Loads of praise for helping Ditsy go to the potty. After a week of this I introduced the real potty and asked my son to use it if he needed a wee, just like you showed Ditsy!! He wee'd in the potty within an hour and was using it all day, next day we bought big boy pants (with picture) and from then on he was out of nappies during the day (including Nap time) Aged 2yrs 1month. Out of nappies at night aged 3yrs. Good luck, make it fun and don't embark on it until you are both ready it,s not fun to fail. Use a sticker/reward chart if you are nearly there but having the odd accident.
cheerios in the water boys like to try to sink the ships
Cheerios don't sink but they do flush well
I took a weekend and let my boys go with "big boy" underwear on. When they wet themselves, they had to stay in the wet clothes for a few minutes, so they knew what it felt like to be wet. It took me about a week to potty train my youngest. The older one, I just let him run around the house without pants or a diaper on one weekend, while the younger one was with my parents. It only took 2 days, to train him! The colder air on his legs and such, made him realize when he had to go. I also put the potty in the room with us, so it was faster to get to than the bathroom. Hope this works for you!
The way my mom did it was to leave the child on the pot for a long time. This works like a charm if you are home all day with your child. Leave the child on the pot all day long and tell them that they can't move until they do something. They will soon realize that they have to use the pot everyday to get off of it. My mom did this for a little boy that she was potty training when he was about 10 months old and he has never peed on himself or in the bed since then and he is now 11 years old and has never had an accident.
i waited till my daughter was ready her self..i tried her at 2 but she werent interested .so i tried a few months later n she was fine..it took 5 months to teach her morning and nights so didnt take her long if get me
i dont mean to brag but i potty trained 7 of cousins in a day and a half
its not easy,my method was everytime my child weed i didnt make a issue out of it and just cleaned them up but and keep asking if they needed a wee if they said no ask them just to sit on the potty and try,leave the potty in site and when they do wee on it or even just sit on it,give them lots of praise and give them a sticker,they love it and will want to keep going on it but just be patient
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