Baby Potty Training Can Be Fun!
By Yaz Moola
Imagine if you were introduced to something new and it was a chore that had a lot of people shouting at you when you get it wrong, or people that keep belittling you and constantly nagging you to get this chore mastered... How would you feel? Would you even like to continue with this learning experience? Certainly NOT! Then how do you expect your child to master his or her baby potty training?
The key here is to make it a wonderful experience. In retrospect your kid won't end up feeling as despondent as you would feel in the above situation. So in this post, I am going to mention a few suggestions to help you make it fun...
The first thing you need to acknowledge is: how do you feel when your child smiles at you, or when your child laughs or makes a funny face? You feel great, don't you? That there is all the reward you need. In fact that in itself is your part of making this a pleasurable experience for you. That is your fun!
Now to make this fun for your child, here are a few possibilities:
1) When your child pees, how about throwing some food coloring in the potty and then showing your child how his pee changed the water color. Kids love color and this is a neat way to make them feel cool!
2) How about having a reward system. You can use a potty training chart for your child. Every time your child successfully completes a toilet session, you can put a sticker for the child on the chart. In fact, take your child to the chart and get them to put their own sticker themselves, they really love this. You could also give them a more tangible reward, like their favorite juice (This works in your benefit as well by allowing them to urinate more frequently.) or perhaps a salty snack or even a chocolate, as these would require your child to drink more water, again adding to your benefit.
3) You could get a bunch of cartoon printed underwear. This helps by creating the desire to wear the underpants more than the diaper.
4) Keep a favorite toy in the bathroom and motivate them by allowing playtime only during potty time.
5) For poo sessions, you could have a funny face making contest.
6) Glorify the "flushing of the toilet" and make up some story that goes with it, so that your child would want to flush the toilet, but only after he makes a pee or poo. For eg: You could say that every time we flush the toilet we are filling water into the little dam where the froggies live so that they can play nicely - Use your imagination, you can really make this one work.
7) Keep a storybook in the loo, and read it aloud to the child while they are busy making a pee or poo.
8) Praise them, give them super hero names and associate the baby potty training to their favorite super hero.
9) Try to make the bathroom appealing by decorating with posters, pictures, etc.
10) Let them play target practice... You can get some potty toys to help in this regards, or just use a cheap substitute like a puffy crisp eg: Cheetos.
11) The lists are endless... the point is to take every situation and turn it around into a fun activity.
By making the entire process fun, you help achieve a few things: You remove your frustration; you motivate the child to learn and want to go to the potty as opposed to just doing a job in the diaper; you build your child's self confidence and above all, you have fun!
I hope this article provides some helps you in making your baby potty training an easier task. Good Luck!
Yaz Moola is an Internet Marketer, Wife and a Mother, who's passions include children, helping others, fine dining and to provide assistance with Baby Potty training.
Monday, December 14, 2009
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This one takes a bit of timing, and a lot of patience: as soon as you see the signs, get your child to the potty/toilet as quickly as you can (you might need to lift them up and run!), and put them on the toilet seat. Sit with him reading or with an iPad or whatever until he goes. Huge applause and reward. Repeat until the connection is made. I have found some good pottytrainingapp from searching google. You may try this apps for become a special potty trainer for your sons. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHow to Start Potty Training 1.One way to begin grooming your child for potty training is to allow her to observe what other family members do while in the bathroom. 2.Teach her the names for her body parts and names for what she has done in her diaper. Whether you use the term “pee,” “tinkle,” “poop,” or “doo-doo,” make sure that every person in the family calls it the same thing to avoid confusing the child. 3.Begin to excitedly talk about how she is getting so big she will not need diapers anymore. Allow her to pick out her new underwear at the store. 4.As your child begins to get more familiar with toileting, allow her to sit on her new potty seat while wearing her pants. She will need to be completely comfortable, so that the muscles can relax, allowing elimination. After a few days, see if the child is willing to sit on the toilet without a diaper. If she is resistant, tell her it is okay, and that she can try again some other time. Even if nothing happens on the potty, make a big deal about it. Give the child a small treat, like an M and M, simply for trying, and tell her that if she does pee on the potty, she will get two or three candies. 5.At some point, you will have to put your child in underwear during the majority of the day. This can be messy, but having some accidents is part of the process. Many parents use disposable training pants, however these feel little different to a toddler from a diaper and may prolong the process. Try using cotton underwear instead, which helps the child be more aware of what is occurring “down there.” 6.Take your child to the bathroom every thirty minutes the first day or two, until you figure out her “rhythm.” After a few days you will learn how often she needs to go and be able to take her on schedule. For the first few weeks, expect potty-training to be parent-led. More potty training brilliant tips here… Go
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