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21 Potty Training Tips

November 14, 2006 by GreatDad Writers 1 Comment

The Potty Trainer

 

Potty training experts are everywhere. Whether family, friends, or books are providing you advice, realize there are different approaches that can be tried. An approach that works for one child may not work for another. Others can provide advice, but most likely you know what approach will work best for your child. There are several helpful guidelines (tips) that can be tried for each child when trying to potty train. These include:

 

    • Plan on at least 3 days if you are trying to achieve quicker results.
    • Arrange your activities and prepare a schedule that will allow you to be patient and consistent—avoid all distractions like going to the store, answering the phone, dealing with sibling issues.

Potty Monkey

  • Make sure spouse, grandparents and babysitters understand your method and plan.
  • Make your child feel they have some control over the process.
  • Be consistent with your approach and stay with the program unless you are convinced it is not working.
  • Know when to give up and try at a later time.
  • Offer lots of fluids so child will have to go more often.
  • Make going to the potty fun—place targets in the potty, decorate the potty, sing.
  • Praise and reward AND praise and reward progress.
  • “Throw a party” the first few times your child uses the potty.
  • Keep your child company while on the potty.
  • Start both boys and girls sitting down on the potty.
  • Make sure the clothing is easy for your child to get on and off.
  • Do not consider nighttime dryness as a criterion for success during the initial potty training period.
  • Potty training toys and dolls are excellent exhibitors of what is expected and what happens when urination occurs.
  • Potty training books and cartoons are fun and informative—they should be read several times.
  • Have your child watch you use the toilet.
  • Have your child flush the toilet when you are finished.
  • Explain poops go “bye bye” when the toilet is flushed.
  • Avoid talking about the potty or pee/poop as “dirty” or “messy.”
  • Keep diapers clean and dry at all times so your child gets used to this sensation and wants to avoid a heavy, wet or smelly diaper.

– Dr. D. Preston Smith

Filed Under: Authors, Toilet Training

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  1. Robert says

    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    I have a 3 year old daughter. She has been potty trained since Oct. but lately she has been having several accidents per day. Before it was maybe a couple a week but now its at least 3 or 4 a day. Any advice? We constantly tell her to go potty. She goes and then 10 min. later she has an accident. Is there something we can do to solve this problem?

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