Toilet training | Imamother

AlwaysGrateful

Wed, Jan 17 2024, 9:48 pm

Does your child...
Know how to pull their pants up and down?
Able to climb on a stool without fear and wash their hands?
Tell you when they're peeing or pooping? (Especially BEFORE, not just after.)
Show any interest in potty training? (This is one of the most important questions.)

If so, there's a good chance that they're ready. If only some of these are true, try working on the others for a little while. That might mean practicing washing their hands every morning with less and less help from you. It might mean introducing a stool and letting them use it to climb on the couch or to reach things on a shelf. It might mean letting them slowly take over putting on and off their pants in the morning. It might mean taking them to a newly-trained friend or neighbor's house and making a big deal about how they know how to use the potty, and one day YOU TOO will know how!

Or it might mean waiting. And that's okay.

There's really no such thing as missing the boat. There's no need to rush. Many kids who are trained young are not really trained -- they have many, many accidents and it creates a real power struggle with their parents. Or their parents are well-trained to take them to the potty every hour, so they stay dry. But that's not really "training."

Wait until they're ready, and potty training will, nine times out of ten, be a few-day event and then a few weeks of the parents being a little more attentive and giving some reminders, and then they're DONE. It's a wonderful feeling, but it can't be rushed. Many kids aren't ready until age 3 or even 3.5, and that's okay.

Hatzlacha!

amother

Mintcream

Wed, Jan 17 2024, 11:12 pm

Toilet training should take about 3 days if a kid is ready (and interested! Wink

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If you have to ask your every 20 minutes if he needs to go or you just take him, child is not toilet trained, parent is trained!
It's normal for a child to be trained at home but refuse to make in morah's house. It will take time, no need to worry. They can be in pull up until they feel confortable going.
It helps if you take child to the bathroom when they arrive.
Start on a day that you're home AND available... give lots of drinks (juice box, freeze pops, hot cocoa...) so child will need the bathroom often until they get used to it!
A lot of children are scared to have bm in toilet, it's fine to put on a diaper just for that when child tells you they need to make. You don't want to make kid too anxious.

amother

Clematis

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:55 pm

Let your kid run bare, bottom down.
You can dress them in a longer tee shirt or open toddler undershirt for privacy.

I'm probably not explaining it right, but there is something to it.
They need to feel themselves going and getting wet for it click in the brain.

Make it positive and fun. Ruchy is going to the toilet, these are Ruchy's new underwear.
I also like to reward with a nosh. You can do a small jelly or chocolate chip. It keeps it exciting and fun. Don't worry if it lasts 3-4 weeks. It'll stop eventually. Your supposed to reward even if the child didn't actually relieve themselves. Just sitting and trying is good too.

Stay calm, stay calm. Accidents are normal. Wear crocs over shoes so nothing gets wet.
Take away any rug or mat or that can get ruined.