Potty Training: Every Mother’s Nightmare
February 6, 2009 by Mythili Kannan
Published in Motherhood
Most of the mothers go weird when they fail in their attempt to potty train their babies. But one should understand that potty training is not like “Drill Evacuation” training, where just a bell rings and everything happens smoothly.
Most of the mothers go weird when they fail in their attempt to potty train their babies. But one should understand that potty training is not like “Drill Evacuation” training, where just a bell rings and everything happens finely and smoothly, without much effort. Dealing and training the kids need more patience.
Few points are so important that one should keep in min.
“The right time” to start with – Starting the training just a week before sending to pre-school is not going to help you under any cause. This will only place pressure on your baby and make it more frightened towards potty.
“The right age” – Though some people think that early start will help you to achieve this, it is advised to start only at the age of 1.5 years to 2 years. This is the right age, where your baby listens and understands your instructions.
“Good Bye” to nappy – As long as you have the fear to remove the nappy and leave your baby with undergarments, you cannot achieve the mission. Most of the mothers fear about cleaning the rooms and mattresses and worry about the places, where the kids may spoil secretly.
“Teaching” short words – Teach your baby some short words to express. My son says “shuu shuu” when he feeling peeing and “poo poo” for pooping. This helps a lot.
“Practical Examples” – For boys, father should be an example and for girls, mother should be an example. Take your baby to the toilet and show when you use. Explain your baby the purpose of toilet and why they too need to use their potty. Allow them to press the flush button.
“Time setting” – Though the babies don’t follow a specific time for pooping, try to follow a time schedule to keep them on potty. Slowly they will get used to the timings and follow regularly.
“Let them Feel” – If your baby pees on the dress in the early days of training, don’t scold. Instead don’t change the dress immediately and let your baby feel the wetness for few minutes, say for 5 minutes and not more than that as it is not hygienic. Within that time, your baby will instruct you to change the dress. Take the chance and explain, how he/she would have felt comfort, if used the potty instead of wetting in dress.
“Be Patience” – Kids differ. So don’t compare your baby with your neighbours baby and don’t complain about yours. Girls get trained faster than boys. Slow or fast, everyone will achieve the milestone one day. So, keep trying.
Have a smooth and steady potty training. Good luck to all mothers.
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February 6th, 2009 at 6:07 am
very informative article, it worth the read! thanks!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Excellent read Mythili keep up the great work. I really enjoyed this articel
February 6th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Great article, and just in time. We are currently potty training our little girl, she just turned two. We are already using some of these tips. One more tip is, let the child decide when they are ready. Do not push your child into potty training because like you said, that will increase the pressure and fear of this new thing. Very good article Mythili
February 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
hehe…nice one.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
adding to urs u can encourage them by giving some stickers they like..when they do it perfectly n tells at time.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Nice read.
February 10th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
liked it i was just planning to start potty training
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I’ve potty trained two little girls…they were both different and became trained in their own time frames! Such truth and wonderful advice in this article…a must read for moms and dads of little ones!!