The Gentle Potty Training Book: The calmer, easier approach to toilet training

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Keep chatting openly. “Explain to them what they’ll need to do in the night once they’re no longer wearing a nappy. Try simple things like placing a potty in their bedroom and encourage them to practise getting from their bed to it. Putting a gentle night light by the bed will make it easier for them to find their way. And be ready for accidents: have fresh pyjamas and bedding ready.” It’s not something you can do overnight and there will be accidents but it’s really important to remember – through all the ups and downs – that once you've done it, it's amazing,” says Alina.

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If you’ve already talked to your child about wee and poo then they should feel comfortable with the subject, and in tune with the signals,” says Alina. For example, in the Swedish study just mentioned, only half the children had achieved nighttime dryness by the age of 4 (Janssen et al 2005). Some children with a long-term illness or disability find it more difficult to learn to use a potty or toilet. This can be challenging for them and for you, but it's important not to avoid potty training for too long.Try to make time on the potty more interesting by talking with your child, reading stories, or providing your child with games and toys. 4. Don’t punish or scold your child for accidents. Largo RH, Gianciaruso M, and Prader A. 1978. Development of intestinal and bladder control from birth until the 18th year of age. Longitudinal study. Schweiz Med Wochenschr, 108: 155-160. Talk about your child's nappy changes as you do them, so they understand wee and poo and what a wet nappy means. If you always change their nappy in the bathroom when you're at home, they will learn that's the place where people go to the loo. Helping you flush the toilet and wash their hands is also a good idea. Leave a potty where your child can see it and explain what it's for. Children learn by watching and copying. If you've got an older child, your younger child may see them using it, which will be a great help. It helps to let your child see you using the toilet and explain what you're doing. Using your child's toys to show what the potty is for can also help. That’s progress, but it’s far from perfection. And the younger your child is, the more difficult it’s going to be to avoid accidents.

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Lekovic JM. 2006. Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner. Three Rivers Press. deVries MW and deVries MR. 1977. Cultural relativity of toilet training readiness: A perspective from East Africa. Pediatrics, 60: 170-177. Older children are more likely to test your authority when you ask them to comply with potty training. Stay positive and give your child gentle reminders about using the potty regularly. My child's about to start school and still isn't dry UTIs can cause potty training problems. But, more importantly, they can cause serious health problems. Untreated UTIs can damage the kidneys.That’s an interesting method. I found with my 5 they all went at different times and were encouraged in different ways. Some only responded to reward others just went because they wanted to. Whatever works for you is awesome and don’t feel pressured to do it any other way 🙂 If you’ve practiced attachment parenting, you know how successful and worthwhile it is to watch your child’s cues for readiness in every area of development. Toilet training is no different. In other words, it’s all about communication — what some folks call “elimination communication.” And it’s becoming more popular in Western countries, like the United States (Bender and She 2017).

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Next they learn to respond to these urges by running to the potty, where they must know how to remove their pants or diaper, how to situate their body comfortably on this new kind of seat, and how to hold their urges until all systems are go.However, the toilet shouldn’t be this weird seat that only big kids and adults sit on. It is good practice to introduce the toilet seat to toddlers once they become curious about it. Duong TH, Jansson UB, Holmdahl G, Sillén U, Hellström AL. 2013b. Urinary bladder control during the first 3 years of life in healthy children in Vietnam–a comparison study with Swedish children. J Pediatr Urol. 9(6 Pt A):700-6. I love Pampers Easy Ups because they have an underwear-like look and feel, but are 25% more absorbent than the other leading training pants which means no leaks even overnight! Schmidt warns that parents should ration the number of practice runs — perhaps no more than 100 total. Practicing more than a few times a day may prompt children to resist. Once your child seems to get the hang of things, stop practice runs and replace them with gentle reminders. Like practice runs, reminders should be used sparingly. If you push too much, your child may start to rebel. What else should parents do? When it comes to timing the onset of toilet training, parents have many options. What does research tell us about delaying training until your child is 12 months old? 18 months old? 24 months old? Or even older? My Parenting Science article about the timing of toilet training will help you compare the pros and cons associated with different ages. Books about infant toilet training

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Remember that young children learn by watching and copying, which means you may have to leave any inhibitions at the toilet door. “Show them you do wees and poos too: leave the toilet door open and ask family members to do the same,” says Alina. “Keep nappies in the toilet and change your child in there, so they associate wees and poos with that room. And when they’re a little older, get them involved with changing their nappies: change them standing up, get them to help with their clothing and clean your hands together afterwards.” Gladh G, Persson D Mattsson S and Lindstrom S. 2000. Voiding pattern in healthy newborns. Neurourology and urodynamics, 19: 177-184. The morning of the second day, I started having horrible contractions. We didn’t even get through the second day of training because I went into pre-term labor and delivered my 4th child. T. Berry Brazelton introduced his child-oriented approach in 1962. A practicing pediatrician, Brazelton had observed an increase in toilet training failures, including toilet refusal, severe constipation, and (shudder!) stool smearing (Brazelton and Sparrow 2004). He reasoned that the prevailing potty training techniques — which emphasized parent-led practice drills — were pushing toddlers before they were ready. As a remedy, Brazelton designed an approach that is gradual and gentle. Overview of the methodLargo RH and Stutzle 1977. Longitudinal study of bowel and bladder control by day and at night in the first six years of life. I: Epidemiology and interrelations between bowel and bladder control. Dev Med Child Neurol, 19: 598-606.