Are you a new mom? Surely you anticipate every milestone of your little one. Most are overjoyed and often post it on social media where even netizens are also awed.
There are 5 stages of development milestone of a child starting from newborn, infant, toddler, preschool and school age. A mother, especially a first time mom gets excited every leap of a milestone her baby reached and passed.
The first 4 weeks of a baby is called newborn. First month to l 12th month is called infant whereas from 1 year to 3 years old is called toddler. Preschooler is between the ages of 3 to 5 years while 6 to 12 is called school age. Within these stages there are many milestones a child undergoes. However we're gonna have potty training for toddler as a topic.
Potty training is an important milestone for both baby and mom/ dad. It is a time for a baby to start to take care of his/her own hygiene. They will learn to hold their bladder and muscle control when they're to pee or poo. It usually starts at age 18 months to 24 months and others may take as long as 3 years old. But there are certain factors affecting it, culture for example. Some babies can be trained even when younger than 1 year old. When doing potty training, there's no need to rush. Let them be ready for it.
My baby was trained to poo when his first words came out and the time when he can stand with something to support himself. I observed that he would suddenly became quite and stop what he's doing then I can see the expression on his face trying to push and grunts. So I will just pick him up and carry him outside the house. Holding him in a squatting position with my thighs a bit apart to make room for his thing, holding also his thighs apart. I kept doing it everytime I see him trying to push and constantly talking to him with the term "poopoo" and it didn't take long when he was able to say it and can hold it until I bring him to the toilet bowl.
I was not able to successfully train him yet on peeing. He used to hold his pants when he is peeing but I was always late on getting his trousers down and he can't hold his bladder. So what I do is to take off his pants and bring him near the door when I feel myself like peeing. I observed that after am done, he peed also but when I try to let him pee, he wouldn't. Just like what I did with his 2 older siblings when training them, I tried to let him pee after he wakes up in the morning and after his nap but he just won't. I also tried letting him wear marvel character underwear and he was thrilled by it. So I encouraged him not to pee on it but it failed also. I guess, I wasn't consistent enough on training him pee nor was he ready yet. That's why until today he is wearing diapers at night. During the day, I just let him on his pants and bare-bottom when it gets too hot during the day.
Actually, on our place where mostly are full-time moms, they train their child on peeing as early as 6 months where a baby can hold his head firmly enough.They train their baby on defecating later.
The thought of baby going from diaper to diaper free is heaven as budget for diapers is also taking a big part. So if you're trying to potty train your lo look for signs that he/she is ready.
Most kids hide themselves when doing their nappy thing. If you see your lo hide and came out with wet or soiled pants or diaper then take it as a sign.
With their baby talk, they can tell you if they wet their trousers. Some babies has early speech development that they can tell "weewee" or "poopoo" after they're done with their thing.
A baby holds his/her pants in an attempt to perhaps hold it but he/she cant.
Those who bought potty for the main purpose of training her lo observes that her babe is interested with it especially when it comes with color of their choice by trying to sit on it.
Baby is having 1 hour gap of wetting his nappy.
Baby can understand simple command such as pee time, potty time or trousers down.
Constant communicating with a child is also a way to convince him and make him understand just like he understands other simple words.
There are certain tips and tricks when planning to potty train, you can apply when you see in your child the signs of readiness mentioned above.
1. Have your child with you when you go shop for a potty. Their choice of design will encourage them more and my hasten the process.
2. Include kiddie underwears of their fave cartoon characters or superheroes when shopping for a potty. It will also encourage a child, if you explain to him that he can use it while he is on training. They will soon take it as a message that they should really learn to hold their bladder and not get their fave underwear gets wet.
3. Toddlers should learn the use of the toilet so it is where the potty will be conveniently be placed.
4. Take your child with you to the toilet and let him sit on his potty while you also pee. If you're not peeing then a trip to the toilet should be every 10-15 minutes to 30 minutes. But don't let him sit too long, if he did not then don't insist. Tell him he can do it again later if he feels the urge. Time interval is important so that he will learn to hold his bladder so that when you're out with him will not be worried once he said he needs to use the comfort room.
5. Children are more motivated when they are praised so do it and don't forget stickers she can use after a job well done in the toilet or potty.
6. On hot days during a potty training let your baby naked or bare-bottom. She can easily use the potty without her pants that needs to be pulled down. Or she gets the idea of no diapers to rely on.
7. Try to encourage him use the toilet bowl in place of his potty. add some magic dye that when he urinates will turn to blue. It will excite the child. Then don't flush immediately because the sound of it scares some children during the first stage.
8. If your toddler can understand you already, try to use reverse psychology on her and gently asked her if she still wanted to stay on diapers even if she's a big girl already. Remember not to push your child, it won't help.
9. Toddlers are going through different development so don't punish them if you see they peed on their pants or underwear. Tell them it's okay and mistakes are normal that needs to be learned from. So when you saw that their is a setback, don't take it as a negative sign. Give some time,be patient and try again the following week.
10.Try on to have him pee before bed and after waking up.
Some advocates promised on the 3-day potty training like a boot camp so if you're planning to then have that 3 days totally focused on it. It was a success for many but what worked with others wouldn't be for some. The concept of potty training is to make it baby-friendly not something to raise anxiety and stress so if you tried and saw that it's not doing good then stop. Don't pressure a child as it may make them harder to pick up and learn and may take longer to train.
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Mine.. I don't need to have my kid wear her pants and undies.. She doesn't want it anyway 🤣🤣🤣 another struggle to keep following her to wear her pants😅.