Toilet Training Tips
I guess just about all of us have gone through the Toilet Training process at
one time or another. Here are some tips I have picked up along the way
that I thought I would share with you.
Make this a pleasant, non-frightening experience
When a child begins toilet training their biggest fear
is that they will fall in and get flushed away. Make sure the Potty Chair you
are using is non-threatening to the child. A potty chair just their
size will make them so much more comfortable than a seat placed over the big
toilet. Potty Chairs painted with their favorite things will attract them and
they will sit on them even when not training. The fear will disappear and
training will be much easier. Consider a Potty
Chair from Sherry's Keepsakes as it fulfills all these requirements.
The Reward System
When my daughter Lizz was being
trained we developed a reward system that really worked. I hung a
piece of construction paper on the wall right next to the Potty. I also
bought some silver and some gold stars. Each time Lizz used the Potty
Chair she
got to put a silver star on the paper. When she got 10 silver stars
she got to paste on a gold star. When she got 5 gold stars we went to the store
and she was allowed to pick anything she wanted as long as the price was not
more than $5.00. Boy did she love sticking on those stars and going to the
store to pick what she wanted.
Using a reward system is really so effective and having the
child participate even helps more. Punishing or humiliating the
child for having an accident is an absolute NO-NO!
Books
There are a wonderful group of books for sale written
just for your little girl or boy to teach them all about the Potty. Take
advantage of them and read them with your child. Many are interactive with
pop-ups. You can even keep them in the room with the Potty Chair (our
Potty Chair) has an optional book rack which will hold most of these books.
Listed below are just a few of the many books available.
The Potty Book - For Boys by
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dorothy Stott (Illustrator) Reading level:
Baby-Preschool.
The Potty Book - For Girls
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Dorothy Stott
(Illustrator) Reading Level: Baby-Preschool.
Too Big for Diapers: Featuring Jim
Hensons's Sesame Street Muppets Reading level:
Baby-Preschool
Everyone
Poops by Taro
Gomi, Amanda
Mayer Stinchecum (Translator) Reading level: Baby-Preschool
What Do You Do With A
Potty? An Important Pop-up Book by Marianne Bogardt, Maxie Chambliss
(Illustrator) Reading level: Baby-Preschool
You Can Go to the Potty by
Martha, R.N. Sears, Christie Watts Kelly (Contributor), Renee Andriani
(Illustrator), William, M.D. Sears Reading level: Baby-Preschool
A tip, I had one kid who while very good about...ummmm number 1, was
terrible about ...number 2. I wrapped some small little toys, and
she got one of those whenever she did number two where it belonged.
Kids LOVE to unwrap things, and as it was number 2, it was only one per
day.
Also, another one of my kids, needed to get trained to start preschool.
We just totally took the pull-ups off, put the potty chair in a very
prominent position (actually, I think I had two, one for the bathroom,
and one for the living room) and was prepared to wash a lot of clothing.
We didn't yell at her when she had accidents, just mentioned that
belongs in the potty. Kids don't like to be wet and uncomfortable.
She was trained in 48 hours.
BTW, Sherry, If you want to use either of those, I'm a mother of 5.
:)Brenda
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Do you have a toilet training tip you would like to share? If you do just contact
Sherry and I will be happy to add it to this list. Please let me know
if you would like to share your name or be anonymous.
