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Toilet training to me is one of the hardest things to accomplish. Not only as a child but being able to focus on the task at hand, and have a lot of paitience as a parent can be hard. PAITENCE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS! For me and my child, he occasionally goes on his own but most of the time I get scared he won't ask to go toilet so I ask him instead every ten minutes. For me I believe that Pull-Ups are way to expensive and with my son being very young, I'm not sure whether he would understand that it's a trainee pants not a nappy. They would feel the same to a child so I just went without that. The best time to start toilet training is after your child is off the bottle, I believe if you do it while they are on the bottle they tend to drink a lot which of course causes them to have accidents when learning how to go to the toilet. *Try to take notes before hand of when you believe your child is going. Though it's hard to see through a nappy, it would be good to know around about when your child would go to the toilet. Most children go in the morning and at night before going to bed. *Make sure to take them to toilet before bed, which should also help lessen the chance of bed-wetting when they get older. What you also need to note is when you give them food or drinks, after all thats why they go to the toilet. *There are children's underwear available. Also if they have an accident it's not so hard to clean. After awhile your child should grasp that they can't do it in the underwear they have on thus turning to the toilet. *A few days before starting off, show your child around your toilet bathroom. Let them get a feel of the room. When your in there try to explain what you use the toilet for.Tell them what they use the toilet for etc. Faking toilets can sometimes help too. Just sit down on the toilet and say "This is what you do when you need to go, then it goes down the toilet." Swap places with your child and then let them flush the toilet. Get them into a habit of washing their hands even if they don't go toilet. *My child used to love flushing the toilet at the start, so I would tell him, you must go to toilet before you can flush it ok? It got to the point where I was taking him to the toilet before food or before his favourite show starts, so now he's in a routine. *Of course you are going to get accidents here and there, but try not to yell or growl at your child as it will just make them scared and they will demand in their own words to put their nappy back on. It can also cause them to have more accidents. Just take them to the toilet, explain that the toilet is sad because they never went. *The toilet can be a very scary place for a toddler so staying in there with them until they are fully confident will benefit both you and your child. *When your child does both in the toilet for the first time it's like an exciting turnover. Show your child your excitement. Get him to HI5 everytime when they do a double in the loo, because they deserve it. |
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