Good morning beautiful people, I trust you’re well 💖💖
On Monday, one of my Facebook group members asked me a question about how Potty trained her child.
So today here are some tips on Potty training, I hope it helps 🥰♥️🤗
🌈POTTY TRAINING TIPS 👇👇
Are you thinking of potty training your two-year-old?
There are different methods you can potty train your child.
Today I will be sharing some of the methods that people have used and have worked for them.
Before you start, you need to know if you and your child is ready to be potty trained 😊
Your child might be ready for potty training if;
🌺They are able to tell you they want to pee or poo
🌺They understand command (they understand when you asked them to do something like “can you please go and put your cup on the table?”
And on your part, you need to be available for 3 consecutive days to focus solely on this task in order for this to work.
Commitment is the key here, because it is hard work, but the reward is greater in the end 😃
🌺Here are some the Supplies you need👇
Panties, 6 and more
Paper towels
Carpet cleaner
Timer ⏱
Day 1
In the morning, when your child wakes up, take their diapers off and take them straight to the toilet and explain to them what is happening. You can say things like, “today we are going to say bye to our nappy and we are going to start peeing in the toilet 🚽”
After breakfast, you need to take them to pee, remember no underwear, just their clothes for that day.
You don’t need to ask them, just say it’s time to go potty and stay with them, sometimes they will go, most times they wouldn’t, or they will go on the floor 😃. It’s ok because you’re teaching them.
When they pee on the floor, please don’t shout at them, that’s what you want isn’t it. (you wanted her to pee, and she did 😃). All you need to do is explain to them that we only pee in the toilet, not the floor.
Be careful to watch your tone and your body language because they are watching you, if you’re too strict with them they will be scared, and they may not listen. Give them lots of praises 👏🏾👍♥️🤗.
You may need to keep them away from the carpet or the sofa 🛋.
You need to keep an eye on them all the time, but don’t make a fuss.
One thing to remember is that, because it’s the first day, expect lots of accidents 😃 (you need to be prepared).
Day 2
You are going to repeat the same thing you did on the first day all over again. 😃
But most times by the end of day 2 you should probably see less accidents if day one was done well, they might even ask to want to go to the bathroom without you prompting them.
REPEATING INSTRUCTIONS
Make sure you keep reminding them, that if they feel like peeing or pooping, they need to go to the potty 🚽
Set a timer for every 15 minutes and take them, if they don’t go, you need to reset the timer for another 5 minutes until they go.
Don’t ask them if they want to go, just take them, if the timer goes off.
But the second day, you might need to encourage them to use their words to tell you if they need to go.
You also need to remind them, “if you need to go potty you need to tell mummy, pee pee and poo poo go in the potty”
Day 3
This is the day that you’re going to test out what you have been doing so far.
But don’t forget to take them to the toilet first thing in the morning, to give them a chance to go.
You should start seeing progress on the third day but expect accidents 😃.
If you follow these instructions to the letter, your child should be able to tell you they want potty by the fourth day without you asking them. 🚽
Please remember,
- Potty training does not take only three days to execute, it takes practice. The first three days would be an introduction to potty training with your child. Look out for telltale signs that your child needs go even before they tell you such as dancing about, holding of their bottom, giving you weird and uncomfortable looks, that is your cue to ask them if they want to go, and most times their answer would be yes.
- Accidents happen even when they are well potty trained, you simply remind them that we poop and pee in the potty.
- It isn’t a competition, if your child isn’t ready, do not force it because you/ society expects children to be potty trained at 2. Case in point, my daughter was fretting because her friend’s daughter was going in the potty, but her own daughter was making a fuss about being potty trained, a few months later, Athena was fully ready to be potty trained and does not even where a diaper to bed, while the friend’s daughter still wears diaper to bed. EVERY CHILD IS DIFFERENT.
- It might take longer for your child to ask to poop in the potty than to ask to pee.
- Your child might still need a nappy to sleep.
Good luck and I hope this helps.
This is for you Aminat 🤗♥️♥️♥️
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