Keep your Toddler on the Potty!

Do you find it a struggle to keep your child engaged while doing their business? Toddlers are notoriously bad for their short attention spans and getting distracted, so keeping your little one on the potty or toilet for long enough to do their business can be a real challenge!

I've just come across this short article, which has some great tips for keeping your child entertained and engaged while on the potty or toilet during potty training, so add these great ideas to your list of tricks, and remember, keep it fun!!

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/parenting&id=7052046

Its All in the Timing!!

One of the very first questions that will come to the mind of parents, is how to know when your child is ready to be potty trained. Get is wrong, and you could be setting yourself up for failure!!

The following article from our own website at pottytrainingsecretsexposed.com, discusses this very issue. For more useful information on this subject, you can visit our website by clicking here.

To your success in potty training,

Wayne

When Should I Start Potty Training my Child?

Your child should be around 18 months or older to commence potty / toilet training. If you start too much earlier than this and your child is not ready, you will end up running into complications, getting frustrated and taking far longer. Look out for the following signs of readiness in your child for potty training before commencing:

* Bladder control: Your child may have a dry diaper a couple of hours after his/her last diaper change, or he/she wakes up frequently from a daytime nap with a dry diaper. Note however that in some children, bladder control may not be readily apparent. Your child may have the capacity for bladder control but pee frequently in the diaper, because it is possible to pee frequently in the diaper without consequence! This sign is therefore not essential to be observed, but a very positive sign if shown.

* Bowel control: Your child shows signs of awareness when he/she needs to do a poo. For example, going quiet or showing signs of concentration, or telling/signing you that he/she has done a poo.

* Co-ordination: Your child is capable of pulling pants and underpants up and down.

* Concentration: Your child can keep occupied with an activity for five to ten minutes or more.

* Understanding: Your child can follow simple instructions - eg. fetching a toy. Has vocabulary necessary for potty training, ie. understands words such as pee, poo, potty, dry, wet, etc.

* Emotional and social readiness: Can be difficult to gauge. Look for the desire to imitate, the desire to please parents and the desire for control ("I can do it").

If your child shows all of the above signs, then they are ready to be potty trained.

Potty Training Secrets Exposed - When should I start potty training my child?

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Tips for Toilet Training

If you are just starting out in toilet or potty training and after some general tips, then the following web site, courtesy of the South Australian Government, could prove useful to you. At the end of the article, open the pdf link for further tips on toilet training.

Toilet training

Contents
* When will my child be ready?
* Getting ready to toilet train
* Starting toilet training
* Hygiene
* Toilet training troubles
* Hiding when doing poo
* Spreading poo around
* Physical problems
* What parents can do
* Bedwetting
* Reminders
* Resources
* References

Learning to use the toilet is a big step for toddlers and it can be difficult for some. Some children just seem to train themselves when they are ready, but many need some help from their parents.

Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Toilet training

Night Time Potty Training

The following video at the TLC link below, features Dr Ari Brown on the issues surrounding night time potty training. While brief, the video gives some handy background on night time potty training. Also check the following videos for some further tips by Dr Brown on weekend potty training and also by Dr Rachel Franklin on potty training multiples.

Click on the link below, then select the videos on the right hand side of the screen. It takes a while for the first video to upload. Hope this is useful for you!

Search Results -- potty training -- TLC

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When Doing a Poo Becomes Problematic...

Potty-training woes: Making No. 2 training a No. 1 priority - Jackson Sun


The following post from the Jackson Sun provides some interesting ideas from parents on methods used to deal with toddler resistance to doing poos on the potty in various situations...

Potty-training woes: Making No. 2 training a No. 1 priority Jackson Sun,?TN?- 22 May 2007 I solved it by putting the disposable diaper in the toilet so she could make her bowel movement on it as it floated in the toilet. After a few times, ...

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The Right Age for Potty Training Is....?

The right age to potty train your child will depend on their readiness for the event. Your child will typically be ready from around around 18 months onward, but needs to exhibit the required signs of readiness. See a useful video on this issue courtesy of newbaby.com by clicking on the headline above.

Diaper Dependence and Delayed Potty Training

Take a look at the article in the following link (courtesy of Fox 28), and the video in the next link (courtesy of abc7.com). Some very interesting figures on the age of toddler potty training - historically and now, are provided. The availability of diapers in the Western world has a lot to answer for in delaying the age our children are now potty trained by!

Many Potty Training Very Early Fox 28, IN - May 17, 2007 The American Pediatric Association recommends children between ages two and two-and a half start potty training, but a growing number of parents are opting ... potty training - Google News abc7.com When is it the Right Time to 'Potty Train'? "I think its better to expose children to the potty, at least every once and a while from a young age," says Laura Hamilton Early Toilet Training Advocate. ...

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Dealing with Your Child's Resistance to Potty Training

Pediatrics expert Dr David Olson provides some excellent suggestions on dealing with resistance to potty training in the older (3yr+) child. Click on the link below to see his response  to a parent's query on this issue...

Pediatrics: Potty Training problems

Toilet Training Resistance
What is toilet training resistance?
Children who refuse to be toilet trained either wet themselves, soil themselves, or try to hold back their bowel movements (thus becoming constipated). Many of these children also refuse to sit on the toilet or will use the toilet only if a parent brings up the subject and marches them into the bathroom. Any child who is over 3 years old, healthy, and not toilet trained after several months of trying can be assumed to be resistant to the process rather than

Pediatrics: Potty Training problems

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