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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The Variables in Potty Training - When to Start

A major milestone in a child's growth - The News Journal

The article by Jennifer Powell Acord in the following link, courtesy of delawareonline, provides some useful thoughts and alternatives on the issue of when you should start potty training your child... Personally, I prefer to potty train as soon as the signs of readiness are clear - it only gets more difficult to train your child at a later age!

A major milestone in a child's growth The News Journal, DE - Apr 30, 2007 But whether you call it potty training or "toilet teaching," as the KidsHealth Web site does, deciding when to start depends on your child's readiness. ...

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Look, No Diaper!

Here is an article courtesy of  Tammy Buckley of Manukau Courier, regarding the benefits of elimination communication. Certainly good for the environment, but you may find the effort in constantly checking your child's need to go a bother. Still, if this interests you, there is a contact at the end of the article, to find out more...

potty training - Google News

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Autism and Potty Training

Parents can be prisoners of child’s condition - Vancouver Sun (subscription)

If anyone thinks potty training a 'normal' child is has its challenges, it is a totally different deal with an autistic child! Read the following article courtesy of the Vancouver Sun for more on issues related to parenting a child with autism.

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Parents can be prisoners of child’s condition Vancouver Sun (subscription), Canada - 1 hour ago To a parent of a severely autistic child, toilet-training isn’ta rite of passage taken for granted -- it is seen as a major accomplishment, ...

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Potty Training - Which way is right for me?

Parenting.com Guide: Potty Training                                            | Children | Ages & Stages: Parenting

The following article by parenting.com provides some useful alternative strategies for potty training your child - perhaps one of them will work for you!

Potty Training
By the editors of Parenting magazine
Overview
Saying goodbye to stinky diapers is one of the milestones that parents look forward to most. And kids generally are excited about wearing "big-kid underwear" — most start to show signs of readiness between 18 and 24 months. Of course, the process is not without its pitfalls. Find out the best way to potty train your child, as easily as possible:

Parenting.com Guide: Potty Training                                            | Children | Ages & Stages: Parenting

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Pitfalls to Potty Training

Potty Training: Conquering 5 Common Potty Problems: Patience, Perseverance, and a Positive Attitude

Courtesy of Americanbaby.com, the following articles on some of the common pitfalls in potty training provides some really sound advice and handy tips on dealing with each of the issues discussed. Click on the link below to visit the site.

Potty Training: Conquering 5 Common Potty Problems
Flush away the 5 biggest potty predicaments.
By Carol Sjostrom Miller shim
Pages in this Story:
• Patience, Perseverance, and a Positive Attitude

• Pitfall #1: She Won't Go in the Potty

• Pitfall #2: My Child Only Uses the Potty When I Put Him on It

• Pitfall #3: My Child Will Pee, but Not Poop, in the Potty 

• Pitfall #4: My Child Only Goes Potty at Home 

• Pitfall #5: My Child Is Potty Trained During the Day but Wakes Up Wet

Potty Training: Conquering 5 Common Potty Problems: Patience, Perseverance, and a Positive Attitude

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Eliminating the Diaper

No diaper? No problem - Los Angeles Times

Here is another article on elimination communication - the practise of not using diapers from very early on, with parents watching for their childs cue to eliminate or pee, and taking them to the  bathroom. Note that this should not be confused with 'independent' potty training, which can only happen from about 18 months onwards. The article is a well balanced assessment with views from both proponents and critics...

No diaper? No problem
Some babies learn to go potty before they learn to walk. But not all parents have the patience.
April 2, 2007
AT an age when most children's parents have just started to consider toilet training, Samuel and Hannah had already completed the task. By 21 months of age, the Rothstein children no longer needed to be reminded to go to the bathroom, and they never had toileting accidents — day or night.

No diaper? No problem - Los Angeles Times

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Potty Training - Do's and Donts

Star-Gazette.COM - Two Minutes

The following article from Two Minutes provides a few useful suggestions on what you should and should not be doing while potty training your child...

Advice to help ease potty training
March 21, 2007 StoryChat Post Comment By Roberta McCulloch-Dews rmdews@stargazette.com Star-Gazette Advertisement
Potty training one's own child is one of those experiences that can make a parent feel one of two ways: victorious or like a failure. I should know. My husband and I have been in the process of potty training our 3-year-old son, and suffice to say, it's been an uphill challenge with plenty of tears (my own). We thought we were doing everything right, but our son isn't ready. That's something that we just had to accept for his well-being and ours.

Star-Gazette.COM - Two Minutes

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Pant Soiling Without Constipation: Primary Non-Retentive Encopresis

Treatment Guidelines for Primary Nonretentive Encopresis and Stool Toileting Refusal - April 15, 1999 - American Academy of Family Physicians

Here is an excellent article from the American Family Physician on primary non-retentive encopresis, where pant soiling may by an issue in children with no evidence of faecal compaction or constipation...

Treatment Guidelines for Primary Nonretentive Encopresis and Stool Toileting Refusal
BRETT R. KUHN, PH.D., BETHANY A. MARCUS, PH.D., and SHERYL L. PITNER, M.D., M.P.H. University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska

Nonretentive encopresis refers to inappropriate soiling without evidence of fecal constipation and retention. This form of encopresis accounts for up to 20 percent of all cases. Characteristics include soiling accompanied by daily bowel movements that are normal in size and consistency.

Treatment Guidelines for Primary Nonretentive Encopresis and Stool Toileting Refusal - April 15, 1999 - American Academy of Family Physicians

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Encopresis - The Nasty Side to Constipation

Encopresisguide

Encopresis can be very debilitating condition for your child, both physiologically and psychologically. The following article from the University of Iowa provides some background on this condition, and how to deal with it...

Encopresis

What is encopresis?
Most children are potty trained by the age of four. However, if your child continues to have a lot of bowel movement accidents this is called encopresis.
What causes encopresis?
Potty training teaches children to use the toilet. They learn how their body feels when it is time to go to the bathroom. But sometimes they can’t feel the signals. They can’t tell when it is time to use the toilet. Encopresis isn’t a problem “in the child’s head.” It isn’t a “behavior problem.” Encopresis happens because a child’s colon doesn’t work the way it should.

Encopresisguide

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Easing the Potty Training Woes

Advice to help ease potty training - Elmira Star-Gazette

Here are some simple tips courtesy of the Star Gazette, on easing the potty training process...

Advice to help ease potty training Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 6 hours ago Potty training one's own child is one of those experiences that can make a parent feel one of two ways: victorious or like a failure. I should know. ...

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Potty Training for Kids with Disabilities

Potty Training Children with Special Needs

The following article by Vincent Ianelli, provides some guidance on the subject of potty training kids with special needs. It is certainly quite achievable, but it may take longer than for most 'normal' children...

Potty Training Children with Special Needs
From Vincent Iannelli, M.D.,
While parents often complain of difficulty potty training their children, for most families, potty training is a fairly easy experience. Even when there are problems or children show signs of potty training resistance, usually they will eventually become potty trained.

Potty Training Children with Special Needs

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Starters in Toilet Training

Toilet Training-Topic Overview

The folllowing article courtesy of WebMD provides some useful pointers on potty training your child when starting out...

Toilet Training - Topic Overview
When should I start toilet training my child? Your child must be both physically and emotionally ready for toilet training. Most children are ready when they are between 22 and 30 months of age, although every child is different. Toilet training usually becomes a long and frustrating process if you try to start it before your child is ready.

Toilet Training-Topic Overview

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The Madness of Potty Training

Potty-training time can drive a mother crazy - Indianapolis Star

Here is a story courtesy of Indianapolis Star that all parents going through or having been through potty training will be able to relate to!!

Potty-training time can drive a mother crazy Indianapolis Star,?IN?- 10 Mar 2007 It's time for me to take on for the third time one of the most dreaded rites of parenting: potty training. Be it plastic, be it porcelain -- the potty, ...

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Are you and your child ready for potty training?

Wait until child is ready to start potty-training process (Rapid City Journal)

RAPID CITY — Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. That advice from the American Academy of Family Physicians rings true for many parents who have survived potty training, including mom and day-care provider Jennifer Rickertsen of Rapid City

Here is another article on the age of potty training and the readiness issue, courtesy of  Rapid City Journal...

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The Basics to Potty Training

Potty Training: The Basics - American Baby

Here are some guiding ideas that may provide assistance to the parent starting out on potty training..

Potty Training: The Basics American Baby - Mar 11, 2007 Few milestones are as daunting or (excuse the pun) loaded for parents as the task of toilet training. One of the reasons it's so challenging is that every ...

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The AGE of Reckoning

Mom lucks out on delayed toilet training - North County Times

The following article by family psychologist John Rosemund is controversial, but consistent with our belief that it is not necessarily in the best interests of your child to delay potty training for too long. Click on the link below for more details...

Mom lucks out on delayed toilet training North County Times,?CA?- 6 hours ago If "ready" means that a child can sense the need to eliminate and has the dexterity to put him- or herself on a potty, then children achieve readiness ...

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Toilet Phobias

Parent to Parent: Calm kids' bathroom jitters - Roanoke Times

Here is a parent to parent article courtesy of the Roanoke Times, covering toilet or bathroom phobias for 'going potty'. Some great suggestions to resolve the issue are provided...

Parent to Parent: Calm kids' bathroom jitters Roanoke Times,?VA?- Mar 7, 2007 Q. "My 3-year-old granddaughter is afraid of the bathroom, so we are having a terrible time potty-training her. She cries when we try to take her." ...

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Tantrums and Potty Training Tip

The following article from the Contra Costa Times provides some insight into tantrums with kids, and a parent's tips on encouraging potty training. Dr Terry Brazelton offers more thoughts on potty training as well...

FAMILIES TODAY: T. BERRY BRAZELTON AND DR. JOSHUA SPARROW: A dialogue on tantrums and toilet-training (Contra Costa Times)

Q: You wrote a long article on tantrums -- mine will be short. When our granddaugher was 6 years old, she and her brother were visiting us. One lunchtime, I decided to clean up some leftovers. My husband asked for more spaghetti. When I reminded him that he was trying to lose some weight, he pretended to cry.

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The Balance - Reminding Your Child to Use the Potty

Pregnancy and Parenting Information and Resources, Topics A-Z - Parenthood.com

Your child is having accidents on the potty. How often should you be reminding her to go? The following article by Aletha Solter at Parenthood.com provides an interesting perspective on this matter...

How Can I Help My Daughter Remember to Use the Potty?
My two year-old daughter has been interested, and generally going in the potty at home for the past two months, so I know she gets it. One day she even climbed up on the big toilet and peed and pooped without my knowing. However, this only occurs as long as she's naked from the waist down.

Pregnancy and Parenting Information and Resources, Topics A-Z - Parenthood.com

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Hygiene

Potty training: tips, articles, and potty training products

Promoting good hygiene during potty training is essential, if you want to avoid the prospects of possible infections and diahrrea. The following article from pottytrainingtips provides some useful direction in this matter...

Tips on maintaining good hygiene
Getting clean after using the potty/toilet is another new challenge for your child. You can help foster bathroom independence by teaching good cleaning habits. Here are some tips on maintaining good hygiene.

Potty training: tips, articles, and potty training products

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Drinking Problems - Milk that is!

A sippy, potty dilema - Journal Times Online

Some kids don't want to give up their milk, and this can lead to issues in potty training. See the following article at Mommy talk, with posts by various parents on dealing with this issue.

A sippy, potty dilemma
Posted by: Marci
I received the following e-mail from a mom. “I have a 2 year old that I would like to introduce to potty training. I pretty much have started talking about it with her. She knows the actions of using the potty, but I really haven’t had her actually try. My problem is she absolutely loves milk out of her sippy cup, and a lot of times she prefers that versus eating. She even wants her cup during

Mommy Talk » A sippy, potty dilemma

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Potty Training Problems

A handy site. Potty training problem questions posted by parents, with solutions posted by parents who have been there... maybe there is an answer there for a problem you are having?? Click on a link below to access the parentsroom.org web page, then click on the various questions on the web page, to find solutions to deal with the various potty training issues..

Potty Training Problem Page

Problems and Solutions
The opinions and suggestions posted here are solely those of the persons submitting them. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of the #!Parentsroom operators and owners of this page. All submissions are subject to editing for clarity and/or brevity.

Potty Training Problem Page

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Addressing the Bedwetting Issue

What Parents Need to Know About Bedwetting

Bedwetting is an issue of great concern to many parents. The following article with thanks to www.kidshealth.org may provide some useful guidance in this area. Click on the link for the full article...

Bedwetting is an issue that millions of families face every night. It is extremely common among kids who are under the age of 6, and it can last into the preteen years. Doctors don't know for sure what causes bedwetting or why it stops. But it is considered a natural part of development, and kids eventually grow out of it. Most of the time bedwetting is not a sign of any deeper medical or emotional issues.

What Parents Need to Know About Bedwetting

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Adventures in Potty Training

The Potty Training Finale: I'm pooped - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Some interesting thoughts and responses from readers of Jenny Blackburn's blog (article posted also here on Seattle Post Intelligencer. Interesting to see the differing perspectives and experiences in potty training!

Seattle Post Intelligencer

The Potty Training Finale: I'm pooped Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - Feb 27, 2007 Anyhow, here we sit at the end of a marathon potty training endeavor, and I think we have actually done it. Or CJ did it, anyway. ...

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Potty Training Guidance

Potty/Toilet Training Your Child

The following article from dot com Women provides some handy pointers on potty training your child!

Potty/Toilet Training Your Child
There is no age limit to when you should start toilet training your child. Most toddlers start to use the toilet/potty between the age of one - two years, some might take even longer. This is a new experience for your child so be patient. You will win in the end. Here are a few pointers to help you out.
How do I know when my child is ready?
Boys tend to stay in nappies longer than girls, but most children are ready to potty-train sometime between their second and third birthdays. Some children train themselves when they're about 18 months old, while others show no interest until after their fourth birthday.

Potty/Toilet Training Your Child

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Babykeeper Needed for Potty Training?

The Babykeeper: toilet training with visual aids - Engadget

Letting your child watch while you do your thing on the toilet is a great way to get them interested in doing it themselves, but could this idea take it just a little too far? It would be handy for keeping your little one out of mischief though when you need to go in public places! See the article for more...

The Babykeeper: toilet training with visual aids
Posted Aug 30th 2006 10:26AM by Evan Blass
We've seen our fair share of strange and / or gimmicky products around here, but the Babykeeper by Mommysentials has to be one of the creepiest. This contraption allows you to hang your six to eighteen month old infant on the door of a public toilet stall while you, um, do your business.

The Babykeeper: toilet training with visual aids - Engadget

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Potty Training Phobias

Toilet Terrors and Other Potty Training Fears

Fear is a big issue for many toddlers, particularly around the age of 2 to 3.

Your child may very well relate to some of the issues raised in the following article from Zip Baby:

Toilet Terrors & Other Potty Training Fears
Potty training fears, often called toilet terrors, are common among toddlers and small children. Look at things from your child’s perspective. He is giving up the security of a diaper for a big, cold thing with a giant hole that might swallow him. Up until this point, your child has been able to go in his diaper. He didn’t have to control himself until a potty was available. He could go anytime and anywhere, knowing that someone would always be there to change his diaper.

Toilet Terrors and Other Potty Training Fears

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Toilet Training Program

Toilet Training (step-by-step)

The following site has a great little article on potty training your child by Esther Wolfson - take a look!

Toilet Training Step By Step
by Esther Boylan Wolfson
Director, Early Childhood Development Center

Toilet Training (step-by-step)

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Toilet Training Concepts

Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Toilet training

The following article provides some useful pointers on the concepts and principles of potty training. Check out the PDF link at the end of the article as well, for some useful pointers...

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

Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Toilet training

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Off with the Fairies?

Here is an interesting link from New Zealand, playing pixies and using 'fairy rewards' to encourage potty training.

Going potty with pixies

By Kevin Childs 22 Feb 2007

From Glenorchy and Kelvin Heights come NZ’s latest child behaviour aids

IN MAY last year a former chef living in Glenorchy was thinking about potty training – and her child’s behaviour.

As a climber who’s tackled peaks around the world, Glyn Barry knows challenges. So she joined with two like-minded local women and they came up with an idea that sent them away with the fairies – and the pixies.

Healthy Bowel Habits

The following article provides some suggestions for potty training your child, to avoid the possible complications of constipation and hemorrhoids. Click on the link below for further details..

Toilet Training & the Importance of Teaching Children Healthy Bowel Habits
Toilet training is the best time to start teaching your child about good bathroom and bowel habits. The lessons that are taught during these formative years are ones that will help them be hemorrhoid and constipation free in the future.

Toilet Training to Avoid Future Hemorrhoid & Constipation Problem

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Symptoms and Treatment for Soiling (Encopresis)

Severe constipation and the soiling of pants in children from the age of 4 onward, also known as Encopresis, can be quite embarrassing for the child. The following article from Parenting and Child Health, provides a useful summmary of the known symptoms, and how to treat this condition...

Soiling
* What causes soiling?
* Some facts about soiling
* What parents can do
* Treatment for soiling
* Resources
* References.
Often young children of two or three do their poos in the garden or their pants or anywhere but the toilet. This is part of learning to manage for themselves - for ideas to help them, see the topic on 'Toilet training'. The information in this topic is about long-lasting constipation and soiling, or doing poo in the pants. The topic 'Constipation' has information about more simple-to-manage constipation.

Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Soiling

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Factors Contributing to Constipation and Delayed Potty Training

The following article from ajc.com, provides an insightful background on the contributing factors associated with childhood constipation and resultant delays in potty training. Click on the link below for more information...

Constipation, Personality Traits Delay Toilet Training
If you're having a hard time getting your youngster out of diapers, a new study offers some reassuring news -- your parenting style probably isn't to blame. Constipation and your child's temperament are more likely culprits, conclude researchers in two different studies in the June issue of Pediatrics.

Welcome to AJC! | ajc.com

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Potty Training Reward Box

Potty Training Solutions Introduces Motivational "Reward Box ... - ClickPress (press release)

If you are running out of reward ideas to motivate your child to use the potty, then here is another novel option - check out the two articles below. The last article also provides an online "demo".

Potty Training Solutions Introduces Motivational "Reward Box ... ClickPress (press release), UK - 12 Feb 2007 Potty Training Solutions, the number one online source for potty training products, announces the availability of a brand new, motivational reward system ... New Online Demo for Potty Training Rewards :: MediaSyndicate :: Free Press Release, PR, IR, News Post & Media Relations New Online Demo for Potty Training Rewards Home & Family: Parenting We invite you to experience how Potty Training Rewards positively reinforces your child’s potty training by viewing our Online Demo. Unfortunately we have not figured out a way for you to sample the chocolate via the internet!!

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Are You Holding Your Child Back in Potty Training?

The following article, with thanks to Dr Gail Gross, questions whether you are ready for your child to grow up...

When The Diapers Gotta Go
Ever wonder how old is too old for a child to wear a diaper? Often, a child remains in diapers not because of an inability to be potty trained, but because the parent isn't ready to let go a little bit. For a parent, having a child in diapers can be symbolic. It’s what defines a "baby." Sometimes Mom or Dad (or both) isn’t ready to give up their "baby" just yet.

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Bedwetting Blues and Staying Dry at Night

While potty training can be a challenge, getting your child to stay dry at night and out of diapers can be another challenge all to itself! Here is an excellent article from Victorian disability online, covering this issue, with great tips. Click on the link below for more information.

Toilet training - staying dry at night
A child usually masters daytime toileting many years before they can keep their bed dry at night. Don’t be concerned if your toddler wets the bed, because most children under the age of five years still urinate in their sleep, and one in 10 younger primary school children do too. Don’t assume that your child can keep their bed dry because they can manage their toileting when they’re awake. It might help if you think of staying dry at night as completely separate to daytime toilet use.

Toilet training - staying dry at night

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Toilet Training Stumbling Blocks

You may feel that you have hit a brick wall if your child is not progressing during toilet training. Here are some great tips from the keepkidshealthy.com website, covering a range of problem issues!

Stumbling Blocks during Toilet Training
by Belinda Chou, MD
You are in the midst of toilet training. Things appear to be going relatively well. Your child appears to understand when she needs to use the potty, and is using it with some regularity. However, there's just one thing...

Stumbling Blocks during Toilet Training - Keep Kids Healthy

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Monky Pee Monkey Poo

Looking for potty of gold - Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription)

Here is a novel idea to help your child in the potty training process - interactive monkey to model and encourage your toddler to go to the potty!

Looking for potty of gold Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN - 6 Feb 2007 So goes the Potty Monkey, a new potty training tool developed by Knoxville pediatric urologist family. ...

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The Pressures of Potty Training

While there are societal pressures to have your child potty trained early, there is no point in proceeding until your toddler is physiologically and mentally ready. The following articles by Deirdre Wilson, courtesy of parenthood.com, cover this issue and some of the differing opinions on when to start and how it should be done...

The Straight Poop About Potty Training
By Deirdre Wilson
“I never really trained them,” Hutchins says. “They trained themselves.” When Jonathan, the oldest, began showing signs of readiness, Hutchins bought a potty and a children’s book about using it. But then, she says, “I let him run around naked. He quickly became aware that something was happening. He never had any interest in the little potty. He had watched us in the bathroom, and he eventually went right to the toilet.”

The Straight Poop About Potty Training - Parenthood.com

Potty Training: Ready or Not?
By Deirdre Wilson
How do you know when your child is ready to learn to use a toilet or potty? Here’s what child-development experts say. A child is ready when he or she: • Urinates or has bowel movements at more predictable times.
• Is aware of and can communicate – verbally or through facial expression – the need to urinate or have a bowel movement.
• Dislikes wet or soiled diapers.
• Has motor skills that include being able to walk to the bathroom, pull down pants, sit on the potty, relax and actually go in the potty.
• Can understand and follow simple directions.
• Has a social/emotional readiness that involves “wanting” to be toilet trained.

Potty Training: Ready or Not? - Parenthood.com

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The Multiples of Training Twins

If potty training one child isn't hard enough, try potty training twins! The following article by Jill Clateman, provides tips from her experiences in training twins, and how this may need to vary from just training the one...

Potty Training Twins
by Jill Clateman
Potty training twins is like gearing up for an Olympic event. It involves double the equipment, double the training time, double the mess, and parents who posses exponentially more patience. Since starting to teach my three and a half year old boys to use the toilet six months ago, I have hit several roadblocks. From my own trials, I have compiled a list of things to watch out for to help other parents of twins navigate through this tough terrain.

Potty Training Twins

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Basics for Toilet Training, Ages 1 - 6

The following two articles by Paula Spencer provide some very useful guidance on toilet training your child broken down into two age groups. Click on the links below for the full story...

Toilet Training Basics, Ages 1 to 3
Paula Spencer
• How do I know when my child's ready?
• How do I get started?
• What's the best method?
• How can I prevent messy accidents?
• How can I make potty training fun?
• When is my child ready to sleep without diapers?
How do I know when my child's ready? Boys tend to stay in diapers longer than girls, but most children are ready to potty-train sometime between their second and third birthdays. There's enormous variation, though: Some children train themselves when they're about 18 months old, while others show no interest until after their fourth birthday. To figure out if it's time to start the process, ask yourself these seven questions.

Toilet Training Basics, Ages 1 to 3 | AHealthyMe.com

Toilet Training Basics, Ages 3 to 6
Paula Spencer

Toilet Training Basics, Ages 3 to 6 | AHealthyMe.com

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Stressful Potty Training?

Potty Training can be a very trying time and quite stressful for both the parent and the child. Positive reinforcement and the right attitude can however go a long way to alleviating that stress. The following article by Seth Mullins provides his thoughts on this issue. Click on the link below for the full article...

Potty Training with Minimal Stress
By Seth Mullins January 10, 2007
Like many parenting accomplishments, potty training is achieved by a combination of both our children's readiness and our own involvement and encouragement. Understanding what this change means in the lives of our young ones can minimize their stress, and ours, during that transition. We will see the best results if we use positive reinforcement and a nurturing approach each step of the way.

Potty Training with Minimal Stress - Associated Content

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Age and Readiness for Potty Training

The following research article from the Pediatrics Journal (click on the link below for full details) provides some very interesting findings on  the age of readiness, as related to boys vs girls,  for  toilet training. It appears that the majority of toddlers are not ready for toilet training until after their second birthday.  Refer in particular to the results and conclusion sections of the abstract (as  extracted and shown below), if  you don't want to  digest the whole  article!

Sequential Acquisition of Toilet-Training Skills: A Descriptive Study of Gender and Age Differences in Normal Children

ABSTRACT

Results. The study included 126 girls and 141 boys; 88% were white. Parents submitted a total of 10 741 weekly surveys (range: 1–73; median: 49 per child). Girls demonstrated toilet-training skills at earlier ages than boys. The median ages for "staying dry during the day" were 32.5 months (95% confidence interval: 30.9–33.7) and 35.0 months (95% confidence interval: 33.3–36.7) for girls and boys, respectively. The median ages for readiness skills for girls and boys, respectively, were as follows: "showing an interest in using the potty," 24 and 26 months; "staying dry for 2 hours," 26 and 29 months; "indicating a need to go to the bathroom," 26 and 29 months. There was a marked concordance in the sequences in which girls and boys achieve individual skills. In addition, the interquartile ranges of the toileting skills varied from 6.9 to 11.4 months in girls and from 7.5 to 14.6 months in boys. Conclusions. In this study population, girls achieve nearly all toilet-training skills earlier than boys, including successful completion. Most children do not master the readiness skills until after the second birthday. The range of normalcy for the attainment of individual skills may vary by as much as a year.

Sequential Acquisition of Toilet-Training Skills: A Descriptive Study of Gender and Age Differences in Normal Children -- Schum et al. 109 (3): e48 -- Pediatrics

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Tips for Toddlers

Child care experts offer tips for tots' food - Bend Weekly

The following article from Bend Weekly News for Bend Oregon provides a few words of advice on potty training, as well as providing useful tips covering a range of other care issues for your child...

Bend Weekly

Child care experts offer tips for tots' food Bend Weekly,?OR?- 1 hour ago If your child watches too much TV, is a picky eater, battles you at bedtime or spurns potty training, child care authorities offer some practical advice for ...

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Reward Charts for Potty Training

Click on the link below, for some free reward charts on potty training! Use stickers to track progress, and make it a reward for your child to place the sticker on the chart for a successful event.

POTTY TRAINING CHARTS
Click on the Chart You Like Then you can enter your child's name and print

Potty Training Charts- learn2potty.com

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Toilet Training Problems?

Courtesy of babycenter.com, the link to the article below will take you to some useful discussion on possible solutions to some of the more common toilet training problems...

Toilet training problems and solutions
Approved by the Medical Advisory Board
Reviewed by Paul Young, M.D.
Last updated: July 2005 By the BabyCenter editorial staff
• My child won't use the toilet.
• When I suggest using the toilet, my toddler says no or gets upset.
• My child isn't having a bowel movement on the potty as often as he should, or refuses to go at all.
• My child won't use the toilet at his daycare center or school.
• My child was toilet trained, but then he started having accidents again.

If toilet training isn't going smoothly, take heart: Many families encounter bumps in the road. Here are some of parents' most common complaints, along with suggestions on how to handle them.

Toilet training problems and solutions

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Potty Training the Knapp Way

An entertainingly written article by Dr Knapp, giving his perspective on potty training, including some of the differences between boys and girls... Click on the headline link above for details.

Potty Training

Your child is now potty trained!!! Wow you did not know that! They are not going on the toilet but all kids are potty trained by 18 months of age .... in that they know how to go, where to go, the name for it, and they even will occasionally sit on the potty and grunt. Nothing happens because their brains cannot control the muscles. CANNOT control the sphincters. The child will go on the toilet when they are able to: 1. Recognize the full bladder or rectum (you do not teach that, they figure it out on their own) 2. Communicate it to you by patting the dry diaper and saying pee pee or poo poo

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Constipation and Fear in Toddlers - the Discomfort - Dread - Delay (D3) Cycle

Constipation can be a major hold up in your toddler progressing to pooping confidently on the potty, with fear of pain being the major hindrance. In this article, Dr Greene explains the issues surrounding constipation. Keep your child well hydrated and with a diet high in fiber, and hopefully you will not face this issue! Click on the link below for more details...

Constipation

Introduction:
As long as your child is in diapers, every single bowel movement will be right there for you to see when her diaper is changed. During the diaper years, the stools undergo several changes. The first bowel movements are the thick, sticky, tarry meconium stools formed while the baby is still inside you. During the first week these give way, in breastfed babies, to soft, yellow, breast milk stools. These usually look like yellow mustard with little seeds. By the time a baby is one week old, she has an average of 8 to 10 of these pleasant (as stools go) stools each day. Formula-fed stools are often tan or yellow at this stage, and a little firmer than breast milk stools. Either way, there are many dirty diapers!

Constipation - DrGreene.com

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