Potty Training for Deafblind - Totally Different Story!

Toilet training for deafblind children requires a very different approach! The following article by Craig Axelford from the Texas Deafblind Outreach is an excellent resource on this subject.

Toilet Training Children with Deafblindness: Issues and Strategies

Independence in toilet training is a milestone celebrated by the children who achieve it and their grateful parents. Families and educators often experience frustration, disappointment and resignation when faced with the challenges of toilet training a child who is deafblind. Many factors can influence toilet training efforts; such as physical maturity, awareness of self and the environment, positive relationships with other people and the ability to communicate with them. All factors must be considered when toilet training a child who is deafblind.

Potty Training your Girl

Not to be outdone, here also are some brief and specific tips on potty training your little girl - also with thanks to the Baby Center.

Potty Training your Boy

It is often said that potty training boys is harder than for girls. I think that the above link from the baby center provides most useful and specific advice on potty training your toddler boy - check it out!

Elimination Communication

The headline above links to an interesting website from the diaper free baby organization. The focus of this site is 'elimination communication' - essentially, watching for the signs that your baby may need to pee or poo, and encouraging the action. The idea is that you can start your baby off from a very early age, and reduce or avoid the use of diapers! If you like this concept, then this site may be for you. Provide us with your feedback if you have tried this method before!

Twin Resistance to Potty Training

31/2-year-old twins resist potty-training - Contra Costa Times

Potty training is not easy, despite what some authors may say on the subject, and every situation is different. Here is a story of a mother struggling with work and study commitments, battling to train twins in her spare time. Everything seems to be against her, including the lack of her family's support.

31/2-year-old twins resist potty-training Contra Costa Times, CA - 3 Jan 2007 ... fancy potties and pretty underwear, for all the pressure and praise that has taken the pride of successful potty training away from them. ...

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Dealing with Toddler Regression

Toddlers may regress during the potty training process, leaving you frustrated and confused in your efforts to potty train your child. Following are some links to articles that I have found that may help you out...

What Do I Do When My Toddler is Regressing During Potty Training?

http://pottytrainingsolutions.com/information/regression.htm

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Guide to Potty Training

Potty-training your child - Jamaica Observer

Some useful pointers provided on potty training your toddler. Makes the point that not all toddlers are ready at the same age (generally from 18 months and up to 4 years starting age), and some kids will take a lot longer than others to train...

Potty-training your child Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 31 Dec 2006 Potty-training your child takes a lot of patience and time. Few moms and dads are prepared for how long it can take. Some children get it within a few days, ...

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Dolls for Potty Training

Dolls are a great way to introduce your child to potty training. The following site has some really handy tips to get you going. While you can purchase dolls from this site, you should also be able find a suitable equivalent from your local store...

Potty Training Dolls

Potty training dolls, such as the Gozt Aquin or Corolle Paul and Emma dolls are ... recommends that parents use drink & wet doll while potty training their childre

Resolving the Bed Wetting Issue

When your child wets the bed - Jamaica Observer

A very good article on bed wetting, should you have this issue with your child!

When your child wets the bed Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 10 Dec 2006 Contrary to popular belief, bed-wetting, medically known as enuresis, is not caused by drinking too much before bedtime, neither is it a mental nor behavioural problem.It doesn't happen because the child is too lazy to get out of bed to go to the bathroom, and it certainly does not happen simply because the child wants to purposely irritate his parents.Rather, your child's bed-wetting may have more to do with you than you realise, and it's important that parents understand what exactly makes their child do it.

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Rewards for Potty Training

Unusual, but a patent has been issued for potty training, based on the rewards system. Using the rewards system to encourage potty training is seemingly well known, but apparently this is a little different...





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Potty Training Rewards uses its advent-calendar style cabinet, a push button voice chip, along with visual memorization association to help teach the growing child how to use the potty. PTR comes in two versions, accommodating either the young boy or girl. Each PTR consists of 24 individual windows containing a chocolate surprise. After the child has successfully used the potty, they press the push button, which gives them a congratulatory message, which says: “Great job you’re a big boy (girl) now open a door and find a surprise!” Under each chocolate surprise, a picture, which matches another on the exterior, is revealed. The child can then match the identical images, serving as a memory game.

Who needs nappies?

An interesting article on training babies from birth! Has anyone tried this? Give us a post on your results!

It's the bottom line: no nappies, no mess

When baby Mary was born at Moruya Hospital in February, I felt relief to see Prue changing her nappy and apparently putting aside her plans for baby potty training.

Then we came home. Even before the remains of Mary's umbilical cord had fallen off, I saw Prue take off her nappy one morning and walk purposefully to our bathroom. A few minutes later she returned to the lounge room triumphant. "She did a poo in the sink."





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Help Center for Potty Training

The following link may prove useful to those looking for advice on a specific topic. Look under "The Potty Training Help Center" for some useful tips!

With success in potty training,
Katherine

Potty training ideas

Everyone's situation and story is a little different when it comes to potty training. Some ideas and words of encouragement in the following article that may strike a chord in those of you who are looking for a way to move forward ... it can be done!

With success in potty training,
Katherine


We're awash in potty training tipsHeraldNet, WA - Dec 1, 2006Thanks to everyone who answered my recent plea for potty training tips. We are hoping our 2-year-old granddaughter will soon discover the wonders of the ...

Hello potty training enthusiasts

Hello everyone - I look forward to sharing with you the latest news and views on the subject of potty training.

I will speak with you again soon!

Katherine