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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