Right Time to Potty Train Toddler
When Is The Right Time To Potty Train? by Susanne Myers
There isn’t a simple answer for this question. The truth is each child decides on his or her own when it is time to start peeing in the potty. There is however a general age range and somewhere during that time your child will be ready for potty training. We’ll talk about what the age range is and how you will be able to tell that your child is ready.
Most children will potty train when they are between 2 and 4. Girls tend to be ready a little sooner than boys. If there are older siblings in the house, your younger child will also get interested in using the potty sooner than a single child. I have seen children as young as 18 months, who could barely walk wanting to use the potty like their older sibling. These children were ready for potty training and were out of diapers in no time.
Your child will give you quite a few signals to let you know he or she is ready to give the potty a try. Pay attention to your child’s behavior and you will know if it is time to start the training.
A child that is ready for the potty will start showing interest in what mom, dad and older siblings are doing in the bathroom. Take some of the mystery out of the potty for your toddler, by allowing him to accompany you to the bathroom, or leave the door cracked. Curiosity will get the better of him and sooner or later he will take a peak. When he does, explain what you are doing in a simple, straightforward way.
Does your child start pulling on his clothing or ask to have a diaper change? Is he getting increasingly more uncomfortable running around in a wet or soiled diaper? This is another sure tell sign that it is time to start potty training.
If you think your child may be ready, give potty training a try. If you read your child’s signals wrong, he will let you know and you can just give it a little more time before trying again.
For more information about potty training, potty training tips and a free ecourse to help you potty train your child visit http://www.mypottytraining.com
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
There isn’t a simple answer for this question. The truth is each child decides on his or her own when it is time to start peeing in the potty. There is however a general age range and somewhere during that time your child will be ready for potty training. We’ll talk about what the age range is and how you will be able to tell that your child is ready.
Most children will potty train when they are between 2 and 4. Girls tend to be ready a little sooner than boys. If there are older siblings in the house, your younger child will also get interested in using the potty sooner than a single child. I have seen children as young as 18 months, who could barely walk wanting to use the potty like their older sibling. These children were ready for potty training and were out of diapers in no time.
Your child will give you quite a few signals to let you know he or she is ready to give the potty a try. Pay attention to your child’s behavior and you will know if it is time to start the training.
A child that is ready for the potty will start showing interest in what mom, dad and older siblings are doing in the bathroom. Take some of the mystery out of the potty for your toddler, by allowing him to accompany you to the bathroom, or leave the door cracked. Curiosity will get the better of him and sooner or later he will take a peak. When he does, explain what you are doing in a simple, straightforward way.
Does your child start pulling on his clothing or ask to have a diaper change? Is he getting increasingly more uncomfortable running around in a wet or soiled diaper? This is another sure tell sign that it is time to start potty training.
If you think your child may be ready, give potty training a try. If you read your child’s signals wrong, he will let you know and you can just give it a little more time before trying again.
For more information about potty training, potty training tips and a free ecourse to help you potty train your child visit http://www.mypottytraining.com
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
7/20/2006
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3 Comments:
That's a good article. My son is just over two and I have been receiving "outside" pressure to potty-train him. I guess I feel he needs to let ME know when he's ready. He has a potty, he follows Daddy to the bathroom everytime, he knows what goes in the potty, but he has yet to let us know prior to having to "go". I will periodically ask him if he would like to sit on the potty and he gives me an emphatic "NO!". He's in the midst of the terrible twos to begin with, so I figure, why fight another no-win battle? If I wait until he wants to do it, then the entire process will go much smoother. I'm afraid if I pressure him or make it too much like "work", then he will just get frustrated and be turned off even more. But then again...I'm just a first time mom and I make multiple mistakes each day...we'll see if this is another one :)
Jen
www.naturalskincaresite.com
We just started introducing the concept to our two year old daughter. At home she lives with nothing on from the waist down. She gets to the potty every time (we have had a few accidents nothing major). Once pants are on, she forgets more easily, but we are working on it! I figure there is no rush unless your kid is like 10 and not going on the potty :P
My baby's 9 months.. so i guess it will be some more time to potty train her... ill keep the tips in mind n e ways...
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