Ready For Potty Training
Regardless of when you decide your child is ready for potty training and able to begin their toilet training adventure, you must make sure to make it a positive undertaking.
If handled well, potty training will allow you to learn more about your child as well as yourself.
All children are different, and potty training is unquestionably more difficult for some than others, but that difference doesn’t have to render the experience any less rewarding.
As with most things for us moms and dads, suffering through some of the difficulty today will help us to wade through easier waters tomorrow.
The most important thing you can do to find the finish line is exhibit patience. Regardless of when your child is ready for learning to use the potty, they are learning a new skill and not everyone absorbs information at the same pace.
If things aren’t going according to plan, perhaps it is time to reevaluate your methods.
Perhaps your child is ready for toilet training, but you are not. Take the time to observe your schedule. Are you too preoccupied with other projects, conflicts, or life in general? Choosing to start potty training is an important decision and must be approached with measured consideration.
If you have more than one child, then you will always have an audience in plurality. This makes each decision even more important. What we do means more than our words and silence is sometimes our best weapon.
Our children want to please us, it’s up to us to tell them how.
Using the restroom is a function, not a time to bond. When our child has language, it is easier to move in the appropriate direction, but even without a wealth of words, we can still step forward. Successful potty training is all about what the parents choose, and when and how they choose to do it.
A few difficult days will soon drift into memory and set the stage for future success. In the meantime, think of everything you have gained – a hundred dollars a month in diapers is only the beginning.
The word to remember is training. Whether we use the word toilet or potty, the training endures. All children are capable of learning. It is us who must decide what we are willing to teach them and when we recognize that they are ready for potty training.
Chances are, it is earlier than you may think.
The bottom line: we must not start until we are willing to bite the bullet and stick with it. A false start can be worse than no start at all.
Potty Training Power…AWAY!!!
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