All children are potty trained in good time. Naturally there are obstacles and setbacks, and potty training rarely goes the way you imagine. However, if you prepare and your realistic about your child and your situation, potty training is a fun and positive experience. You will not fail.
Potty training is a natural step in your child's growth development. Just as he learn to walk, talk , sing, dance, climb, and laugh, he will also want to learn to take care of his body. Just as she learn to imitate, pretend, be serious, and silly, he wants to learn to do more and more. Although he enjoys having some else meet his needs, he will eventually realize the satisfaction of acting on his own. The first time your child looked up at you and said "no", your little one began her growth towards independence.
Potty training is a inevitable right of passage for you and your child. Together you will learn to use developmental skills to accomplish a task that signals a move from one step of independency to a new stage of independence. You and your child are growing.
However, a one size potty plan does not fit all potty training situations. Your potty training experience will be just as unique as you and your child. Your best approach at this new concept is to customize the perfect plan for your child with full awareness of your child's personal strengths and weaknesses and complete respect for his individuality. Your child is never wrong for doing things his way. Your personal potty plan will give your child the tools he need's to move forward with confidence.
Listen and watch your child. This his time to discover all that he can do and your time to follow were he wants to go and lead him to places he never imagined.
Potty training is a crucial time in all parents life, although it can be a power struggle between parent and child always remember that you wont see your child at his high school graduation wearing diapers so eventually it will happen. Potty training is a partnership with the proper roles assign to each person. You can lead your baby to the potty but you can't make him or her go. And you have not failed at parenting 101 if your baby is the last one on the block to be potty trained. As eating and sleeping you can't force your child to be dry or clean, but you can set the right condition that will help your child potty train himself. The bottom line is to help your baby achieve a healthy potty training attitude.
The approach to potty training should be a exciting interaction rather than a dreaded task, consider this event a initiation into your role as a instructor, from a baby's point of view potty training is his initiation into bigness, is the right of passage from toddlerhood into preschooler-hood.
Potty training is a complex process. Before your rush your baby to the potty at the first squad, consider what's involved in learning potty training skills. Well for starters your baby has to be aware of the pressure sensations of the bowel and bladder, he must make the connection between these sensation and what's happening inside his or her body, next he learns how to respond to these urges by hurrying to the potty, where he must know how to remove his or her clothes, how to situate him or her self comfortably on his new potty chair or seat. How to hold his urges until all systems are go. With all these steps its no wonder many babies are still in diapers well into third year.
Why Is It So Hard For Baby's To control Their Potty Needs
Before ever tackling any issue concerning your baby it is best to understand it first. So why is it so hard for baby's to control their potty needs? When talking about potty control there two subjects that you need to understand :
The muscle surrounding the opening of the bladder and the bowel ( lets call them the doughnut muscle) need to be controlled to open and close at the right time, bowel training usually precedes to bladder training. Mainly because the doughnut muscle surrounding the bowel are not as impatient as those around the bladder. When a baby senses the urge to defecate he has more time to respond before soiling he's or her diapers. A solid substance is easier to control than liquid. When the bladder is full, the urge to go is sudden, strong and hard to control.
The usual sequence of gaining bowel and bladder control is:
1-Night time bowel control
2-Day time bowel control
3-Day time bladder control
4-Night time bladder control
Quick Changes tips
Change your baby promptly so that he or she get used to feeling clean and dry. And when your baby can comprehend, point out how nice it feels to be clean and dry. A baby who is accustomed to be clean and dry is less likely to enter the stage of go and won't tell.
We now understand more about how a baby's elimination system works. We know that the never and muscle governing defecation and urination do not mature in most babies between eight to twenty for months. So now its time to take a step by step approach at potty training your baby.
Potty training is a natural step in your child's growth development. Just as he learn to walk, talk , sing, dance, climb, and laugh, he will also want to learn to take care of his body. Just as she learn to imitate, pretend, be serious, and silly, he wants to learn to do more and more. Although he enjoys having some else meet his needs, he will eventually realize the satisfaction of acting on his own. The first time your child looked up at you and said "no", your little one began her growth towards independence.
Potty training is a inevitable right of passage for you and your child. Together you will learn to use developmental skills to accomplish a task that signals a move from one step of independency to a new stage of independence. You and your child are growing.
However, a one size potty plan does not fit all potty training situations. Your potty training experience will be just as unique as you and your child. Your best approach at this new concept is to customize the perfect plan for your child with full awareness of your child's personal strengths and weaknesses and complete respect for his individuality. Your child is never wrong for doing things his way. Your personal potty plan will give your child the tools he need's to move forward with confidence.
Listen and watch your child. This his time to discover all that he can do and your time to follow were he wants to go and lead him to places he never imagined.
Potty training is a crucial time in all parents life, although it can be a power struggle between parent and child always remember that you wont see your child at his high school graduation wearing diapers so eventually it will happen. Potty training is a partnership with the proper roles assign to each person. You can lead your baby to the potty but you can't make him or her go. And you have not failed at parenting 101 if your baby is the last one on the block to be potty trained. As eating and sleeping you can't force your child to be dry or clean, but you can set the right condition that will help your child potty train himself. The bottom line is to help your baby achieve a healthy potty training attitude.
The approach to potty training should be a exciting interaction rather than a dreaded task, consider this event a initiation into your role as a instructor, from a baby's point of view potty training is his initiation into bigness, is the right of passage from toddlerhood into preschooler-hood.
Potty training is a complex process. Before your rush your baby to the potty at the first squad, consider what's involved in learning potty training skills. Well for starters your baby has to be aware of the pressure sensations of the bowel and bladder, he must make the connection between these sensation and what's happening inside his or her body, next he learns how to respond to these urges by hurrying to the potty, where he must know how to remove his or her clothes, how to situate him or her self comfortably on his new potty chair or seat. How to hold his urges until all systems are go. With all these steps its no wonder many babies are still in diapers well into third year.
Why Is It So Hard For Baby's To control Their Potty Needs
Before ever tackling any issue concerning your baby it is best to understand it first. So why is it so hard for baby's to control their potty needs? When talking about potty control there two subjects that you need to understand :
- Bladder - The part of body that holds urine
- Bowel - intestine, the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
The muscle surrounding the opening of the bladder and the bowel ( lets call them the doughnut muscle) need to be controlled to open and close at the right time, bowel training usually precedes to bladder training. Mainly because the doughnut muscle surrounding the bowel are not as impatient as those around the bladder. When a baby senses the urge to defecate he has more time to respond before soiling he's or her diapers. A solid substance is easier to control than liquid. When the bladder is full, the urge to go is sudden, strong and hard to control.
The usual sequence of gaining bowel and bladder control is:
1-Night time bowel control
2-Day time bowel control
3-Day time bladder control
4-Night time bladder control
Quick Changes tips
Change your baby promptly so that he or she get used to feeling clean and dry. And when your baby can comprehend, point out how nice it feels to be clean and dry. A baby who is accustomed to be clean and dry is less likely to enter the stage of go and won't tell.
We now understand more about how a baby's elimination system works. We know that the never and muscle governing defecation and urination do not mature in most babies between eight to twenty for months. So now its time to take a step by step approach at potty training your baby.
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