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Child development is unique for each child. Some children are ready to be potty trained at a young age. Children as young as eighteen months can show the signs of maturity and physical capabilities that are necessary to be potty trained. Other children may take longer and not be ready until three or four years of age. It’s very important to stress that the age a child potty trains does not reflect their intelligence or future maturity. Just because a child can physically get on and off a potty or even take off her diaper and clothes, does not mean she is ready to begin potty training. Likewise, just because a child talks about going in the potty does not necessarily indicate she is ready. A child will need to have both the physical and emotional capabilities of being potty trained before they are considered ready.

Unfortunately, many “experts” claim there is a particular age to begin the potty training process. Some experts feel children less than two years of age should not be potty trained. They fear that parents will try to train their child before they are ready. Yes, if a child is being forced to do something before they are ready then there can be adverse consequences. A child can become defiant or even rebellious if they are forced to do something before they are ready. This can result in long-term problems with parent-child relationships and problems with potty habits after training. However, contrary to what some experts or organizations say, some children are ready to train early. If potty trained correctly, there may be no consequences to training early. There may even be positive personal rewards for the child and family. Anyone who quotes an age when a child is too young for potty training is probably making generalizations that do not apply to all children. Some children less than two years of age can be safely trained if they show signs they are ready and if the parents’ expectations are realistic. If a young child experiences a pleasant potty training experience then he is less likely to experience other potty problems in the future.

Children should exhibit some basic physical capabilities in order to begin the potty training process.

• The child should be able to help with the task of taking off their pants or undergarments.

• Your child should be able to assist with taking off the diaper or pull-up when the urge to go hits them.

• Depending on the type of potty used, children should be able to get on the potty in a comfortable position. If a small portable floor potty is used, then young children will be more able to straddle and keep their feet on or near the floor.

• Using a traditional commode will probably require significant assistance from a parent. Toilet inserts and stepping stools are very helpful when attempting to begin potty training on a regular commode.

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Regardless of what method you would like to use when training your kid for the potty, the potty training chair is needed. The potty training chair is one indispensable piece especially if your child is not big enough to use the toilet. Just as potty training stickers and charts are motivating for the child, so can the potty chair be. While potty training there are a whole array of products you can use like the potty training dolls, the potty pants, seats, urinals, books, DVDs and charts. All of them differ and are made special and appealing both for you and for the child, and this variety is the result of understanding that children have different personalities and require various methods and products.

The potty training chair may have the same old function yet it may come in various shapes and sizes. A first type of potty chair that is simply functional is the inflatable one. It is great to use whatever the location is and it can be one of the best solutions especially if the parents and the child are traveling. It takes up little space when not inflated and it can be inflated very fast. Another similar type of potty training chair is the one for travel. It is very light and small and it usually has disposable bags. It is very easy to take while on the road, and if the child announces he needs to go potty, simply stop the car and have the child use it.

Another famous type of the potty training chair is the wooden one. Most parents have actually grown up with it at a very young age. Today it is much more appealing than it used to be. The bowl under the seat can of course be removed and it usually has side pockets for placing the toilet paper or toys. Taking into account that some children are afraid to sit on the regular toilet, this type of chair is very good as it looks friendlier and it is adapted to the child’s height and needs.

Another interesting and very practical type of potty training chair is the multifunctional one. It can serve as a potty chair or as a step stool for the kid. It is also very useful for the mother while she is bathing the child as she can sit on it because it has a lid to cover the potty place.

Last but not least, there is one more potty training chair that appeals a great deal to children, and that is the musical one. It comes with many buttons the child can push and noise or animal sounds can be heard. Music can also be played by this potty training chair and some models may also render specific sounds associated with potty training, like flushing the toilet, hissing, and so on.

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Potty training is quite easy for the normal children but it is difficult if the child is suffering from mental disabilities like Down syndrome and mental retardation. Brain of these children does not work properly and for this reason it is difficult to teach and train them. It may be irritating and also takes enough time to teach children with special needs. So you need to have lots of patience and support your child at each and every stage.

Mostly children show signs of physical readiness after 18 months whereas mentally disabled children take even more time. Therefore the parents need to be very careful. They should begin training as per the child’s mental development and not according to his age. Don’t compare your child with other normal children.

There is a difference between psychological readiness and physical readiness. Your child will show sign of psychological readiness by telling or indicating that he is not comfortable in soiled diapers. Also your child will show signs of physical readiness by using some kind of facial expression or posture to express his need to go for a bowel movement.

Children with some or the other physical disability may face problems like how to sit on the potty chair and keep him clean. A special type of potty chair should be purchased for these children. Your child will understand things slowly so don’t make him learn in a rush, give him enough time and make the process slow. Punishments should be strictly prohibited. Do not punish him even if he makes a mistake. The training should be held in a way that it matches the child’s ability and pace. Praise and applaud him if he does anything correctly and as per your instructions.

Children who are normal cry and demand to change their dirty diapers. However, you may have to do it on your own in case of abnormal child as he may not be able to express the need of changing diapers easily. Actually, his body organs do not function properly and so he is unable to tell you that he wants to go for ‘pee or poo’. These children need proper care and attention as compared to others.

Potty Training For Children With Down Syndrome

The very first step is to bring a comfortable potty chair for special children. Ask your little one to decorate the potty chair in whatever way he wants so that he becomes friendly with it. Let him spend some time with the chair observing it. Keep the potty chair in the common room. Then ask him to sit on it and watch TV. Every time when your child will need to go for ‘b m’, tell him to use the potty chair.

It is also essential to maintain a routine to take him for potty. Inconsistency will spoil the whole process. After eliminating ask him to put on his clothes and wash his hands. Make sure that your child is protected from germs.

You should make him to seat on the potty chair only for few minutes in the beginning. It would be wrong to compel them to do anything they don’t want to do. You must be well prepared for any type of delay in the training due to his resistance. Demonstration always help the child to understand more quickly so if your child has done ‘b m’ in his diapers then take it out and throw in the potty chair. In this way he will come to know that the right place to eliminate is the potty chair.

While potty training children with Down syndrome make your child to use potty chair regularly so that the child develops a habit of using it gradually. This means that you must ask your child to sit on his potty chair at least 6-8 times a day. A famous phrase says, “Practice makes a man perfect”. Make your child practice several times a day till he becomes perfect in it. But if this is tough then don’t take him to the potty frequently. For this you can maintain a chart that will keep records of the time he usually wets and soils. Thus, you can easily know at what time your child needs to go for ‘pee’.

Small children should be taken for elimination whenever they are given food or drink. A good and effective way to train the child is demonstration. Ask your child to observe his father or any other member of the house using the potty then he will learn faster. You can also give him remarks like when did you sit for potty or have you just started doing poo?

The child may go commit accidents even after knowing how and when to use potty. This is not something bad or shameful as accidents can happen with any child. Your child has no control over accidents so you must not scold him for that. There is no perfect way to stop accidents. Parents whose children are having Down syndrome should check their diaper regularly after every 30-40 minutes.

If you have just begun the potty training and your child is showing signs of resistance then it is better to stop training for sometime. Once your child is comfortable you can again begin the training. In order to motivate him you should praise and encourage him as much as possible. Decorate his potty chair with his favorite stickers or toys. You can also use a reward chart and offer treats.

Treats and rewards should be given when they stay dry for a long time. In this way accidents can be reduced.

Apart from all these a positive practice is essential for dealing with accidents. For this you must tell your child what he has done is not right, then take him to the bathroom and ask him to clean and change his clothes. Further make him practice using the potty. Your child must know:

How to remove his pants
How to sit on the potty chair
How to flush the feces or b.m
How to pull up his pants

Tips To Help You

·        Check your child’s diaper after every 30-40 minutes.

·        Offer him some liquid to drink about 15 to 20 minutes before you want him to take for eliminating. Then ask him to use the potty.

·        Potty training must be a good experience for him. Don’t shout or punish him.

·        Lots of praise is required while you are training your child especially if your child is suffering from Down syndrome.

·        You should also give him food that is suitable for eating.  Children with Down syndrome specially need it as their weight is already low.

·        As your child has mental disabilities, you must give him sufficient time to learn the process.

It is important for you to have patience and see that the child understands the process in the right way. Children with Down syndrome problem are usually potty trained at the age of 3-5.

If you face any problem due to your child’s resistance then take help from a pediatrician. Suggestions and advice given by your pediatrician will help a lot in potty training the children having Down syndrome and mental retardation.  

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Potty train your kid needs affection or care, the gender of your kid does not matter at all. But since girls and boys have different likings and preferences, so the inclusion of their respective preferences makes the job easier for the potty trainer. You need to add some masculine and feminine touch in aids accordingly for potty training your kid. Let us discuss potty training of boys and girls separately.

Potty Train Your Girl

v     When to Start

In most homes moms are the potty trainer and they know about all the requirements and likings of the girl needed to be potty trained. Mother knows the feminine nature of the girl and accordingly she trains her child. When your girl child is prepared to be potty trained then she shows signs like she inquires about the toilet schedule, she feels irritated in wet and dirty diapers, she start wearing her panties and cloth herself and she shows interest to know about her body functions. Girls are mostly shy in nature that is why they learnt the toilet etiquettes early.

v     Dress Up Your Baby Girl for Potty Training

Girls wear easy clothing like skirts and frocks that are easy to manage. Moms just need to teach them to lift their dress up and pull their diaper down. It is wise to dress up your baby girl in accordance with the season and teach them potty training accordingly. It is best to start potty train your girl in summer season as there is no need to load them with heavy troublesome cloths.  Put on your baby girl with T – shirt and pull up for potty training.

v     Select the Things According To Her Preference

Always consider her feminine side in choosing her cloths and other items. Girls love flowers and pinky shades buy them cloths, and other potty aids of her favorite shade and I can bet they try to avoid potty accidents in their favorite inner garments and cloths. Girls love dolls there are potty training dolls in the market, you can use them to teach your daughter potty using techniques.  

v     Proper Guidance

Your daughter wants true guidance and teaching during the learning process. Introduce her to the toilet and teach her the ways of using it. Install her favorite potty chair in the toilet. Shower lots of praises on her whenever she acts as per your guidance and even if she makes an effort to do so.  Girls are sensitive so never ever train them forcibly when they are sick or going on with social traumas etc. Give rewards that the girl loves to have like dolls and sometimes chocolates or ice cream treats etc.

v     What to Consider When Training Your Baby Girl?

Always teach your baby girl to wipe her properly to avoid any bacterial contact with soft vaginal skin and to save her from any infection. Problems that you may need to avoid in toilet training of girls are bladder infections. Always call your doctor if your kid suffers from any infection, painful or rapid urination, abdominal ache, wetting after bladder control. Do not ignore these problems. Do not stop her if she is imitating her male friends or any male family member. Let her realize herself the best way to use the toilet on her own. 

Potty Train Your Baby Boy

v     Consider Your Boy’s Behavior

Boys are generally naughty by nature. So there is no use to teach them new things forcefully. Add some more fun in potty training your baby boy so that he takes more interest in learning new ways of toilet use. If you force him to use toilet before he is ready; he may become stubborn and this will not benefit you and your child in a long run. Think from your child’s perspective and meanwhile encourage him to learn accordingly.

To add more fun and raise interest in toilet use, manufacturers advertise many items like circled floatable targets that are made up of paper. Let him set the target and hit them. This way he would realize that going to bathroom is full of fun and is also a good deed.

Other items that lures your baby boy for toilet use is cheerios. These are none other than small inexpensive floating targets.  Let your child set the target on it. You can afford them to use on daily basis.

The father or the elder sibling of the kid can help in teaching him toilet use. Send him to toilet with his father or elder sibling. This will make him realize that all male members of the family uses toilet so he may want to use it. He may be encouraged to use the toilet as his elders. The signs that determine that he is ready for potty training are his changed behavior; he starts imitating, wants to stay dry and clean and is willing to wear big boy underwear etc.

It is better to begin the toilet training your boys with lots of exposure from his father and elders. His dad should encourage him to use the toilet and praise him a lot if he does so. Give him his favorite set of books to make the experience good. If he is able to recognize the feeling of going toilet, teach him to communicate this feeling to you. Lend him underwear having his favorite cartoon characters. If he wears his favorite cloths he will take extra care to avoid any kind of accidents. Also select the potty chairs of his favorite cartoons characters. Give rewards that your boy kid loves like play with him or take him for visit.

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v     What First – Sit or Stand?

This depends upon child’s ability and preference. If your child is grown enough to stand and love walking or running then teach him to use the toilet in standing position when he wants to urinate. To raise interest use some coloring elements in toilet so that whenever your kid uses it the color will automatically appear.  Baby boy will love to play with the colors. You can also use disposable animal target or paper target and let your child to set the target and hit it.

In case toilet is very high and your child cannot reach it, bring him a stool to stand along the toilet. You should also teach him to maintain cleanliness and hygienic condition. The foremost condition for while potty training your kid is to have consistency in potty training schedule.

If you adopt these criteria, then potty training will be an easy as well as interesting process for both boy and girl.

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The birth of a child is one of the happiest moments in a couple’s life. As everyone knows, when the child is young the problems are not very serious and difficult to solve whereas they get harder to deal with and more serious in time. Yet when the time comes for a child to give up diapers and learn to use the potty or the toilet, many of the parents experience a real nightmare. Many parents do not know exactly what and how to do things in this situation and that is why they need potty training advice and guidance. Some more fortunate parents do not need potty training advice as to their children using the potty comes naturally and they do not resist the using of the potty or toilet. Others, unfortunately, go through an ordeal that cannot be handled without some, at least, potty training advice. This article is dedicated to those who could use some potty training advice.

Where can parents find potty training advice? Well there are specialized people like pediatricians and psychologists who can give you potty training advice. You can also get tons of potty training advice if you only access internet sites where lots of parents ask various questions about child raising and get answers from parents who have been in those situations. Child potty training is one of the topics that is very frequently discussed. Apparently potty training advice is most frequently asked for and provided. Of course there are books on potty training and unbelievable materials and devices to help you in your attempts to have the child use the potty. Yet other parents’ experience seems more efficient. Neighbors, friends and relatives also have a lot of potty training advice to give you. Just ask for it.

Anyway before getting and applying any potty training advice, you should first be sure that the time for potty training is right. If you are trying to convince your junior too early to do it, you will probably cause a lot of useless stress to both the child and yourself. Thus, before applying any potty training advice watch the child for signs of readiness for potty training. When the child is ready to start potty training get the right potty training advice. Select the most appropriate pieces of potty training advice and start fighting. During the process of potty training do not forget to be calm and patient because you might find out that your child resists the potty. If this happens, you will need all the potty training advice you can get.

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If you want to be successful in potty training your puppy, then you have to choose a tried and tested method. But not only that, you have to ensure you are committed – it’s the key to successful potty training. Keep in mind that it might take a few months before your dog is fully potty trained if you do not spend enough time training him in the beginning.

How to Start Potty Training Your Pup

Potty training a puppy is to a large extent reliant on a good daily routine. Like babies, a pup has to poo every hour, and pee every 15 to 20 minutes in the beginning. So it’s important that you learn when to take him to his potty spot (oh, you have to decide on one before you bring him home.

Usually you should take him to the toilet straight after a meal, when he wakes up after a nap, after extended periods of play and excitement, and before you take him to bed. Over and above that check with him every 15 to 20 minutes. Also, beware of the tell tale signs of him needing to go: restlessness, digging, going around in circles or sniffing. Once you see these signs, take him to his potty spot. He will get used to the idea that that is his designated potty area.

Unfortunately at least in the beginning you need to keep a constant eye on your puppy – or it will go anywhere. If you feel you have no time to spend with your puppy now, maybe look for an already potty trained pup, or postpone getting a puppy until you can get some solid time together.

How to Deal With Potty Accidents

Number one rule: do not hit or yell at your dog when he’s not gone to the potty spot you assigned him. Remember – he’s not doing this to spite you – he’s simply following nature. In these early days, if your pup relives himself in the wrong place it is more your fault than his – he’s just a puppy that’s learning…

If you catch him in the ‘act’ pick him up calmly and take him to his potty spot. Wait for him to finish there and tell him he’s a good boy. If his potty spot is just too far to take him to while urinating, then just leave him to finish (he’ll make less mess that way), then be more vigilant next time and take him to his potty more often.

Your puppy wants to please you – so be patient and he’ll soon learn where to go by himself with very little if any accidents.

Things You Need to Remember Before You Start Puppy Potty Training

As a last note, I would like to give you some pointers that will make potty training your puppy much easier:

Dogs hate soiling their territory. It’s important to clean his potty spot often or he might just decide to go somewhere cleaner. Give him treats or praise whenever he poops on his designated area. Actions which are rewarded tend to be repeated. Follow a schedule. Feed your dog at the same time every day. This would make potty training easier and more convenient for you. Believe it or not what goes in will come out. So feeding your dog solid food will make his doos more solid and hence easier for you to clean up. Dogs need to go to the potty a few minutes after they wake up. So try to wake up at the same time your dog to minimize accidents. If do not have an open area to train, you can lay down papers on an area where your dog can relieve himself.

From then onwards, all you need to do is to make sure that your dog relieves himself in his designated area. You have to be consistent and patient, and soon your dog will know what to do, how and where to do it.

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Knoah is now 2 years old!! It is time to potty train him! This is a brief view into what the day was like when just mearly introducing the idea of going potty on a potty. It didn’t go too well, you can see why. I guess some habits are harder to break!

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Some parents worry that their children are old enough to use the toilet and still they don’t do it. There fore late potty training is the better option; it is always better to do it later than not to do it at all. Many believe that it is better to begin potty training only after the age of three or four. Other would go for late potty training that starts even as late as five years old. Their arguments are that the child cannot be receptive to such task before this particular age. However most pediatricians recommend early potty training to guarantee earlier success. As a result, late potty training is only a sort of postponing of what the child has to learn at a very young age.

Another argument that would go against late potty training is that all parents who already have a second child, will definitely say to you that the younger one is more receptive to whatever he or she is required to do. as such, it is true that younger children are more impressionable just as they are more gullible. Once they are already used to having a diaper and not worry about the potty issue, it will be more and more difficult for you as a parent to do away with the old child formed habit and replace with another. Therefore late potty training will only give the parent twice the work load that he would normally have if he started early potty training.

If late potty training is the case of your child aged about four years old, then you should not panic. You should get ready for harder times than you would have if you had started earlier, yet the good news is that late potty training is still possible. Some studies state that late potty training can be done even in three days. Of course there is no real guarantee against accidents, yet it is possible. In case of early training, it is best for the child to use the potty. Yet, if the child is already three or four years old, the parent can just as well choose the toilet instead of the potty. In order to motivate the child and have success there are very many techniques to be used. Out of them, the sticker charts which motivate the child and give him or her a sense of achievement after using the potty or the toilet. For late potty training, patience and motivation are key to success. Shouting and putting pressure on the child will only delay the so long awaited success.

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