you and your child, and the potty.
It sounds like potty boot camp but it will be a fun potty boot camp because you will make it fun for your child, not a chore. So no TV, no internet and not cell phone for you, you need to be distraction free as well!
Early in the day works best, so try to pick a day where you and your toddler will be alone in the house.
If you have other kids, see if your spouse can take them on a day trip or if they can go to grandma’s for a day. If your toddler hears other people in the house, they will want to focus on them, not on learning how to use the potty.
Here are the things that you need for your training session:
•Treats – Use small treats because when you child sits on the potty, they will get a treat. Popcorn, raisins, pretzels, goldfish crackers, or whatever else your child likes, if your child likes fruit or carrot sticks, let them have those as well.
•Drinks – Your need to make sure that your child needs to urinate often during your training session so have plenty of juice or water handy. Get their favorite drinks because you want them to want to have a drink every ten minutes or so in order to keep things flowing.
•Potty chair
•Training pants – have several pairs (cloth works best because you will be putting them on and off often)
•Kitchen Timer
On training day, tell your child that they are going to learn to use their potty and show them the training pants. Bring out a doll or a stuffed animal and put the training pants on them, showing your child how the pants go on.
Have your child help put the pants on and then tell them that the doll has to potty, take the pants off, place the doll on the potty and then make a big deal about the doll going.
Overacting is a must, praise the doll, give the doll a snack bag of treats and then put training pants back on. Set the timer for five minutes and then read to your child, or play with toys but when the timer goes off, have the doll need to use the potty again, followed by praising the doll and giving it treats. Keep this up until your child wants to try wearing the big kid pants too or until a half hour has gone by.
Put the training pants on your child and set the timer for five minutes, if your child asks to sit on the potty, help them pull their training pants down, and have them sit on the potty.
Let them sit for about twenty seconds and then help them pull their training pants back on; praise them, give them treats and then have them take a drink. It does not matter if they actually went to the bathroom, just praise them for sitting on the potty and make sure that they take a drink and get a treat.
Set the timer and then play, or have their doll go again. It can be fun for the doll and your child to take turns sitting on the potty. If your child does happen to urinate, really make a big deal about it to reinforce that they are going exactly what you want them to do and that you are happy and proud about it.
Start to let your child take down their own training pants and pull them back up after a while. You will need to show them how to hold their pants by the sides and pull them up, and help them for the first several times but after that, let them do it, praising them for being able to put their pants on all by themselves.
Double the praise when they actually go in the potty! Once again, overreact because you want them to know that they did a good thing. Just keep repeating the cycle of sitting on the potty every five minutes and playing in between potty training times.
You will need to do this for about six hours, so keep plenty of toys, drinks and treats on hand for your child. If your child does have an accident and goes in their training pants, not big deal.
Tell him that they did a pee-pee if they urinated and a poo-poo if they had a bowel movement to help them learn the process of what they are doing.
Put another pair of training pants on and continue to train. After a while, usually after the first two hours or so, your child will begin to get it. They will begin to go more in the potty, and less in their training pants.
One reason that cloth training pants are used is because when your child wets themselves, they immediately feel wet and uncomfortable.
Disposable ones hold the wetness so well that your child doesn’t feel wet. You want them to realize that they have peed and that it doesn’t feel comfortable because it helps reinforce that when they feel like they need to go, they should use the potty.
After your training session, your child will be ready for a nap. You might want to use the disposable training pants for naps, nighttime and when you are out and the cloth training pants for at home. After their nap, take them immediately to the potty to see if they need to go.
For the next few weeks you should continue to give treats for a successful trip to the potty and always make a big deal about it. You should praise your child for using the potty until they are fully potty trained.
Ask your child if they need to potty several times a day, but the goal is for them to go on their own. A pair of wet training pants does not feel good and they will begin using the potty more to avoid having the wet pants, that’s why cloth training pants work better than disposable.
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