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Potty training works when it's fun
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With 61% of children between the ages of birth and 6 years in daycare,
it's important that parents work closely with their child's care provider
while potty training. When you child is ready for potty training, the right
potty training guidance and supplies can make all the difference.
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The day will come where you will look at your child in amazement and with pride realizing something has clicked. Something has registered.
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Your child has initiated - with no reminder - going to the potty. The secret to potty training is a no pressure atmosphere where children believe they are in control and making the decisions. Parents and providers guide their decisions and make it fun.
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Play potty while training a stuffed animal or doll. Use your child's future underwear on the animal. Because the underwear is big, it will be easier for your child to teach pulling pants down and up. Play house and pretend with your child. You be animal's mommy. Feed the animal, make it run to the potty, pull pants down, sit, maybe read a book to it, praise it for trying/accomplishing, wipe, pull pants up, flush and wash hands. Play again. Let your child be Mommy and take the animal through the steps with you offering corrections if needed. Repeat. Devoting time here with excessive repetition may bore you but provides great instruction for your child. Review our tips for things to spice it up: accidents, songs, rules, or visiting."
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| We are a traveling family and grew fond of taking our small potty in the car. We would line it with a plastic bag and we could stop anywhere on the road to let our child go. (Remove the plastic bag, tie it up, drop it in a roadside trash, and line the potty again for next time.) Tip: Be sure your bags are sealed. On an extremely windy day, I don't think I ever laughed so hard watching my husband, who was the one emptying, struggle in the wind with a leaky bag! Despite his smiling too - it really was no fun! |
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