Are you frustrated? Don’t know what to do? Perhaps you just want to learn more about effective baby potty training??? Then you have come to the right place!

If you are reading this, then perhaps you are in a similar problem that mosts parents face…Baby Potty Training. While most people take this as a great challenge, if not, perhaps, a great pain in the but (No pun intended ;) ), then that there would be your first problem. Baby potty training does not have to be as challenging as people make it out to be, In fact, it should be fun and rewarding, both for you and your child. And how is all of this possible??

Simple – A mindset change!

Yes, granted – there are other resources that you will need in this respect to be fully able to complete the baby potty training with ease, but the first and foremost thing, is mindset. I will help you by showing you where to find the necessary resources and I will help with the basics by means of posts here on  on my blog site, but we all have to start somewhere… and this is it…

Repeat after me: Baby potty training is Easy, Baby potty training is fun.

Believe in it! Now – More about baby potty training itself. The greatest thing that I have come accross in my experience, is that you should not push your child if he or she is not ready. Some kids are ready at 24 months, some at 36 months, some earlier and others later. We are all different and we need to accept and understand this. If we fail now, dont give up, try again at a later stage.

So now that we have been through the first step, the next is consistency. Children in general seem to cope best by means of routine. that being said, we need to ‘create’ situations for them in order to potty train them. We need to give them more fluid intake, bit by force, but rather by need, for eg: we could give them a salty cracker whne they want a snack so that they would be forced to drink fluids thereafter, or perhaps (and this is another point I will bring up later), as a reward for a good session, give them a bottle of their favourite drink. The more fluid they consume, the more oppertunintes they get to train, and the more opportunities they get to train, the more routine mental enforcement is taking place… This will lead to the training becoming fixed… you know the old saying: “try, try again!”

Another thing to keep in mind is Rewards. This is a great motivator for kids and this will help strengthen training as well as make the entire baby potty training fun. And fun is good, for you to keep you sanity and for your child. Imagine a child that thinks this is a frustrating chore without fun, do you think they are going to want to learn??? So keep it as fun as possible, reward them by means of their favourite food and drink item, reward charts (these work great – I will post some on my blog later on), toys, etc! Remember at this age your chile loves to please you as parents, therefore use this to your advantage!

Some donts for you to be aware of: Do not show or take out your frustrations/anger at your child. Rather, should he or she sould make a mistake (and trust me, there are going to be some, its part of the learinig process)  then, show your disapproval at the actual mess by means of body language and facial expressions, but at the same time give your child and approval for trying.

Also, dont forget to communicate and show praise for even the smallest of steps in the training process, because its this affirmation that the child acknowledges and recognises and helps in getting your child to complete his or her potty training

The possibilities of training your child in as little as 24hrs are not far fetched. Some can do in 2-3 days while others may take up to a week. We need to accept and undestand that everybody is different and circumstances surrounding us, our children as well as the actual baby potty training can affect the timeframe it takes. But to sucessfully complete this, you need to give comittment and consistency, even if it means taking a few days off work, or letting the child miss a few days of creche, then so be it! This way you will see that your child turns these comittemnt and consistency into results!

I hope this article has been of value to you. Good luck to your and your child in potty training.

 

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Imagine if you were introduced to something new and it was a chore that had a lot of people shouting at you when you get it wrong, or people that keep belittling you and constantly nagging you to get this chore mastered… How would you feel? Would you even like to continue with this learning experience? Certainly NOT! Then how do you expect your child to master his or her baby potty training?

The key here is to make it a wonderful experience. In retrospect your kid won’t end up feeling as despondent as you would feel in the above situation. So in this post, I am going to mention a few suggestions to help you make it fun…

The first thing you need to acknowledge is: how do you feel when your child smiles at you, or when your child laughs or makes a funny face? You feel great, don’t you? That there is all the reward you need. In fact that in itself is your part of making this a pleasurable experience for you. That is your fun!

Now to make this fun for your child, here are a few possibilities:

 

  • When your child pees, how about throwing some food coloring in the potty and then showing your child how his pee changed the water color. Kids love color and this is a neat way to make them feel cool!
  • How about having a reward system. You can use a potty training chart for your child. Every time your child successfully completes a toilet session, you can put a sticker for the child on the chart. In fact, take your child to the chart and get them to put their own sticker themselves, they really love this. You could also give them a more tangible reward, like their favorite juice (This works in your benefit as well by allowing them to urinate more frequently.) or perhaps a salty snack or even a chocolate, as these would require your child to drink more water, again adding to your benefit.
  • You could get a bunch of cartoon printed underwear. This helps by creating the desire to wear the underpants more than the diaper.

  • Keep a favorite toy in the bathroom and motivate them by allowing playtime only during potty time.
  • For poo sessions, you could have a funny face making contest.
  • Glorify the “flushing of the toilet” and make up some story that goes with it, so that your child would want to flush the toilet, but only after he makes a pee or poo. For eg: You could say that every time we flush the toilet we are filling water into the little dam where the froggies live so that they can play nicely – Use your imagination, you can really make this one work.
  • Keep a storybook in the loo, and read it aloud to the child while they are busy making a pee or poo.
  • Praise them, give them super hero names and associate the baby potty training to their favorite super hero.
  • Try to make the bathroom appealing by decorating with posters, pictures, etc.
  • Let them play target practice… You can get some potty toys to help in this regards, or just use a cheap substitute like a puffy crisp eg: Cheetos.
  • The lists are endless… the point is to take every situation and turn it around into a fun activity.

 

By making the entire process fun, you help achieve a few things: You remove your frustration; you motivate the child to learn and want to go to the potty as opposed to just doing a job in the diaper; you build your child’s self confidence and above all, you have fun!

I hope this article provides some helps you in making your baby potty training an easier task. Good Luck!

PS: Why don’t you leave your comments and give some of our reader’s ideas that you come up with.

 

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One of the most powerful tools in a parent’s arsenal is a potty training chart, aka reward charts. There are so many available on the internet; some free while others are not. Variations include various cartoon characters, color, shapes and designs. A potty training chart can be elaborate creations or even simple ones – sometime hand drawn ones are just as effective. A few examples of a potty training chart::

   

At the end of the day, they serve the same purpose and the style is only defined by the individual or the child.

So – how do we use a potty training chart? Well there are a few ways but the most common was is as follows. You would need to get some sort of reward stickers. You can get this from your local stationary store, or perhaps even a toy or dollar store. Try and be creative when choosing these. Get something that you know your child would like or enjoy. Best bets are cartoon character from TV shows that your kid watched often, or perhaps colorful stars or even some other inanimate object that you child enjoys, like stickers of sport cars for example. My kid loves airplanes – that did it for me. You are limited by your imagination and by the attraction to your child.

So now we have our stickers and a potty training chart – what next?

Well, every time you child successfully completes a pee or pooh session, then he/she is entitled to add a sticker into the respective day block. It would be nice to hype and make a great deal about them earning this sticker and you should really show off and be proud that the child achieved this – As visually as possible as this reinforces your approval for the child, and they notice this! In fact let him/het choose which sticker they want and let them stick it in the correct column. Let your child know that if reaches a certain number of sticker rewards in a day; he is entitled to a special surprise. This can be in the form of a visit somewhere like the park, or perhaps a sweet or even a toy. You could even allow the child extra TV time for reaching this milestone. This is a great motivator as the child has something extra to work towards.

There are many resources online for finding charts… a good paid resources are which includes potty training chart:

http://adviseit.org/babypottytraining/baby-pottytraining

And a free one:

http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/toilettrainingcharts.htm

Good luck with your baby potty training and making your first potty training chart.

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Hi all…I was checking my emails and found this good laugh that I thought I’d share with you:


The Potty 

A little three year old boy is sitting on the toilet.   
  
His mother thinks he has been in there too long, so she goes in to see
what’s up.                              
  
The little boy is sitting on the toilet reading a book.   
  
But about every 10 seconds or so he puts the book down, grips onto to
the toilet seat with his left hand and hits himself on top of the head
with his right hand.   
  
His mother says: “Billy, are you all right? You’ve been in here for a
while. 

Billy says:  “I’m fine, mommy … I just haven’t pooh yet.” 

Mother says: ” Ok, you can stay here a few more minutes. But Billy, why
are you hitting yourself on the head?” 

  
  

Billy says: “Works for the tomato sauce bottle.

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There are quite a few mistakes that occur during the Baby Potty Training process. Most of the times, it’s these mistakes that contribute to a rather frustrating experience. In order to prevent the woes that people end up experience because of their inexperience with baby potty training, it is imperative that parents recognize them and steer clear of them. Here are a few of them that come to mind:

  • ·         Punishing, scolding, yelling or acting negatively towards your child when they have an “accident”. These accidents are part of the training process, and you as a parent need to understand and accept this. The quicker you can grasp this concept, the less frustrated you will be. Also, positive reinforcement only helps the child learn faster, so don’t be negative towards the child; otherwise… this will end up being a long, painful, frustrating and emotionally challenge journey!
  • ·         Going into the Baby Potty Training while being overly optimistic. The reason that this can become an issue is if things don’t work out the way you want it to. Rather go with a reasonably realistic perception. That way if you encounter issues, it will be part of the training in terms of mindset, and if you finish sooner, then Hooray – That’s a bonus. A wise man once told me – Always anticipate the unexpected. It is not uncommon for baby potty training to take up to a few weeks, even sometimes a couple of months. Like I said before, everyone is different.
  • ·         Forcing the child into a baby potty training program, especially when the child shows a lack of interest. Humans are willful creatures, and I’m sure you guessed it by now – Your child is no alien! Don’t force or nag the issue, it does not work. Think back to when you were a kid, when your parents nagged and nagged, did it get anywhere? Did you respond in a timely manner? or did you just rebelled?? When they are ready, everything will fall into place.
  • ·         Textbook approach, down to the letter T, for each and every child. You need to realize and understand that all kids are different. What appeals to one, might not necessarily appeal to another. For my one kid, tangible rewards worked wonders, eg: Potty Training Chart, while the other had no interest in this and this method did not work at all, rather verbal communication and constrain praise helped. You need to be able to tell when one method is not working and realize it’s time to try another. Baby potty training is not an exact science, rather it’s an art.

  • ·         Starting baby potty training to early. This seems to be the biggest problem… What’s the rush here folks? I’ve heard insane stories of kids being trained as early as 4 months. Baby potty training is a 2 way street. Your child needs to be at somewhat of an understanding age. You need to wait until your child is ready – Don’t Rush!
  • ·         Baby Potty Training and Bedwetting are not the same. A lot of folks confuse the two. Rather they are 2 separate processes altogether. Being potty trained during the day, while wetting the bed at night, does not in any way mean that the baby potty training process was a failure. You need to realize this and deal with the bed wetting in its own way.
  • ·         Assuming that your child will be trained in one day and will successfully complete and understand, not to mention, be trained in all the different aspects of baby potty training. Making a pee/pooh in the toilet; having no accidents; using public facilities; travelling after being potty trained; etc. These are a few aspects that altogether make up the baby potty training. Think of each of these as milestones and celebrate each one with your child.
  • ·         Starting the entire baby potty training at the wrong time. Situations like stress, moving, going on holiday, starting crèche, etc can call attribute to it being the wrong time. Make sure things are calm and there are no issues before embarking on this process.
  • ·         Sometimes the consensus is that we should start the entire potty training process by putting our kids into underwear immediately. This is a big NO-NO. You need to be at the stage where you kid can pee or pooh at least half the time in the toilet without accidents, before making the switch. You should move from diapers, to training pants, and then finally to underpants. A good saying that comes to mind to put this point into perspective is from the movie Karate Kid. Mr. Miyage says: “First learn stand, then learn fly”.

These are a few of the mistakes that come to mind. As you can see, most of these mistakes are timing related, lack of positive attitude, bad timing, and overly optimistic expectations.

Avoiding these issue, will no doubt allow you and your child to have a wonderful baby potty training experience.

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 Does it really matter whether you train your child on a potty training seat or on a toilet? Honestly? – It doesn’t really matter! In fact, you should let your child decide. Each child is different, so the best advice I could possibly dispense at this juncture, is to do what works for both the child and you – as a team!

The moment that your child shows some remote interest in baby potty training, then you should help him/her to choose their own potty training seat. There is such a large and vast range of potty training seats nowadays… They pretty much come in all shapes, colors and sizes: everything from standard potty training seats that we all know, right down to the complex potty training chair, even the old potty’s some of us older generation folks might still remember – yes they are still available!

Some kids prefer using the conventional small potty, as it gives them some sense of control, because they are bigger than the potty itself. That way they don’t end up feeling overwhelmed and helps them feel secure without the inherent fear of falling off, mind you that the falling of bit, even though sounding a bit farfetched for some can be a reality!

Other kids prefer to go directly onto an adult size toilet. If your toddler is tall enough, he might be able to sit on the toilet with little or no assistance. For the tiny toddler how prefers to use the toilet, it would be wise to get a little stool (or you can buy these special toilet steps) so that they may easily climb up onto the toilet seat – And as a bonus – when they are sitting on the toilet, the stool acts as a secure platform on which their legs rest. How cool is that? You can even purchase a padded potty training seat that fits securely over the adult toilet, this will provide the extra comfort that the child needs as well as prevent the smaller built kids from falling in…. and yes – that’s possible too :)

When you think that your kid is ready to attempt baby potty training – a major milestone, then show him how to use the potty and encourage him to use the potty when he is ready instead of messing his diaper.

A small potty or potty chair can be place in any convenient location, perhaps you may want to keep it in the bathroom, or even in his bedroom. Perhaps you might want to keep a potty in both the bedroom and bathroom – This can help to prevent accidents by making the potty more accessible. For parents that live in double-story homes, it would be wise to keep a potty both downstairs and upstairs. The last thing you want is an accident that could have been prevented due to speed and time constraints. These may present it self during situations like these.

Keep in mind though: Urinating accidents are very common for toddlers, as their bladder control has not yet had a chance to fully develop. Also their conscious mind and cognitive skills with regards to holding it in; are still a developing skill set. Sometime they get so engrossed and busy with their playtime, that they forget totally to go to the toilet. Sometime they might make an accident and not even realize it until you bring it to their attention.

That being said – I would highly recommend that you leave the potty training seat/potty/potty chair nearby and the toilet/bathroom doors open. Try and stay calm and level headed during these accident situations. Your reactions will play a direct consequence in curbing future accidents and give you a little less frustration to deal with. It makes sense to start a child on a potty chair, then graduate to a potty training seat and then finally onto an adult toilet.

Some toddlers have a natural fear for toilets. They are comfortable using their own toilets in their homes, but are afraid and rather uneasy when faced using a toilet in a totally unfamiliar setting. Help them to understand and explain to them that the unfamiliar toilet is just like the one at home and try to ease their fears and uneasiness with love – Do NOT Reprimand them.

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I bought this potty chair for my Granddaughter who is 17 months old and beginning to potty train. First of all it

looks just like a big potty, only it’s their size. The perfect size at that. Her feet touch the ground perfectly. It

has a cute smiley face on the ‘tank’ part, which is a great back rest. The lid easily opens and closes just like a

big potty. It also has a handle so the child can ‘flush’ and on the opposite side of the ‘tank’ a retractable toilet

paper holder that holds any size toilet paper roll. If you don’t want to put the paper on it, just push holder in and

it’s gone! The other awesome feature is it fits perfectly to a big size toilet seat. At first I wasn’t sure it was

going to fit, I thought my seat was to small, but then I pushed it down until it snapped into place and WOW…it fits

nice and snug! Doesn’t move around or slide at all!! AND there are NO gaps between the little seat and the big seat.

It’s a perfect fit. To remove it, simply squeeze in the clips underneath and take it off. On top of ALL of these

great features, it also has a sensor so it sings once the child goes potty. You don’t even need a lot. I poured in a

very small amount to test it first to see how loud it was or how much it would take to set it off and it goes off

immediately once anything touches the sensor, which is located at the center bottom of the removable bowl. It plays a

little child’s voice singing a happy song, tells them to use paper and flush and is not to loud or annoying. For kids

that might be frightened of it, you can very easily turn it off on a switch under the unit.The product is strong and

will last through several potty trainers. I HIGHLY recommend this product!

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Welcome to another installment of Great V-pets! This segment will be promoting none other than the latest NA release, the Tamatown Tama-Go. Shall we begin?

The Tamatown Tama-Go is one of the most innovating Tamagotchis in North American History. What separates the Tama-Go from past Tamagotchis (including Japanese) is the fact it as attachable figures. These figures once slided on and added, provide access to new games, food, and sometimes even new items! Having a good portion of figures really helps the overall experience of the Tama-Go, and is seen as an absolute must for Tamagotchi Lovers. In the video, I use a Ringotchi figure (also I have the included backdrop as well) and play the one out of two exclusive games. Another thing is you get to choose between your own character, or Ringotchi! I choose Ringotchi.
Now on to the actual game play of the Tama-Go itself:

The Tama-Go is pretty much like any Tamagotchi. You feed it, you clean up after it, praise & discipline it, and play games to get money to buy stuff, and just take care of it in general. The biggest difference would probably be the new features of the Tama-Go.
These include the ever-so-wanted “potty training”, the new decor feature, and who can forget those adorable animations. Animations such as when you press GAME, and you see your Tamagotchi walk through town, to go to the Game Centre. (shown in video.) Another cool feature is the PARK option. When you select PARK, you get to see you Tamagotchi go to the park and meet up with a playmate, and have some good ol’ fun. (Shown in the video) However, 20% of the time, there might be nobody there.
The point of PARK feature is to increase your Tam’s friendship level. Now I am not 100% positive, but I think this helps contribute to your Tamagotchi’s growth, and final adult character *along with generic training*, but I could be wrong.
The other thing not completely new about this Tamagotchi, is the Online Tamatown. It can also go on to Tamatown using passwords and such. It’s pretty neat and fun. (More info on that later.)

So to sum it up, this Tamagotchi is very fun, and I would highly recommend it. So go buy one! There have just been released, and are currently being sold in stores, so you gotta buy them before they are discontinued! And you can’t forget to pick up a couple of figures as well! They really do make a HUGE difference in the experience of this Tam.
Until next time!

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is this really what i gotta do to get her to use the friggin potty????
sit her on her potty chair in front of the computer watching the potty dance video!!
c;mon this isnt appropriate leeona!! lmao

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