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I hope this information helps you and your little ones
as much as it did mine. I used this on both my boys
when they were potty training aged and it worked perfectly,
it was so easy.
First, to make sure your child is ready for potty
training, shows interest, wants "big kids pants"
etc. Make this a game, make it fun and you will not
run into stubborn opposition (after all it is the child's
body). Go out and buy or find around the house items
you don't normally let your child play with that could
fit into this catagory, some kind of toys that can be
used are water toys (3 or 4 things), could be little
plastic pitchers, balls, whatever, but make them SPECIAL.
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The only real rule to this
game is these special "potty" toys can only
be played with while the child is sitting on the potty!
Very important, no giving out on this one rule, or it
won't work!. Once the child is sitting on the potty
fill a large bowl or small bucket with lukewarm or tepid
water, place the new "potty" toys in the bowl
and set the bowl of water in front of the child. On
the floor if the potty seat is low, or if it's a potty
seat that sits on top of the regular toilet, set the
bowl of water on a TV tray in front of the child. When
the child places his/her hands in the lukewarm water
to play with the toys, if the child needs to pyscially
go, they nearly instantly go potty (it's almost an instinctive
type physical reaction), then cheer, cheer, cheer! Give
lots of praise, and if you wish to give some type of
a treat, go ahead. Let them play as long as they want,
as long as they sit on the potty. When they are done
playing, put the toys away for next time.
This is really great because it makes it fun for them
so they cooperate, it totally ends all power struggles,
there are NONE, and also no more waiting and waiting
for them to go, only to have them go potty as soon as
the diaper goes back on. They also feel good because
they have immediate success Potty training NO. 2 was
more difficult I found, that just came with some time
and patience and them learning in their own time and
way, relax, it will happen.
You know how I got this idea? It's kind of a funny
thing, my husband used to be in the military and when
he was young in boot camp they used to always play jokes
on each other in the night by dipping a hand of someone
who was sleeping, into a pan of lukewarm water, thus
making the person wet the bed. It just seemed like a
natural progression to use this trick for good in the
potty training area and it worked great! |
