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Potty Training that Works!
by Valerie Garner
Description: One mom's tips for potty training.
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 category, 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. 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
physically 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 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!!!!!
by Valerie Garner, Please visit Hometips & more at http://www.angelfire.com/wa/hometips.
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