kids problems: TOILETING TROUBLES
No child goes through toilet training without hitting a few snags. Here are some of the problems that commonly arise, along with suggestions on how to deal with them.
GETTING HELP
- Speak to your pediatrician if: 1 - Your two- to three-year-old child seems to be unaware that he is urinating or defecating . 2- Your child has made no progress in learning to use the toilet by age three . 3- Your child has tantrums or other strong, negative reactions to being encouraged to use the potty.
- SIGNS OF READINESS : Your child may be ready to start toilet training when he: 1 - Is aware of urinating and defecating . 2- Has childhood words for urine and feces (e.g., pee pee, poop) . 3 - Requests diaper changes when needed . 4 - Is interested when parents, friends and siblings use the bathroom . 5- Is able to pull down elastic-waisted pants .
- potty training issues:Problem: Solution:Your child balks at any suggestion of using the potty. Leave the potty in sight and bring up the subject tactfully every few weeks. From time to time, stress how nice it is not to have to fuss with diapers. Let the child go without pants or diapers for a few days (be prepared to do some cleaning up), then tell him that if this freedom is to continue, the potty must be usedYour child will use only his special potty, not anyone else's and certainly not a grown-up:.
- 1-Take the potty with you for a few weeks. If the seat section detaches from the base, you may be able to take it alone and fit it over the toilet seat. Alternatively, you can shop for a toilet-seat adapter (a child-sized seat that fits over a regular-sized one) that may be easier to carry. If your child doesn't mind, put him in diapers when you go out. Find out if the children's room in your library or a local toy store has a child-sized toilet, and let your child use it a few times.Your child will urinate in the potty but will not defecate there.
- 2-Continue using diapers unless your child is adamant about staying in pants. Calmly explain that feces go in the potty, not in underwear. If the child is over two and a half, insist that he help you with cleaning up accidents. (Note: Call your pediatrician if constipation is part of the problem. Being constipated can set up a vicious cycle of painful bowel movements, followed by stool withholding to avoid discomfort, followed by fecal soiling, more severe constipation and worse discomfort. You may need to change your child's diet or take other measures prescribed by your pediatrician to alleviate the problem.)
- 3-Your child stays dry for several weeks, then starts having frequent accidents.
- potty time: Training your child with success:
- Your toddler is quickly approaching two years old. She's interested in the toilet: She likes to flush, use toilet paper and even sits on the toilet regularly before her bath. You know she's not ready to wear panties. Yet, like most parents, you wonder when exactly she will be ready and what you should do to help the process along. Most children, girls usually before boys, acquire the developmental maturation and skill to use the potty somewhere between two and three years old. When the child's body develops to the point where she can hold in her urine and stool and then release it into the toilet, she'll be willing and interested to try. Until then, it is the parent's job to familiarize the child with using the toilet. Keep your child's interest up by encouraging her to learn about and practice toileting. During this familiarization process, begin to look for signs of readiness. Read our checklist to determine whether the time has come to train your child.
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