10 Outcomes You Will Love Before Potty Training

Written by Karen Glunz-Bagwell


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5. Singing - Singing ditties with your child makes usingrepparttar potty fun, even for you. Whenever you go potty and your child is watching or within hearing range, begin to sing this ditty torepparttar 111434 tune of "Mary Had A Little Lamb". Most likely, your child will come intorepparttar 111435 bathroom and want to watch and sing with you. Imitation will follow.

Where do we poop and pee poop and pee poop and pee Where do we poop and pee We poop and pee inrepparttar 111436 potty.

7. Emotional Intelligence - Learning to be emotionally intelligent during this phase of your child's life, will prepare you magnificently forrepparttar 111437 phases to come and will serve you well allrepparttar 111438 way throughrepparttar 111439 teen years.

You may notice that it is one thing to promise yourself to be patient, tolerant and fun loving, and another matter to be it.

Let's pretend that your child sits onrepparttar 111440 potty, pees, gets off, pulls up his pants, and within seconds, poos his pants. Might a flash of anger go through your body as your expectation is dashed?

You may be tempted to react allowing your anger to escalate and control you rather than you control it. Instead, FREEZE! Just likerepparttar 111441 game we played as children, freeze and do absolutely nothing except feel your feelings. If you stay in your frozen state of animation,repparttar 111442 intensity ofrepparttar 111443 feeling will dwindle within 30 seconds. Then you make a choice to return to being patient, tolerant, and fun loving. Yes, this takes practice and more practice particularly if you tend to be a bit reactive rather than proactive.

8. Lighten Up! Surrenderrepparttar 111444 Agenda - Give uprepparttar 111445 expectation that your child must do things a certain way. Children are so creative and they may come up with ways of doing things that "work" but just notrepparttar 111446 way you thought they "should". One mom said that her child usedrepparttar 111447 potty chair as a helmet prior to using it for its intended use. Be willing to learn from children. They are little geniuses. When you hearrepparttar 111448 voice in your head saying "need to", "should", "must", "have to", begin to recognize that these are thoughts that set you up for inflexibility, keeping you stuck and ultimately increasing stress. I "choose to", "want to", "desire to", "like to", "am inspired to", I'd "be happy to", changesrepparttar 111449 way we feel about what we are doing. The words we choose to use, either drag us down or lighten us up.

9. Let's Read - There are so many books for you to read with you child related to learning to userepparttar 111450 potty. Visit www.pottytrainingcoach.com for a listing. Reading books with your child prepares him to learn how to read himself as well as userepparttar 111451 potty.

10. Celebrating Successes - There is an old but true saying, "What you focus on expands". With this saying in mind, if you focus on what your child is doing "right" what will you get more of? Yes. More of what you want. If you focus on what you child is doing wrong, what will you get more of? Right again. More of what you don't want. Focus on your child's successes as well as your own. Don't hesitate to praise yourself so your child can hear you. "I did such a good job". "I likerepparttar 111452 way I did that". A healthy, fun potty learning phase will boost your child's self-esteem (and your's) , fill him with feelings of accomplishment, and give her confidence. CELEBRATErepparttar 111453 adventure of Potty Training.!



Karen Glunz-Bagwell is an Educator and Coach. Degreed in Communications, certified as a parenting instructor and a parent, Karen has 30 years of experience as an Educator and Life Improvement Researcher. Karen combines her scientific/spiritual principles with down-to-earth, everyday, practical solutions to raising children, the healthy, fun way.


Musical Activities for Guaranteed Fun

Written by Deborah Shelton


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2. Animal Walk Parade: Play your favorite tunes onrepparttar radio and dance and walkrepparttar 111433 way your favorite animal would. Remember,repparttar 111434 more friends you invite to play,repparttar 111435 more fun your parade will be!

3. Music Maker Box: Fill a small trunk, box, or dresser drawer with musical instruments for when inspiration strikes. Purchase inexpensive instruments at garage sales, or make your own including tambourines, strands of jingle bells and film canister maracas.

4. Dance Party: Invite your friends over for a dance party! Ask each guest to bring along a cassette tape or CD with his or her favorite music. Play a song or two from each CD and dancerepparttar 111436 night away. For super cool invitations, use a permanent marker to writerepparttar 111437 details ofrepparttar 111438 party on those free Internet CDs that come inrepparttar 111439 mail.

Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more family-friendly ideas and a free email newsletter: http://www.fiveminuteparent.com


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