When Not To Begin Potty Training

Written by Danna Henderson


Potty training can be a stressful experience for you and your child. It's best to start potty training when your child has an established daily routine and is not dealing with any additional stress. Potty training should berepparttar only major change in your child's life.

If your child is showing signs of potty training readiness, ask yourself if any ofrepparttar 110178 following situations exist:

New baby - Althoughrepparttar 110179 thought of double diaper duty may be overwhelming, your child needs time to adapt torepparttar 110180 new baby before you begin potty training.

Divorce or Separation - Divorce or separation is always stressful for children. Your child may be living in two different homes or under two separate sets of rules. When things calm down, share your potty training plan so that you are both aware ofrepparttar 110181 other person's plan and can work together forrepparttar 110182 benefit of your child.

Prepare Your Child For Potty Training

Written by Danna Henderson


When your child shows a majority ofrepparttar signs of potty training readiness, you can start introducing him torepparttar 110177 idea of usingrepparttar 110178 potty.

Potty Training Books, Videos, & DVDs - Potty training books, videos, and DVDs provide a great opportunity to introduce your child torepparttar 110179 idea of usingrepparttar 110180 potty. Read a book as a bedtime story or watch a video together. Your child will probably have questions and be delighted when he finds a potty chair of his own inrepparttar 110181 bathroom!

Potty Chair or Seat - As you begin introducingrepparttar 110182 potty to your child, be sure to put a potty chair inrepparttar 110183 bathroom. Children love to imitate other family members and your child will probably sit on it when he sees you userepparttar 110184 bathroom. After watching a potty training video or reading a potty training story, your child will have a pretty good idea whatrepparttar 110185 potty is for.

Potty Training Doll - Dr. Phil recommends purchase an anatomically correct drink & wet doll for potty training. The best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. Dr. Phil’s potty training method involves having your child teachrepparttar 110186 doll to userepparttar 110187 potty. Whenrepparttar 110188 doll gets lots of praise and attention for usingrepparttar 110189 potty, you child will want to userepparttar 110190 potty as well!

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