Whats a good way to potty train the little ones? when i was a youngster my dad trained me like he did all the animals on the farm..if we went pee in the house or in our under wear he would rub our noses in it.and have us clean it up..we learned fast how to use toilet..can anyone give me more ethical ways but with same fast results?
2006-06-17 17:43:26 · 7 answers · asked by Real-Italian-Stallion 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
There are many inventive ways that are much better than your dad's approach. Your children are not animals and they should no feel shamed by natural body functions.
We trained my daughter by taping a chart on the wall beside the toilet. Every time she went in the toilet, everybody cheered and she got to put a sticker on the chart. She cheered the loudest. She loved it and was trained in no time.
We trained my son when we went out to camp for a week and "forgot" the diapers. Everything was done differently at camp and he took it in stride.
If you have a son - it's fun to put Cheerios in the toilet bowl and let him aim at them.
My mom trained my brother by letting him pee in a can - he loved the sound.
Do whatever you're confortable with but make it fun. Remember potty training is a mile stone that should be celebrated.
2006-06-17 17:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dr. Phil suggests buying the kid a doll and letting them "teach" it to go to the potty.
For my daughter it was pretty easy. She learned to go potty #2 first as most kids do. You can usually tell when they are about to need to go because most kids become very quiet and go stand by themselves and sometimes get a bit flushed. Then whisk you kid to the potty. As for #1, it is more difficult. I stopped diapering my baby at 25 months. Sure it made more laundry for me but saved on cost of diapers. But she felt uncomfortable with pee all over herself. Pull-ups are too comfortable for training. She did wear pull-ups at bedtime though. Eventually she learned. She also had a mini-toilet of her own (plastic, low to ground). Also it helps to praise them and be happy when they go where they are supposed to...say "What a big girl/boy you are".
By the way I am not a Dr. Phil fanatic but some of my clients watch it while I prepare their supper, so I get to catch a few episodes.
Also, I do answer a lot of your questions because at least you choose a best answer (and you've chosen me a few times) and you are funny. As for a male sportsbra, probably need an XXlarge women's one. But plain ones aren't really feminine. They just keep a person from bouncing all over. I use one because I can't stand the way the back of a regular bra sticks into my back.
2006-06-18 10:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Dellajoy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, your fathers technique actually got someone in GA arrested for that. There are several books for children about potty training. One my nephew loved was about a mother rabbit who would reward her son after he went potty. She kept a sucker in her pocket and he would get one if he went potty. The down side to that is that my nephew would expect it every time. Then he would go into the bathroom and flush the toilet so we thought he went potty. The important thing is to make them feel grown up. Find several potty books for kids and read it to them. Leave some of their favorite books in the bathroom next to the potty for those days when they have to sit there just to learn they have to go in the potty. It takes time and patience but consistancy.
2006-06-18 02:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by southrntrnzplnt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow what an upbringing. Tell them about the potty. Tell them what they do in the potty. Start preparing to take your youngster 10000 times a day to use it and hear "nah, don't have to go". It is a new thing. Slowly encourage the child to use it. Praise and reward when they do use it, even if it was just to sit there and fart a few times. "Good try". Etc. good luck.
2006-06-18 00:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No rubbing noses, you little one is a human being.
I am actually planning a daddy and son potty training weekend in August (when my son is 2 1/2). We are going to rent potty training videos, check out potty training books from the library and buy lots of cheerios for target practice. I will go out of town and my 2 men are going to "potty" all weekend.
I was talking to my dental hygienist and she did this and her son was trained in one weekend (except over night accidents).
Think of your kids as little humans and not animals.
2006-06-18 02:59:17 · answer #5 · answered by chrissy757 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG...dont do what your dad did. Thats F***ed up. Its not always good to follow in your parents footsteps. Try and work with them and talk to them. If its a boy give em something to aim at...cheerios or something. Reward them for doing a good job when they do it. And pull ups are always a cleaner way of training, well as long as they arent one of the ones that treat them like diapers.
2006-06-18 00:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every time you go to the bath room take them and then set them on the pot. that's the way my mom did it and I was trained by 9 months.
2006-06-18 00:46:50 · answer #7 · answered by savannahthebeautiful 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋