When a child is born, he needs the help of his parents to eat and drink Lazarus. As the child grows up, parents begin to gradually let go, allowing the child to learn to do things on their own, such as going to the toilet.
However, going to the toilet looks like a very small thing, but to let the child learn, parents who have experienced it can understand that it is not an easy task.
When is the best time to train to go to the toilet
Many mothers read some parenting articles, or the experience of mothers with children around them, they will start to worry: why are my children 2 years old and still can't go to the toilet by themselves, is there a development problem?
Because these articles always tell you that the baby starts to train from 18 months to the toilet, and after 1 year, he can go to the toilet on his own, and this time is called the "golden period" of toilet training.
But in fact, toilet training, there is no "golden period" at all, each baby's development is different, can not use a unified standard to impose hard regulations.
So, when exactly your baby can go to the toilet, you have to see if he sends these signals:
Competency aspect
Your baby can walk on his own and can sit for a short period of time. Ability to listen to simple commands. Be able to put on and take off your pants yourself.
Behavioral aspects
Baby's bowel movements have been regular, diapers can be kept dry for 2 hours, will take the initiative to tell or signal that we are not wet diapers have been wet. I became interested in going to the toilet and liked to follow and observe adults going to the toilet.
How do I do toilet training?
First, we need to use appropriate words to explain to your baby what it is to defecate and what parts of the body are.
Next, we need to prepare a baby bed chair for the baby. When choosing a toilet chair, it is necessary to focus on lightness and safety. If you want to buy a toilet chair that can be installed on an adult toilet, you must remember to install a stepping stool at the same time to facilitate the baby's up and down.
Immediately after that, we need to help your baby understand how it feels to feel. If the baby is pulled on the pants after the stool is pulled, only to tell us, at this time, we can tell the baby that the uncomfortable feeling when the baby wants to pull just now is the defecation. And tell him that the next time he feels this way, tell us in time.
Usually, when the baby has a defecation intention, there will be some special performances, such as the small face is red, and from time to time, it is also forced, or it is playing and suddenly not moving.
When the baby takes the initiative to tell us that he has a bowel intention, or when we find that the baby has a defecation intention, we can take the baby to the place of the toilet chair and teach the baby how to use the toilet chair. And tell the baby that when you have poop later, remember to solve it here.
Finally, if you want your baby to develop the habit of using a toilet chair to defecate, the most important and effective way is to give rewards in time. Even if the baby has only made small progress, we have to give some rewards. What baby would be reluctant to use a toilet chair after receiving high praise?
What do I need to pay attention to in toilet training?
When we start toilet training for our baby, there are 3 things to pay attention to:
Don't expect your baby to succeed once
At the beginning of training, there may be a situation where the baby sits in the toilet for 3 or 5 minutes, but he can't pull it out. But as soon as you picked him up and put him on his pants, he immediately pulled him on his pants. At this time, we should not blame the child, nor force the baby to sit on the toilet chair for a long time to prevent the baby from resenting the toilet training. We should be clear that this stage of training is to increase your baby's interest in learning to go to the toilet, not to force him to pull the toilet in the toilet chair.
Choice of clothing
Choose soft clothes that fit your baby and are easy to put on and take off, so that your baby can put on and take off his pants.
Health problems
When training the baby in the toilet, we should also pay attention to observe whether the number of times the baby's bowel movements and the softness of the stool are normal; whether the urine and stool are mixed with blood, and whether the baby's expression is painful when going to the toilet. If you find an abnormal situation, be sure to take your baby to the doctor in time.
Usually, after the above toilet training, the baby can generally do his own toilet at the age of 3. But this is not the standard, if your baby at the age of 3, has not yet learned to go to the toilet, you should not be too depressed, lost. According to many successful cases in the past, at this time, what you need is to maintain patience and persistence, and it is only a matter of time before the baby learns to go to the toilet independently.