Wouldn’t it be nice if your kid were potty trained by the age of 18 months? Wait… is that even possible? It sure is! The New York Times states, “In 1957, 92 percent of children were toilet-trained by the age of 18 months, studies found.” Maybe statistics don’t go as high for 18 months children in these last generations. Perhaps more moms are now more flexible in the toilet-training approach but these determined and amazing moms explained us how they, in fact, mastered the art of potty training their kids:
Introduce potty early
Judy Crocket was able to successfully potty train her daughter by introducing the use of potty as soon as the baby was able to sit up on their own. This method worked for Judy’s granddaughter as well, who was potty trained before the age of 18 months. Her technique goes like this: after the baby wakes up in the morning, give her some love and hugs, remove the diaper, and sit the baby on the potty chair. Sit on the floor, read a book, or play a few hand games with the baby. As soon as the baby fusses, (in the beginning, it may be under a minute) pick her up, hug her, and put on a fresh diaper.
The key is to be constant with this process. It’s necessary to repeat at each diaper change, and before and after naptime. Judy adds, “As she becomes more comfortable, put her on her potty when you use the toilet or while you are getting yourself ready in the morning.” She says that she clapped to the baby for being a big girl on the potty and never made it a stressful event.
Use sign language and serve as example
Michelle Lam, the author of “The Accidental Prophetess,” said that she potty trained her daughter with the use of sign language and by taking advantage of the interest her baby showed to learn. She says, “we began allowing her to witness us using the toilet, and of course she wanted to try it herself. We rewarded her with a treat if she went successfully and within a few weeks, she was completely out of diapers.”
Principles of EC and cloth diapers!
Anne Rust is the co-founder of Mama Seeds (on-demand prenatal and postnatal yoga and Pilates classes and community of support). She explains, “We used sign language and followed the principles of EC–elimination communication–to potty train both our girls early.” Anne thinks that using cloth diapers made the process of potty training more effective. She adds, “We were rewarded with easy, early potty training (5 or 6 months old), but most of all we enjoyed the experience of communicating on this level with our pre-verbal children”.
Contributed to by Graziella Gandolfi
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Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/us/two-experts-do-battle-over-
potty-training.html
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Tong, 1998) (Sillén, 2001) (Yeung, et al. 1995; Gladh, et al. 2000).
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