The Top Two Tips for Potty Training Toddlers
Potty training is a very big step in your child’s development. However, for parents, it can be a rather challenging time and a lesson in patience. Your child will have many ups and downs while potty training such as accidents and perhaps a little anxiety surrounding the process. Additionally, many toddlers simply resist major changes and potty training can induce temper tantrums and refusal to participate in the process. Let’s take a look at the two most important things to keep in mind when potty training toddlers. These two simple tips can go a long way in helping your toddler achieve success.
Never Pressure Your Child
We’ve all felt the pressure sales pitch before. You’re somewhere just trying to browse around looking at cars, a fitness club, or clothing, and you really don’t NEED any of these things. You’re just there out of curiosity to take a look around and get a feel for things. However, the salesperson is really putting the pressure on you. “You just have to try this out.” “This would just be perfect for you.” And on and on until you’re so uncomfortable that you just walk away saying “I’m just fine, thank you very much.”
You see where this is going, don’t you? The more you pressure your child and attempt to “sell” potty training to him or her, the more uncomfortable they can become. And in turn, they tend to back off and say “I’m just fine in my diapers, thank you very much.” You need to let your child develop their own natural curiosity about potty training. This will go much further, much faster than forcing them to try using the potty on their own when they aren’t naturally interested.
Stay Focused
In our age of fast paced multi-tasking, it is far too easy to treat potty training as an added weekend activity to be checked off of the to-do list. However, potty training toddlers should be carried out with focused discipline. You need to commit your time, as well as the time of any other family members involved, to staying focused on the process of potty training. Try to set aside a 3-day weekend to begin the process and if you’re schedule permits, it’s even better to carry that momentum for an entire week.
You have to think of it like this: the more time you commit to this process up front, the less time it is going to take. If you treat potty training as a secondary activity, it could drag on for weeks or months.
So there you have the top two tips for potty training toddlers. They seem so simple, but the key is to apply these and all other potty training lessons with consistency. If you take the time to invest in your child’s potty training from the beginning, they’ll have a much better chance of accomplishing this milestone in a short period of time.
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We are potty training and found a great product called Tidy Tots Potty Chair Liners. They have been an awesome timesaver and really convenient. I bought them on pottychairliners.com but I think you can get them on Amazon as well.
That’s a great tip, Marybeth! I’ve seen those before but had never heard from anyone who has used them. I’m sure they do save a ton of time and mess! Thanks for sharing.