Child Toilet Training
Child toilet training or training your infant can start as early as when the bay is 3 to 4 months old. When you baby is 3 months old encourage your baby to pee by taking your baby to the toilet and helping him or her to pee by making a hissing sound.
Child toilet training requires plenty of patience and energy on the part of the mother. Begin to toilet train your child only when both you and your child are ready for it.
You will know when your child is ready for toilet training when he or she begins to attract your attention that they have soiled their napkins or when they indicate that they would like to use the potty. This normally occurs when the child is about a year and half old to 2 years. There are also some children who still wear diapers till the age of three.
The first thing a mother should know is how to toilet train her child early in life and also how to go about preparing for it. Take your child to the toilet and allow the child to play with the flush and feel relaxed and play with the water in the wash basin too. Make the child feel comfortable in the toilet.
The next thing is to place a potty chair in your child's play area so that the child becomes familiar with it and does not stiffen or becomes fearful on seeing the potty chair. Talk to your child trying to make him or her understand that it is their potty chair and that have to do their toilet in it. Never force them to sit on it. Do it in a playful manner. Encourage them to sit on it playfully with out removing their pants.
Once your child gets used to the idea of the potty slowly help the child to undress and help the child to sit on the potty chair. During the child toilet training, make sure that you are by the side of the child holding its hands and reassuring the child that all is well. It is this love and reassurance from the mother that helps to toilet train the child easily.
Look for signs in your child that may signal that he or she wants to do their potty.
Normally children become extremely quiet in the midst of their play and they also begin to look serious. When you detect this encourage them to the toilet and seat them on the potty all the while talking reassuring words to them making them feel comfortable.
Children mostly have a bowel movement about an hour after they have consumed some food and if they have had something to drink then they would like to urinate within an hour of their having consumed the drink.
So always be alert and keep a watchful eye. The success of child toilet training rests solely on the mother. Encourage the child to use the toilet to urinate once every hour or 2 hours. It is only patience and the supportiveness of the mother which goes a long way to toilet train the child successively.