How to Make Potty Training Fun

Training a child to use a toilet can be easy and painless if you are persistent and it can even be fun. All children want is to please their parents and often you can use this fact to your advantage.

Things You'll Need

  • Portable potty chair

Instructions

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      One of the most important things you can do is pay attention to your child's behavior and habits when they mess in their diaper. Many toddlers will make hilarious faces, grunt like an ogre or even hide while they are pooping. It is also good practice to note the times of day when he pees or poops. This will help when you start training.

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      Purchase a portable potty chair, not one that attaches to the toilet. Sit her on the potty chair every two hours for at least two or three minutes. This not only introduces her to the potty but also gets her used to being still for a length of time.

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      If the bathroom is not located among the main living areas, place the potty chair in room where you are working. Many homes do not have a bathroom located close to the kitchen or living room and these are the two most lived in areas of any house. In order for your child to be comfortable during potty training, he will want to be in the room where Mom and Dad are, not alone where he can't see what is going on. Most moms and dads do not have the luxury of walking away from a cooking dinner, so keep that potty chair where you are and this will help him be more comfortable.

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      Make sitting on the potty fun. Have books and toys available, but beware. Have the books and toys within reach and pay attention because if he drops them you don't want him to get off the potty chair in the middle of using the potty and make a mess.

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      Encourage her to stay on the potty chair by talking to her and telling her what a big girl she is. Children love to please you and if you assure her this is happening she will be more apt to cooperate.

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      Praise him. Make a big deal of his sitting on the potty chair even if he doesn't do anything. Make an even bigger deal of his successes. Jump in the air and give a cheer. Be sure to make goofy faces and show him how poop is yucky by doing the "Oh yuck, shoo-wee!" when he poops as this will enforce his disgust at having such a nasty thing in his underwear.

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      Do not expect her to stay dry all night. Concentrate on potty training during the day. Night training will come later and will most likely require more time and patience, so keep that diaper on when you put her to bed. Don't be surprised if she wants to wear "big girl undies" at bedtime once they start having success on the potty chair.

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