The older the baby becomes, the more often any mother begins to think about when to acquaint her child with the pot. Some parents teach a child to walk on it even before a year, while others believe that this issue can be postponed.
According to many psychologists, a child should be potty trained between the ages of 18-24 months. Why exactly this age? It's just that during this period of life, the baby has certain skills to go to the potty: he knows how to pronounce some words (you can negotiate with the baby), understands the speech of an adult, remains dry for 2 hours of wakefulness, feels discomfort with wet pants. Therefore, if your friends boast that their child goes to the potty before the age of 1 year, do not be discouraged, as the child does his "business" reflexively, unconsciously. And, rather, it is the merit of the parents, who manage to catch the "moments" of their child, nothing more.
So, if your baby is 18-24 months old, and you want to quickly potty train him, then follow some rules.
First, be patient. With the wrong approach, potty training will drag on for months. Secondly, for every successful "sight" in the pot, admire the child, say that he is great. Third, give up potty training if your child is teething or unwell; do not completely give up diapers; after each sleep, put the baby on the potty. Do not scold your child if he has done "dirty deeds" in his pants.
Before potty training, you should prepare. 2 weeks before the active actions, you need to buy a convenient and comfortable pot and try to explain what kind of object it is. Tell that all children relieve themselves in the potty, and then go to the toilet on the toilet, as adults. A week before training, buy new panties for your child with a picture of your favorite cartoon characters and tell them that soon he will not run in a diaper, but in this interesting underwear. And finally, you need to choose the time and days when you, along with an assistant (grandmother or nanny), will be constantly with the child.
The very process of potty training while the baby is awake takes about 3 days. The method does not work with a complete rejection of the diaper.
So, the first day you need to give the child to run naked at the optimum indoor temperature and at the appropriate time of the year. Or put on the panties you bought in advance. Every time a child tries to relieve himself, you need to immediately run up to him with a pot and put him there. Enough for every successful action, don't scold for a misfire. On the first day, it is necessary not to leave the baby, watch his actions, run after him on the trail in order to catch "hits" in the pot. You can't do without an assistant here. The child must learn the connection between the potty and his actions. For daytime sleep and nighttime sleep, it is better to put on a diaper for the baby, first invite him to pee in the pot.
The next day, you can go for a walk with your child without a diaper. It is best to do this after a successful trip to the toilet. It is worth taking a walk not far from the house, so that you can return at any time so that the child sat on the potty. Do not forget to bring a change of clothes in case of embarrassment on the street.
On the third day, you can walk 2 times. Before each walk and sleep, as well as after a walk and awakening from sleep, it is necessary to put the baby on the pot. There are times when a child, sitting on a potty, has done his job, but did not have time to take off his clothes. Do not scold your baby for such actions, but choose clothes that are comfortable for your child: without unnecessary buttons and straps.
If you do everything right, then after joint efforts, the child will begin to walk normally to the potty and even ask for it himself.
