A close friend of mine, Jennifer Morgan who runs the Project Potty Training blog once said, that one of the best potty training tips you can give a parent is to have everything planned out ahead.
From the smallest, less obvious stuff the most important ones.
I’m sure by now you’ve heard stories about the 3 day potty training stuff, that apparently delivers amazing results in 3 days or less. The secret behind it is planning, careful, detailed planning.
Whether your choosing to go with a potty chair or potty seat, or which types of rewards you’re gonna use when your toddler manages to get it right. Everything adds up and gives you total control when the time comes.
A lot of parents ask the wrong questions, most of the time… how to potty train a boy? or how to potty train a toddler girl? but what they need to ask is how to make this proces easier and more fun for both them and their children.
A child will eventually learn to go potty all by himself, but it depends on you to make it an interesting journey and this is also a great opportunity for parent-child bonding.
I remember when I potty trained my child that it was a nightmare experience and that’s because I did everything wrong. I compared my daughter with other children, I didn’t stick to a routine, etc.
Having an expert in parenting help you with this proces is great but if you don’t it’s no problem because today there’s a lot of toddler toilet training advice freely available online.
If there’s one thing you’re going to take away from this post is this: make sure your child feels appreciated for every good thing he or she does during the toilet training process. Rewards are important and they speed things up quite a lot.