Potty Training

Hello!!!

rasanya dah lama tak menjengah blog nih

rinduuuuu!!!! jgn bersawang sudah la ya :)

oklah just nak update progress of my second child

Iman Aisyah is now diaper-less

hehehheheh...big yeay to momma (jimat duit pampers)

Iman will go to kindy next year

so, this is the best time to teach her pergi toilet

and no more diaper

here, i wanna share Potty Training tips from Babycenter

Try a timer

When my son Ben stopped using nappies, we used a timer to help us both remember to use the potty. We started with every 45 minutes and, as I could see he was needing to go less, gradually increased the time. Eventually, he would tell me he needed to go before the timer went off, or say he didn't need to when it did. Then we'd set the timer for another half an hour and try again. -- Beth 

Set up target practice

We put a flushable item, such as confetti, in the toilet. (You can also use shaving cream or coloured ice cubes.) The game for our son was to aim and shoot. Rewards were based on accuracy. It was fun and challenging, and did wonders for his precision! With poos, we told him the game was to send in the backup troops (no pun intended) to finish the job with torpedoes. I doubt this would work with girls, but Alex took less than a week to be fully potty-trained. -- Roxanne A. 

Make her feel proud

With my daughter, I tried to give her lots and lots of praise: 'What a big-girl thing to do!', 'You must be very proud of yourself', 'Do you want to call Granny to tell her?', 'Give me a high five!' and so on. -- Kirsten 

Surprise, surprise!

Our daughter wasn't very consistent with potty training until we introduced the surprise bag. We got a load of inexpensive toys and stickers and put them in a colourful gift bag. Every time she used the potty, we would clap and let her pick one surprise out of the bag. We kept it up for about a week and a half, and when the surprises ran out she just kept on using the potty. We kept up the clapping and praise, and she quickly forgot the surprise bag. I can honestly say that potty training was painless and quick, and I plan to use this method again with my next child. -- Lottie 

Put your child in charge

When my 18-month-old started going into the bathroom and closing the door, I knew she was ready to potty train. I would let her go in and use her potty, dump it into the big toilet, and put it up in the sink for me to rinse out. -- Katherine 

Flushing fun

I began potty training my first child at about 20 months and am now in the process of training our second. One excellent incentive is letting them flush away the contents of the potty if they go. You need to establish a rule that this is the only time they get to flush the toilet. This is a simple and easy reward, and develops a good habit. -- Deanne Collins 

Sitting solution

We put our son Nick on the toilet backwards. The potty-chair was too hard for him to use and my mother came up with the idea of putting him straight onto the toilet, but backwards (she did it with my brother when he was little). That way he automatically aimed in the right place, and he had the back of the toilet to hold on to. He could also do a poo that way, too. He thought it was such fun he wanted to do it all the time. It took about a month to get the hang of it, and now he's happily standing up to do his wees. -- Melissa 

The underpants ploy

I let my son choose some pants with his favourite character, Thomas the Tank Engine, on them. Then I told him not to get Thomas wet. It worked really well! -- Maria Galli 

No more nappies

My daughter tortured me for months, using the potty successfully one day, then demanding nappies the next. Finally I told her that the pack of nappies we had just bought was the last, and I wasn't buying any more. I then bought some reusable training pants from the Internet. When we got down to the last few nappies, I again emphasised that they were the last and, when they were gone, there wouldn't be any more. We then went to the training pants (with disposable ones at night). She had a few accidents the first week and has been trained ever since! -- Emily 

The right clothes

A little trick with girls: I put my daughter in dresses for about three weeks while we were potty training. It was easier for her to get ready for the potty and allowed for quick decisions when she was in the middle of playing. -- Lisa 

Give up to get results

Our daughter Rachel was two and a half when we finally got her trained. We tried everything in the book. She wanted to wear knickers, but not go to the potty. Finally we said, "Go ahead and do what you want". Two days later, she started using the potty on her own, with no encouragement from us! -- Nat

All this tips actually worked for her

in 2 days time i managed to potty train her

ada la 2 kali terlepas, sekali dlm kereta and sekali kat hall

Alhamdulillah, sekarang dah boleh pergi toilet sendiri

and even tido pun tak pakai diapers

after this nak train Maryam pulak cepat-cepat :)

So, mommys out there

how you potty train your child?