How to Not Potty Train Your Child

Potty training is one of the most controversial times in a child's and parent's life. A parent knows their child and the child just does not want to give up the diapers. Moving from diapers to the potty is more about what not to do.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Blue toilet tabs
• Potty seat

1. Open the door. It is important for your toddler to know what using the potty looks like. Through repetition, toddlers tend to learn more than through verbal communication alone. Allowing your toddler into the bathroom while you use the potty will teach them more than you ever could.

2. Introduce the potty seat. The toilet is a large hole filled with water. Everything in the water ends up swirling like a tornado and disappearing, never to be seen again. These concepts are truly scary to a toddler. Placing the potty seat on the toilet whenever it is not in use, will make that vast hole all the more manageable for your toddler' s mind.

3. Make things fun. Add blue cleaning tabs to the tank of your toilet. After using the potty to pee, show your toddler that the blue water changed color. This turns peeing in the potty into a game that is fun and exciting. Before long, your toddler will want to change the color of the water too.

4. Be patient. Toilet or potty training is the easiest thing in the world if you are just patient. Let your toddler come to you when they are ready, never place your toddler on the seat for long periods of time hoping to catch a movement. Your toddler will know when they want to leave the diapers behind and then tell you. Out of four children, I have never potty trained one. They all potty trained themselves.

Tips & Warnings

• Children will move at their own pace.
• No child ever started school in diapers.
• Never force a child to use the potty.
• Never use negative language pertaining to accidents.

[LonnaLight]

on 12/10/2007 Excellent advice in my opinion! I have raised five children and helped raise 2 grandchildren through the potty training stage. Each child is different. And I do know the more you push it or fret over it the harder is is on both parent(or grandparent)and child!