Parenting Children

By far the hardest part of parenting so far has been potty training my twins. It would have gone a lot easier if I trained them one at a time instead of together. Potty training will go a lot easier if your child is ready and you can see if your child is ready with the readiness quiz I have below.

If you feel like your child is ready, begin incorporating potty training into your child’s daily life. Bring your child with you as you use the toilet, and explain what you are doing, narrating the process. Encourage her to do things on her own like put on her own clothes, pick out her coat etc. Go to the library and read potty books and take out potty movies. Watch them together and explain what he is seeing.

When you are ready, buy a potty chair. You may also want to use pull ups that have a wetness liner so they can feel when they are wet, or training pants and easy pull up pants are a must. Let your child sit on the potty with his clothes on or while watching TV or reading a book. Get her get used to sitting on the potty. Then create a potty routine, sitting on the potty at certain times, when they wake up, after meals etc.
Praise him when he goes, celebrate, even offer a reward. Do not scold if a child has an accident, they are just learning and there will be accidents.
If your child has a noticeable behavior differences while training or if you find yourself getting frustrated with the process, stop, take a break and start again in a couple of weeks. You have to be patient, it may take some time before they can go to the bathroom all the time independently.

Take this quiz to find out if your child is ready to be potty trained:
1. My child needs to be changed
a) Every two hours
b) It varies
c) Every three hours or more
2. When I read to my child she
a) Ignores me and does something else
b)sometimes listens
c) sits and listens to the story
3. My toddler is independent and wants to do it all by herself
a)Never
b)sometimes
c)All the time
4. I can tell when my child is going in her diaper
a)Never
b)sometimes
c)Most of the time
5. My child communicates with me
a)hardly, I have to guess what he needs
b)Can get her point across to me
c)has a good vocabulary and easily communicated his needs

If most of your answers are
a: wait and try again taking the quiz again in a month of two
b: time to get ready to potty train, get out the books, the dvds and the pullups.
c: Time to start! Good luck and remain patient!

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