How and when to accustom a child to a pot

"How and when to teach the child to the pot? Why do some parents teach the child to the pot easily and quickly, and someone does not? ". Such questions are asked by all mothers and fathers. After reading the literature, parents know approximately when the babies begin to sit, crawl, get up, talk, but the timing when it is better to accustom the child to the pot, is very blurred. Some parents try to teach the child to go to a pot at an early age to avoid the hassle with washing, to reduce the cost of buying diapers, and some are let loose so that their child will independently show interest in the pot.

When to accustom to the pot of the child

There are different opinions about when to accustom a child to a pot: some believe that once the child has learned to sit right away, you need to put it on a pot, and someone believes that in two years with the child it will be easier to negotiate and "make friends" with it Pot. Those who begin to teach the child from an early age experience more trouble with the baby, because a six-month-old child can not yet control the process of urination.

If you decide for yourself that you will accustom your child to a pot with half a year, then it is necessary from the first days of life when the kid starts to write or croak, to sentence "pis-pis-pis" or "ah-ah." Thus, the child will learn to tell you about his needs. Controlling your urination baby will learn only by the year, so accustoming the baby to the pot, be prepared that he will sometimes have "accidents".

Most often, children, up to a year, striving for independence, rebel against coercion and prohibition. A pot is not an exception. Child psychologists say that the child deliberately sits on the pot at the age of one and a half years. Therefore, to introduce the baby to the pot can be a year, and begin to accustom the child to a pot closer to a year and a half.

If all attempts before the age of two children were in vain, try again, but change the tactics of instruction. For example, since the baby already understands speech perfectly, try to negotiate with him. Of course, all figures are approximate, since all children are individual and develop differently. To understand when to accustom a child to a pot, be guided by his behavior, and you will see the very moment when you need to act.

How to teach a child to a pot

So, having understood, when to accustom the child to the pot, and having waited for this moment, it is necessary to act immediately. If the baby is not accustomed to diapers, then the learning process will be much easier than that of the children who are accustomed to them. How to teach a child to a pot:

1. During the day do not wear baby diapers. If you accustom your child in the warm season, then let the baby run naked around the apartment. Give him time to study and explore his body, see the process of bowel movement and urination.
2. If there are older children who already use the pot for the intended purpose, then ask them to demonstrate by personal example what it should be used for.
3. Keep the pot on the floor within reach of the baby, so that the baby can sit on it whenever necessary. If the child is naked, there will be no need for taking off his clothes.
4. Put the baby on the pot, distract him with toys and books, and you at this time say: "letter-letter-letter" or "ah-ah." If the child does not want to sit, do not force it. Conversely, do not allow the child to play with the pot, otherwise it will not learn to use it for a long time.
5. Accustoming the child to the pot, say in the ear all your actions: "take a pot", "open it", "sit down on a pot", "write", "dress panties", "take out a pot", "my pot", "cover with a lid Him, "" put in place. " And then the child will perceive going to the pot as a kind of game, which he must properly perform.
6. At the age of one year, children go to the toilet "small" on average every 15-20 minutes. Therefore, offer the child to sit on the pot, saying: "Baby, let's pee (poke) in the pot. We need a pot for you to write and kakal to it. Where can you pee and poke? That's right, in the pot! "
7. If the child still "naprudil" on the floor, then do not scold him. Just express your disappointment. The kid will understand that he has upset you, and will try the next time to fix his need in a pot. If, on the contrary, to scold a child, then the pot will have a feeling of disgust, which will greatly increase the process of training.
8. After the child used the pot for the intended purpose, smile at him, praise him and stroke his head. And then he will remember the pleasant emotions of using the pot.
9. To offer a pot should be before each sleep, and also after a dream, after a meal, before a walk and after a walk.
10. There are situations when the baby has played and could not control the process of urination. Do not scold him, quietly wipe the puddle, showing him his distress from the situation. And also "failure" with the pot can occur during the illness of the child and when the teeth are cut.
11. Accustoming a child to sleep without a diaper, it is worth about 2-3 times a night to lift the baby, so he pissed on the pot. Periodicity of time you will understand yourself. This is necessary for a short time, then the baby will learn to endure all night, provided that he pissed before going to bed. To not perestilat completely at night completely bed, you can make a bed with disposable absorbent diapers and then you can quickly clean up the consequences of the "accident" without giving the child discomfort.
12. It is better to learn to walk without a diaper in the warm season. If the child pee, do not scold him, because he already feels unpleasant sensations from wet panties. Calmly change it and offer him the next time he wants to use the toilet as a game: water the grass or the tree. And also on the street regularly ask the child about whether the kid wants to pee.

Be tolerant and you will succeed!