Potty training: encourage your child

At first, accidents can be frequent. He is playing and does not think of stopping, he forgets that this strange sensation he feels is the signal to go on the potty, or quite simply, he did not arrive on time. At first, the child often asks for the potty when he has already started to defecate. In any case, you have to be patient and encourage it. Let him know that you know he didn’t do it on purpose. Renew your trust in him and help him not to lose his. Also, be aware that cleanliness cannot be acquired all at once. A child can relapse even after a few days of complete control. Just as a child who begins to walk falls from time to time, a child who begins to be potty can forget himself. Above all, don’t get angry – who would argue with a falling child? -, but to comfort and encourage him. We must also be attentive to the message that a child may want to convey: the birth of a little brother, the absence of a parent, the return from vacation are all opportunities for him to ask for a little more. attention and it happens that he uses this means to do it! Emphasize his successes and invite him to “fix”: let him undress and give him clean clothes to get dressed..

Don’t applaud your child every time they do in the potty

We must recognize that very often mothers are more stressed than their children about cleanliness. The temptation is great, at the slightest success, to make tons. Better to avoid! The child would quickly see what stake this represents for you and might be tempted to play it a little bit! A moderate but encouraging attitude is what will best help him to pass the course. Likewise, your reactions must show him that peeing or pooping in the pot is not a miracle but a daily, simple and natural gesture. You must also put words on this act and explain precisely what it is for and why we are obliged to do it: when we eat, the body keeps everything it needs to live and be in good health, and rejects what it does not need in urine and stool.

Promote cleanliness

In the family, at the nursery or among friends, your child meets children of his age who are perhaps more advanced than him. Don’t hesitate to promote it without demeaning it. Show her all the benefits of going out of diapers and explain to her what it will do for her. Doing positive reinforcement will undoubtedly make him want to do it in turn.