There are a few mistakes I see parents making which makes potty training more difficult then it needs to be!

Most parents don’t know they are making toilet training mistakes. In fact, they are often following potty training advice given to them by parents or friends, which is actually based on myths and wives tales. These potty training tips are simply not true and make potty training a boy or girl so much SLOWER!

6 Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Mistake #1

There are some mistakes I see parents making, which makes potty training such a lot harder than it needs to be.

Now unfortunately, the parent doesn't know they're making this error because they are following advice given to them by friends or family, which is really based on myths or old wives tales, and that they are simply not true.

Once you as a parent, know what these mistakes are and avoid making them, potty training your child goes to be so much easier.

So during this article, I'm visiting cover what those mistakes are, and what you'll do to fix them.

And ensure you stick around to my six mistake that parents make, because this one is certainly a game changer when it comes to potty training a toddler or a child.

But before we get into it, ensure you click on that free PDF document in the description box below, which covers the rest room training essentials.

the primary mistake I see parents making, is they're taking their child to the rest room way too often.

At around 18 months to 2 years of age, a child's bladder increases in size in order that they should be able to stay dry for two hours.

So, if you're taking your child to the toilet every 30 minutes, every hour and each hour and a half, what you're asking them to do, is empty a partially full bladder.

Now this is often not a skill that they have at this age, and they are not going to have it for a few years to come.

So, what you would like to do, is merely take your child to the toilet every two hours.

So, just set an alarm on your mobile , and when that alarm pops , it is time to go to the toilet.

Mistake #2

The second mistake I see parents making, is that they get their child to sit on the toilet for way too long.

Your child should only sit on the rest room for a maximum of five minutes.

which is because, we do not want sitting on the toilet or a potty to be seen as a punishment, which it are often if you make them sit on the toilet for 10, 20 minutes at a time.

Now, if your baby is sitting on the potty, watching a TV and they are on the potty for a really long time, they're not focusing on what it feels like in their body to do a wee or a poo.

And basically all you're doing is catching an accidental wee or poo.

they are not actually working on that overall skill.

So, i might only recommend that you put your little one on the toilet for a maximum of five minutes, then after that period of time, you allow them to hop off the toilet.

Mistake #3

The third mistake I often see parents making, is that they ask their child, "Do you would like to go to the toilet?" Now, this does not work for two reasons.

Firstly, your child doesn't yet know what it seems like when they need to go to the toilet.

So, if you ask that question, they are not really sure.

and therefore the second reason it doesn't work, is because you're asking them a question.

Now, visiting sit on the toilet is boring, for plenty of children they would rather play.

So if you say, "Do you would like to go to the toilet?", their response is usually going to be, "No!".

What you ought to do instead, is once you see your child showing you the signs that they need to go to the toilet, in order that they might be dancing on the spot, they could be holding their legs together, they could be holding themselves, what you'd say is, "It's toilet time.

" So you rephrase it as, "It's toilet time," not "Do you would like to go to the toilet?" Because that essentially, doesn't give them the option to say no, then they follow you to the bathroom.

Mistake #4

The fourth mistake is getting your child to try to to potty training whilst still wearing pull-ups.

Now, for your child to successfully toilet train, they have to know what it feels like to be wet.

And unfortunately pull-ups or nappies are just too good at absorbing away the moisture, and it doesn't cause your baby any discomfort.

and that they can't actually feel that wetness.

Now, if you would like to try and limit that mess, so you do not have accidental puddles all over your house, you'll think about putting undies inside the nappy or the pull-up, because then your child will still feel it's wet, then the moisture will be absorbed into the nappy.

But really the simplest approach, is simply going with training pants, otherwise you can go straight to underwear.

Mistake #5

The fifth mistake I see parents making, is overreacting to accidents.

Now, accidents are visiting happen.

Your child remains learning what those feelings are inside their body that tells them that they need to do a poo or a wee.

and that they also cannot hold it for long.

So, as soon as they get that awareness or that sensation, they have to go right then and there.

And if you do not get them there quick enough, then they're going to have accidents.

What's important to understand is that, the way you react to those accidents, can have an enormous impact on how successful potty training is.

If you're yelling or screaming at a toddler or they sensing that you're not happy with them, it can actually cause them becoming fearful of using the toilet and kind of stop that toilet training progress.

So, when your child has an accident, which they're going to do, what you would like to do, is ensure that you keep your face and body and voice really calm and neutral and just go through the processes of cleaning them up.

So, you'd do that obviously in the bathroom and just clean them up and put them in new clothing.

this may ensure that you don't inadvertently kind of encourage accidents, but also, you do not lead to your child fearing the toilet or potty training in itself.

Mistake #6 (avoiding this mistake is a game changer!)

The last mistake I see parents making all the time, is basically pushing for that poo to happen on a potty or in the toilet.

Now, it's really common for children to happily use a potty or a toilet to do wees but refuse to do poos in them.

which is something that unfortunately, we just have to respect and over time, your child will become more confident and happy to use the potty or the rest room for poos.

But if you force your baby to sit the potty or toilet until they do a poo, what it can cause , is your child holding that poo in, which then results in constipation.

And if they keep doing that, then it results in chronic constipation, and this is often something that you want to avoid at all costs because it makes toilet training so much harder.

What you'll do now is two things.

Firstly, you'll give them an alternative.

So, if they are not yet ready to use the toilet or the potty, you'd give them a nappy to use instead.

And you'd tell them that they can do a poo in the nappy, but within the bathroom where the toilet is.

And this ensures that they quite get more familiar with using that space for doing poos.

The second thing you'll do, is ensure that you set up the toilet or the potty, so it's actually going to support them when they're sitting on the toilet.

So, it's visiting be easier for them to do a poo.

and the way you do that, is ensuring that they need foot support so that their knees are higher than their hips.

And you furthermore may change the size of the toilet seat.

Potty Training