Posted by Jacques on Feb 4, 2009 in Parenting, Potty training | 0 comments
You will definitely know when your toddler is growing up and this is when they make the big step out of nappies into pants. Further more, a toddler’s brain will need to develop well enough to control their bowel and bladder and believe me this doesn’t happen over night, but will start from as early as 18 to 36 months.
The social pressure to train your toddler can be intense; the physical and emotional conditions need to be in place, but until then there is nothing really to speed up this process. First of all your child’s nerve pathways from their bladder to their brain need to be fully mature. This meaning they will need to realize that they are beginning to wee or poo. Still they won’t be able to predict when they need to empty their bladder or bowel, this may take time for them to familiarize them with the feeling of needing to let go and have the physical control to hang on. This indeed happens by two and a half years or sometimes a lot earlier.
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Make potty training fun. Never force your child to sit on a potty or insist sitting on the toilet when they had enough. Obviously there is no harm in encouraging them too. 😉 Many times this just sparks as interest. You could try the following:
If your child have repeated accidents, put them back on nappies for a few days. Do not be angry at your child’s progress, this might just delay the training even longer and why the hurry, your toddler will get there in her/his own time. 🙂 Good Luck!!