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The Potty Training Treasure Chest

jenferguson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:59:37 +0000

Everyone loves a treasure chest and most kids will do

almost anything to go to the treasure chest. Take for

instance I tried to bribe my kids with money to clean

their room. It worked for a week or so but it soon

dwindled. So we implemented the use of the treasure chest in our home. My

children are a cleanest kids in the world now. Well maybe not the cleanest

but they are getting there

So with this whole potty training business approaching I thought what a great idea it would be to have a potty training treasure chest.

After all I am going to need some potty training rewards.

So I put together some items that I think my son is going to love and I hope in the process you will find some great goodies for your little one too.

Every treasure chest has to have some sort of potty chart in it. Here are a few options…

More potty sticker options can be found with a variety of characters to please any little new potty training participant.

There are also instructional potty books that will serve a dual purpose. They are a reward and an instructional tool all at the same time!

And with the Caillou products you can by the toilet seat and book combo displayed below.

If you need to concentrate more on the poop side of things there are books books for children as well with the well known and loved book Everyone Poops.

Besides reading it seem that most children enjoy sticking stickers on anything and everything.

The next product will be perfect for them. You can put toilet decals and appliques in their treasure chest and watch your proud child decorate the potty.

Keep it Simple When it Come to Potty Training!

jenferguson — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:10:33 +0000

When it comes to potty training I think many parents just don’t know where to start. It is hard to know how to connect with your child to “get through” if you will.

Then there is always the argument what if he or she just doesn’t understand.

I have a wonderful little almost 2 year old little boy who told me yesterday that he pooped. Which was great but then he went to go hide because he didn’t want me to change him.

So now we are about to embark on the task of getting the poop in the toilet.

This should be fun!!!

I have tried different approaches with my 3 other children. Then it dawned on me…of course I used a different approach because there are three different types of learners.

Visual Learners – So these are the learners who like to see things and picture things in their head as they are thinking about it.

Auditory Learners – These are the learners that learn by hearing

Kinesthetic & Tactile Learners – These are the learners who have to feel, hold, and touch to learn

My son, I am pretty sure, is the Kinesthetic learner who is going to need some thing to do to get the idea of potty training into his little head.

So my friend turned me onto a book titled Potty Training in One Day by Narmin Parpia.

The book is an easy read which is good for me because I have an attention span of a fly. I guess I am that hands on learner as well because I would much rather be doing instead of reading…go figure.

This book also introduces the Potty Scotty or PottyPatty training dolls.

These dolls drink an wet-on-demand. The best part for me is that I am going to be able to model with the help of this doll to help my son get the concept.

We have some major events going on so the process will not start for the next two weeks but I am going to get all of my supplies to go with this great informational book.

Hooray for Labor Day and the search for a Bathroom!

jenferguson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:10:00 +0000

So the million dollar question is does this look familiar?

Picture this if you may, 1 minivan, a anxious Mommy and Daddy and 3 very bathroom happy little children.

The only problem was there was no bathroom for miles. This did not pose a problem for the over confident boys in the car who have no fear and will make nature the own private restroom.

But for the little girl…OMG…

We needed a toilet and we needed a toilet right now!

Luckily, I had a friend who gave me a travel potty, but not just any travel potty. This one was disposable so I did not have to clean up anything.

One of the best parts of this resolution is that this product is biodegradable so it is earth friendly!!

So don’t be caught with a mess on your hands, get your very own disposable potty and be done with the search for the missing bathroom!

The Nightmare of the Public Potty

jenferguson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:05:26 +0000

All too often the sight of the dreaded public

potty is going to bring on the no way mentality in a child.

Have you seen the size of the hole in that toilet?

It’s going to swallow me if I sit on it….

So here is the remedy to the horrid public toilet.

It is the folding travel potty seat. There are several varieties of the toilet seat to

suite your little king or queen so they can happily sit upon the public throne.

The best part of these seats is that you can keep them sanitized and in your

diaper bag neatly folded up so that any public restroom can be transformed into

a safe little restroom for your little king or queen!

Rosemond on Potty Training

Narmin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:19:45 +0000

In June of 1997 – John Rosemond revealed the secrets of quick-and-easy toilet training.

He starts off by saying that successful potty training needs to start with touch of dry humor.

Rosemond suggests that a typical child is ready to be potty trained between the ages of 24 and 30 months and it is definitely in a child’s best interest that he or she be toilet-trained as soon as he is ready. (See Signs of Potty Training Readiness).

He suggest that missing your child’s potty readiness signals or starting too early can cause problems.

He also talks about the current trend is to wait until the child potty trains him / herself (see the Child Oriented Potty Training Method) and suggest that all this does is benefits manufacturers of disposable diapers and professionals who charge to help parents toilet-train reluctant 3- and 4-year-olds. It does not benefit children.

Rosemond says that a child does not know when he is ready to be potty trained; however he will exhibit signs of potty training readiness, and it is upto the parents to recognize these signs!

John Rosemond makes it simple and suggest that there are only TWO signs of readiness:

1. The child begins to show an interest in the toilet – wants to watch other people using it, wants to flush, asks questions about it.

2. The child’s diapers are dry for upward of 3 to 4 hours at a stretch during the day, after naps, and sometimes even in the morning.

When these signs emerge, the parents should tell their child that they are no longer going to wear a diaper during the day, only at night. The parent should also tell the child the pee and poo should go in the potty. Period.

The parents should follow this with a training session i.e. show your child which potty he is going to use. Show him/her how to position him/herself appropriately. Then, demonstrate.

The parents should not pressure the child to use the potty. If your child chooses to use the potty, great. Acknowledge it by saying something like "Think you’ve got it? Good! Remember, put your squeegee and boopah here from now on. Tell me if you need help."

According to John Rosemond, the next part is the hardest part for most parents. He suggests that if you want to potty train your child in the shortest time frame, then do not have your child wear any clothing below the waist until the training is complete.

It will mean cleaning up accidents, but it cuts the training time in half. According to Rosemond, young children will tolerate wet, messy diapers, but they don’t like "stuff" running down their legs.

He also tells parents to be firm when they sense their child has to go potty. Do not hover over your child asking, "Do you have to go? Huh? Huh? Come on, let’s just give it a try, OK?". He suggests that this is a sure prescriptions for a lot of resistance, as a two year toddler has great potential for stubborness. He suggest that you give a firm unambiguous prompt, as in, "You need to use the potty. Let’s go."

When you child has potty accidents, just say that it is OK to have accidents when learning and remind your child that the next time he should pee and poo in the potty. Rosemond also suggests having your child help you clean up the accident.

Having a set schedule for using the toilet is "required" of everyone in the family. For example after meal time annouce that it’s time for everyone to use the potty and ask you child is he would like to go first or would he like to go after Dad? Regardless of your child’s answer, he is now commited to using the potty!

Dr. Phil on Potty Training

Narmin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:41:26 +0000

One of Dr. Phil’s original episodes is how to potty train your child. He is using a combination Potty Training In One Dayand Potty Party Kit. He uses a wet on demand doll to demonstrate the appropriate potty training behavior. By talking the stages through with the child, keeping the child interest and having the child "teach" the doll how to pee in the potty. By having the child "teach" the doll they are really learning themselves. I strongly recommend anyone starting potty training, find a method and be consistent! I have included a link below of a clip from that episode:

Parents Magazine’s article “It’s Potty Time!”

Narmin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:14:23 +0000

Parent’s Magazine for August 2009 featured article "Its Potty Time!"
I don’t know who wrote this article but it was awful, and not a lot of research was put into it. One "expert" is quoted saying "The fact is every child will be diaper-free eventually." Duh! How is that advice?

I have included below the most helpful parts of it below:

There are 9 signs that it’s time to start potty training:

1. He/She can easily take off all their clothes.
2. He/She asks to be changed when they are wet or poopy.
3. He/She follows you into the bathroom, ask questions, and imitates you.
4. He/She knows her body parts and the words "pee" and "poop."
5. He/She basically understands what pee and poop are, where they come from and where they belong.
6. He/She shows interest in potty training books and potty training videos.
7. He/She stay dry for at least 2 hours in a row, is dry after naps, and ideally, is poop-free overnight.
8. He/She normally stops an activity when he/she needs to poop.
9. He/She isn’t constipated.

They say "not to rush" the process. There is a lot of research that back this up. It seems we rush with everything we do these days. We rush to the store, rush home, rush to work, etc. We also, unknowingly, rush our kids to go potty. That why the summer is a great time to potty train, you can take your time and focus on them being diaper free!

Here are some parents success stories and what different they used methods:

Brandon From Ohio say he potty trained his son over a weekend by using Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day, by Teri Crane and 20 pairs of superhero underwear.

Elsa from Washington says she started potty training with her son Cameron from birth and by 18 months he was completely potty trained. Most of the rest of the world does not have the conveniences of disposable diapers. So for them, baby potty training is a necessity. If you are a stay at home parent, this method could work for you, and save you lots of money!

Jennifer from California says during the summer she used Water Diapers (and a little peer pressure) to potty train her daughter who is 28 months.

Some of their suggested "super-modern, sleek, kid-friendly potty products" are:
Potty Seat by Baby Bjorn
Potty Bench by Boon

Potty Training Resistance- What should you do?

Narmin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:18:10 +0000

What should you do if your child resists potty training?
Some tips and suggestions for you.

If you sense your child is resisting your potty training efforts, your first response should be to back off a bit and let him/her set the pace for a couple of days, thus breaking the cycle of resistance.

During this time, play detective and observe you child’s bathroom behavior to try and determine why your child is resisting.

Is this the right time to be potty training your child?

Have you selected a potty training technique that suits your child’s personality?

Next, consider your own behavior.

Is your behavior helping or hindering your child?

If you have a rather independent child and are directing him/her to use the potty, you may want to consider changing the words you use i.e. use more suggestive words instead of more directive words.

If you have a child that loves routine, you may want to set a reliable, predictable and easy to remember potty schedule such as potty right after waking up, after breakfast, after nap time, after lunch etc.

You can also try to decrease your child’s resistance by being more accepting of your child’s needs and wants even if they are standard or normal practices.

If your child wants to run the water while sitting on the toilet or wants to take off all his/her clothes before sitting on the potty, let him/her do it.

When your child sees that you are accepting of his/her needs, s/he may be more responsive to your efforts.

Last, but not least, consider the possibility that despite the initial apprearances, your child is not ready to be potty trained at this point and time.

Wait a few weeks or a few months and try again.

Help My Child Is Having Potty Regression!!

Narmin — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:16:36 +0000

You feel like you was on the right track. You child was finally going to the potty and the suddenly stops and is having accidents all the time. You ask yourself, why? Let’s start by asking your child why and see if he or she will tell you. But your child doesn’t seem to want to open up or they say they don’t know now start to think about all the things that could have change in the last couple of weeks that could have caused stress to your child and is now having them regress to this behavior.

So you say nothing has changed so that can’t be it now lets see if your child will talk to you about maybe there was a moment where your child was constipated and experienced a painful BM which is causing them to not want to go to the bathroom at all.

If that doesn’t seem to be the case next think about the last time your child had an accident, how did you react? Did you make your child feel shameful and guilty? This type of negative reinforcement will lead to your child having accidents and not telling you because they do not want to be shamed again. So you think back, nope, didn’t shame them have been very positive so what’s next.

Well your child might just be to busy to stop and go to the bathroom some children are so engrossed in their cartoons or games that they do not want to stop and go to the bathroom. So in this situation you have to remind them to go if you feel they need to be going. Other children, if they have siblings, might feel like if they leave their toy it will be taken or something will happen to it while they are gone.

If this is the case reassure your child that you will watch it while they go to the bathroom and assure them that any time they need to go their toy or project will be there when they get back. The most important thing to remember is to always stay positive and your child will come around.

Poop Diapers – Scoop on poop diapers!

Narmin — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:39:00 +0000

With the swim season fast upon us, it is time to take trip to the store or go online to purchase poop diapers or swim diapers!

So for moms who are not familiar with swim diapers – what exactly are swim diapers or poop diapers?

A swim diaper will contain the bowel movement when your baby or toddler has a poop accident while in the swimming pool.

So, for potty training preschoolers, a poop diaper or a swim diaper is a must. "Code Brown" at the swimming pool means EVERYONE has to get out of the pool This is because E.Coli bacteria can be spread through fecal matter.

There are basically two types of swim diapers – the disposable swim diapers and the reuseable swim diapers.

Swim diapers ONLY contain bowel movements. They will not contain urine or a pee accident. The disposable swim diaper does NOT have the water absorbing crystals found in disposable diapers. The reusable swim diapers do not contain any extra padding for urine absorption.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS for Poop Diapers or Swim Diaper.

For disposable swim diapers, we have to go with good housekeeping and recommend the Little Swimmers.

For reuseable swim diapers, we comment iplay’s swim diapers.

iplay Swim Diaper – Boys iplay Swim Diaper – Girls