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Potty Training Strategies and Routines for Potty Training Success
Anneliese Johnson, M.S. Samantha Peterson, M.S.
A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning Schoenbaum Family Center
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Introduction
• Welcome! • What do you hope to learn today?
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Objectives • When to start potty training • How long the process might take • Identify child readiness indicators • Circumstances that affect a child’s readiness • Strategies and tips for successful potty training • Daytime versus night time dryness and bedwetting • Common challenges to potty training
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What does it mean to be potty trained?
• A child who is toilet trained:
o gets their clothes on and off to use the potty,
o routinely pees and poops in the toilet, and
o initiates the whole thing themselves without reminders
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“If you turn it into a battle of wills, then the parent is going
to lose.”
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When should potty training start? Is age an indicator of readiness?
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Is your child showing signs of readiness? Indicators: • Developmental skills
o sitting, walking, fine motor, imitation • Child interest • Night time habits • Knowledge of wetness or bowel
movement • Ability to follow directions • Consistent dry diapers • Self-help skills • Independence • Language/communication skills
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Factors that Influence Readiness • Changes in the child’s
household • Changes in the child’s
school • Is the child in a negative
phase? • Are YOU ready to begin
the toilet learning process?
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Tips for Success
• Tools and Equipment (potty chairs, pullups, potty seats
• Physical & Emotional Environments
• Trips/car rides • Boys vs. Girls
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Strategies & Tips for Success
• Starting early with self-help skills • Keep a record • Dress for success • Offering a choice • Establish a routine • Set a timer • Arrange the bathroom space • Consistency is KEY! • Reassurance and acceptance • Encouragement not rewards
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Dress for Success Clothing that makes potty training difficult… • Bib overalls • Pants with buckles, snaps, buttons • Belts • One piece outfits • Onesies • Tight fitting pants • Dresses, skirts • Tights
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Dress for Success
Clothing that children can be successful with: • Loose fitting t-shirts • Yoga/stretch pants • Sweat pants • Velcro or slip on shoes
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Common Challenges • When children are constipated • When a child regresses • Day time versus night time • When children refuse to go • When a child will use the toilet at home but not at school
(or vise versa) • Bedwetting
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• Child’s Age
Nighttime Potty Training Tips
• Consistent dry diapers • Limit drinks 1.5-2 hours before bedtime • Potty right before bed • Wake child and have them potty when you
go to bed?? • Reassurance • Accidents will happen! • Waterproof mattress pads • Layers
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Bedwetting • Common childhood condition • Bed wetting is genetic: 7 out of 10 children who wet the
bed have a family member who wet the bed. • 3 out of 4 times when someone becomes dry over night,
they are dry because they simply are able to hold their urine over night.
• One study of children who wet the bed, found that all 30 children were found to be constipated, though few demonstrated signs of constipation. 15
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Potty Training & Child Care • Consistency is KEY! • Home and school have different rules, expectations,
distractions, and limitations! • Questions to ask your child care provider include:
• What is the center’s philosophy on potty training? • When do they begin the potty training process with a child? • How will the center deal with “accidents”? • What procedures, routines, strategies and techniques will the center
NOT use?
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Questions/Comments
A Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning Schoenbaum Family Center
College of Education & Human Ecology The Ohio State University [email protected]
614-247-7488