Each day, billions of diapers are disposed. And with along with that, billions of dollars are spent on diapers. Why not introduce our child to potty-training where it would not only save us lots of money, but also helps the personal development of the child? It is a sound idea isn't it?

1. Potty Training Tips

2. What’s the Big Deal?
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Recognize the need to
Wait to eliminate
Enter the bathroom
Pull down clothing
Sit on the toilet
Eliminate in the toilet
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Use the toilet paper correctly
Pull clothing back up
Flush the toilet
Wash hands with soap
Dry hands

3. Is Your Child Ready?
Follow simple directions?
Sit in a chair for 5 minutes?
Dry for 1 ½ hours?

4. Are You Ready?
Time
Patience
Consistency

5. Let’s GO!
Determine your child’s pattern•
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Keep a record for 2 weeks
Do not change your routine during this time
Record from the time your child wakes up, every
hour if the diaper is wet, soiled, or dry
Use a chart that you only have to check wherever
you normally change diapers
This is to establish your child’s pattern of
elimination and make your job easier
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6. Checking Progress
Do We Need to Change?
Are the BM’s still around the anticipated
time?
– If yes – keep the same plan
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the focus time?
– If yes – consider altering the time
your child’s body schedule
or later than
to better match

7. Consistency
Follow the plan every day Praise
for sitting on the potty Bigger
praise for BM in the potty During
this time do not try to urine
IF your child asks to go to the potty
other times of the day it is OK
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8. Consistency
Follow the plan every day
Do not change the plan the first week
Use the same words/signs/pictures
Use the same toilet if you can.
If your child shows signs of a BM (squatting,
straining, going behind the sofa) or needing to
urinate (holding themselves, crossing legs) at
other times, go ahead and let him potty
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9. Rewards
Use rewards to increase desired behavior
Start small – for just sitting on the potty
Work up to sitting for 5 minutes
Then give for eliminating in the potty
Use immediate rewards – praise, high fives,
hugs, stickers, goldfish crackers, teddy
grahams
Have them close by (immediate)
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10. Reward or Not?
Decide ahead of time what gets reward
Make it easy to achieve
IF they do not do the behavior – do not
reward
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Quietly lead your child out of the bathroom
Do not talk about the missed reward

11. No Attention (?)
When they soil or wet their diaper/pants
quietly change them in the bathroom
Try to focus on changing without making
contact or talking to your child
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Then quietly lead them out of the bathroom
If your child is given attention for accidents
they are likely to continue

12. Picture Schedules
If your child learns better from pictures than
from words you may want to have a picture
schedule for toilet training
It should be brief but contain the information
your child needs
It could be in a book format for reading OR in
line format that you have on the bathroom
wall easily visible from the toilet
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14. Vision Impairment
• The same readiness signs apply
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Follow simple directions
Sit in a chair for 5 minutes
Stays dry for 1 ½ hours
• The same positioning tips apply
– Have a firm surface for their feet – wood bench

15. Looking With Your Hands
The child with severe vision impairment will
need to touch and feel the toilet and toilet
paper with your hands guiding them
They may need to touch the bowel movement
or urine to understand
This is ok at the beginning but should not
become a part of the regular routine
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16. Constipation
• Liquid Intake
– Most children need 1 ½ ounces of
of body weight
– Hot weather, fever, and excessive
fluid per pound
drooling can
cause that to go to 2-3 ounces per pound
Fiber Intake
– Add fiber to your child’s diet through fresh
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fruits,
vegetables, whole grains, and cooked beans

17. DAYCARE / PRESCHOOL

18. What Do They Do?
Habit Training
Token System
Potty Day

19. Habit-Training Program
Once a day (usually in the morning) the child
drinks liquid (2-4oz) prior to toileting
The child sits on the toilet until they urinate in
the toilet. (Up to 30 minutes) They may need
to stand up or walk in the bathroom a minute
If they have not urinated within 5-10 minutes
more liquid is given (8-10oz) while on the
toilet
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20. What Else?
Wait until the child urinates.
When the child starts to urinate stay quiet,
then praise them for urinating in the toilet.
IF they have an accident while they are
standing, try to catch it in a cup and put it in
the toilet. Do Not scold.
Do this once a day until they are urinating
within 2-3 minutes of getting on the potty
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21. Moving to Independent
Once your child is habit trained, teach words,
signs, or use of pictures so they can let you
know when they need to potty
Give them reminders or suggestions but do
not take them until they ask. When they have
accidents change them in the bathroom as
quietly as you can without giving attention
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22. Completing the Process
Start rewarding them for being dry during
day.
Check them throughout the day when you
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know they will be dry and give them a small
reward for being dry
As your child gets more independent, space
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23. Potty Day
Similar to the system we discussed to start
The child is taken to the potty at times during
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the day when they are most likely to go
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First at school
After lunch
After nap
• The child is given a reward for going potty

24. Night Time
When your child is successful during the day,
you may start night time training
Take your child to the potty before going to
bed, then wake them once during the night
Sit with them until they urinate (10 min only)
If they wet just before waking, begin waking
them 30 minutes early and take them directly
to the potty
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