Baby Potty Training vs. Potty Training Toddlers

Hi, Maria here,

this is my personal story on how I potty trained my kids as well as a review of baby potty training also known as infant potty training.

Why am I writing this? Well, browsing through the net, I realized, that there are not a lot of real reviews around, that show you the pros and cons of baby potty training vs. toddler potty training.

So I thought, I’d write write one real quick, to help any of you, who are in the same position I was.

Toddler Potty Training

I started potty training with all of my kids around the age of 2. It worked really well with both of my boys, but my youngest, a girl, gave me some major trouble.

After our pre potty training phase followed by the actual potty training, she still  refused to use the potty at all. So I waited another 6 weeks or so and tried it again. She still did not want to use the toilet. I had bought a cute musical potty chair and a bunch of other potty training products. Nothing seemed to work. She remained stubborn, and I was at my wits end.

I started researching online and stumbled across a website, that claimed, they could help to potty train even difficult children.

So I thought I’d give it a try.

They offered an audio potty training guide, accompanied by an e-book and potty training wall charts.

After listening to the audios and reading the book, I decided to give the potty training issue another try.

I followed the guide to the word and low and behold, I had my little angel cooperating, finally.

The one thing, that impressed and helped me the most was their way of helping me to deal with my daughter’s resistance.

Check out their website by clicking right HERE.

I had thought I know everything about baby potty training, boy was I wrong.

I learned so much from Katherine and Wayne, the owners of the site, and I am eternally grateful.

Click HERE, to sign up for their FREE potty training newsletter, with a lot of helpful articles on getting started potty training your little rascal.

Baby Potty Training

Also known as infant potty training, is quite a different story.

Here you are introducing your baby to the potty at a very early age usually before they are 6 months old.

You do this by figuring out the typical signs or gestures your baby shows before eliminating.  Once your baby shows those signs,  hold him gently over a toilet or a potty.

Since I don’t have any real experience in that field, I gathered some information from people I know, that tried it as well as around the net.

I stumbled across a website here, that promotes a baby potty training kit, the so called baby signs program. You can check it out by clicking HERE.

The pros:

• You bond better with your baby. As you are constantly watching it for signs it brings you closer to your baby.
• It is more comfortable for your baby, no diaper rush
• It reduces diaper waste and also the costs of buying diapers.
• It’s more natural

The cons:

• It takes a lot of time and dedication, so if you are working even just part time, or you have more than 1 child, it can be very challenging
• Expect set backs. Forums are full of notes from parents who find the process difficult and exasperating. A lot of babies use the potty for a while and then keep going back to having accidents; or they just eliminate with no signal at all. Some of them even stop having bowel movements.
• Be prepared for messes. Even though advocates say, that this method is less messy than diapers, you’ll need to be ready with cleaning materials, because sometimes your baby’s signals don’t work well or not at all.

Feel free to check out the baby signs website by clicking HERE.

My personal opinion after having read a couple of  forum posts and even talked to 2 other moms, who both gave up after a few weeks, it’s not worth the trouble.

Potty training a toddler as opposed to a baby potty training seems to me like a snap, especially if you follow the guide from Katherine and Wayne.

Toddler Potty Training Tips:

http://www.babypottytraininginfo.com/tips

Baby Potty Training:

http://www.babypottytraininginfo.com/babysigns

In the end, the decision has to be yours.

Baby Boy Potty Training

Does potty training boys take longer?

Let me put it this way:  According to statistics the answer is a clear yes. But when it comes to answer the question as to why baby potty training  for boys takes longer than for girls, the answer is not quite so easy.

One of the reasons might be, that is has to do something with the fact, that boys are usually potty trained by their mom’s, so they don’t have the imitation effect here. Since imitation is the key to your baby potty training success, this explanation makes perfectly sense.

It might also have something to do with boys maturing slower than girls.

Another reason would be , that it is a little bit harder to learn how to go potty standing up. They most likely begin by sitting, but eventually they’ll have to learn how to properly use the toilet standing up.

How Can I get my baby boy to pee standing up?

When you start with your baby boy potty training, it is a good idea to teach them to sit down at first. Why you ask?

First, because they will probably have a bowel movement at the same time they have to pee.   Also, they can focus better on the task at hand, which is to pee, it might confuse them having to pee and at the same time having to aim.

However, some boys do want to begin their potty training standing up. So let them stand up, if they want to.

In this case, if you are a mom, who will be potty training your son, try to make sure he has a male role model to show him how it works before you start teaching him how to pee standing up. This is simply the best way for your son, to watch first hand what he has to do. After that, you can ask him to try it out for himself in the potty.

Note to parents: If you are interested in an easy baby potty training method, that is going to work for both boys and girls – a potty training guide that will help you potty train your little boy or girl in only 3 days, then learn more about the Potty Training Method in 1-3 days by clicking HERE.

Potty Training Chairs and Potty Products

Baby potty training is hard enough for some parents, but having to choose from a wide range of potty chairs, toilet training seat and other potty products does not make it any easier.

Below you’ll find some helpful tips on choosing the right baby potty training equipment.

Basic Potty Chairs

I had my kids pick out a potty chair, weird thing is, except for my daughter, none of the boys ever used it. But I always felt, we should have one, just in case. It is also the cheapest solution to keep your budget in mind.

The Deluxe Potty Chairs

These are the fancy ones, my daughter picked one that played a little song everytime she went potty. Some of them nowadays make flushing sounds and they come in all kinds of shapes. It is not a bad idea to get one of those potty chairs, since you want your kids to have fun, while they get used to the baby potty training procedure.

Toilet Training Seat Covers

My boys did not like those, but my daughter had a pink one with princesses on it and she loved it and used it for the longest time. Those toilet training seat covers go over the toilet seat making the hole smaller. This is especially useful, if you have a child, that is afraid of falling in and being flushed away. They also come in fun patterns, so getting one is not a bad idea, just in case.

Training Urinals

They are really cool. These training urinals are great to help potty train little boys as they work the same as the urinals they will find in public restrooms. They have some that even flush.

Travel Potty Chairs

If you are on the road a lot or your child has a hard time using public restrooms,  it might be a good idea, to get one of those. Travel potty chairs are perfect to take along with you when you are traveling. These potty chairs are on the smaller side, usually light & portable and include disposable bags & liners for ease of use when on the go.

Think about what makes the most sense to you and check out all kinds of potty chairs and other potty training products by clicking right here.

They have a great selection and every once in a while a sale of up to 70% OFF.