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 101 – Have Fun

Trust me when I say, that it is a lot easier to make baby potty training fun on both, you and your child. Become creative in your potty training technique.

Ready, Set, Go

Let’s start by letting them pick out their potty chairs by themselves. They will feel like this is their own potty chair, since they were allowed to pick it. Also let them choose, where to put it, if you have a floor model.

Potty Training special spot

Let your child choose a space in the bathroom for his things – toys to play with, books to read. Make it his special spot. This is to reinforce, that going to the bathroom should be in a specific place and not in his pants.

Good Child!

Rewards for going to the toilet, wiping, washing hands and so on still go a long way.  I have found that stickers in a book or on a potty training chart on the wall work especially well. This works best for children around the age of two or older. Younger ones prefer playtime, tickle party or a story from their favorite book. Candy rewards might not be the best of ideas.

Dolly need to go potty, too.

A potty training doll is another great idea to encourage your child to go potty. After giving the dolly the bottle, it has to go potty. Your child realizes, that there is a connection between drinking and going potty.

Make It Fun

Since there is no way around the baby potty training part in your life, make it easy and make it fun. Even though there are some challenges along the way, but persistence and creativity will always pay off.

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Watch below for a fun way of baby potty training:

Baby Potty Training – When is your child ready?

Before answering, as to when you should start with baby potty training, I need to ask you a few questions:

• How do you know when your child is ready to start reading?
• How do you know when your child is ready to start school?
• How do you know when your child is ready to start riding a bike?

The answer is you don’t.  Just as you don’t know with babies potty training.

But at one point you are going to begin teaching them.

Just think about it for a minute.

When you decide to start teaching your child how to read, what will be your deciding factor? Do you think your child will bring you a book and say “I want to start reading!”

Do you think maybe one day you will find your three year old in his/her room trying to read a book?

Chances are this is not what’s going to happen.

Most children don’t want to start reading.

Want to know why?  It’s hard work.

It’s easier not to know how to read, than it is to spend months learning the alphabet.

Don’t worry, most adults are the same way.

The majority of people don’t like learning new things.

Isn’t it true most people don’t volunteer to learn a new skill at work even though they are ready to do the work?

Why is that?

It’s uncomfortable. It’s hard work. Getting people out of their comfort zone is not easy.

From a human behavior standpoint, we are no different today than when we were kids.

So how do you know when your child is ready for baby potty training?

You don’t. The question is how do you know when you are ready toto start potty training your baby.  Only you have the answer to that question.

Keep reading and I will tell you when I decided to start potty training my baby or better babies.

It will be up to you if you want to do the same.

But first let me tell you, why the power should be in your hands.

Most psychologist will tell you to look for signs your child is ready for potty training.

Here are some of those baby potty training signs:

• The child asks you to go to the bathroom.
• The child wakes up dry.
• The child does the pee pee dance (holding it and wiggling).
• The child takes off their diaper.
• The child goes to the bathroom themselves.
• The child hides before bowel movements.

According to these signs, doesn’t it appear to you the child is already exhibiting signs of being potty trained?

I mean, if the child is waking up dry already, what more do you need?

So you can either wait for your child to show you signs, or you can be proactive.

Depending on your child, if you wait for them, they might not show you a ready sign until they are 3 years of age.

By that time you’ve lost a year of peace and tranquility that comes with a fully potty trained child.

For me the start date is really easy. The day each one of my kids turned 2 was the day they started potty training.

For me 2 years of age is the right time. Remember a 2 year old can do a lot of things.

I figure if you are smart enough to tell me no and jump off the couch, then you are smart enough to use the potty.

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