Potty/toilet-training

This is easier than I thought.  But the beginning was a little bit tough.  Once my girl got the hang of it, she knew what to do.  And it became a habit after that.

Few months back, I wanted to start potty/toilet training.  I got the necessary equipment.  One potty upstairs and one potty downstairs, toddler toilet seat for downstairs and was ready to go.

But after few attempts, my girl was completely turned off by the potty.  The moment I asked her to take out her pants to sit on the potty, she would cry and throw tantrums.  So, we stopped completely and back to diaper.

I traced back my mistakes and realised me and my parents made these mistakes:

1.  Frustrated when she made accidents - This was me.  Natural reaction when she peed in her pants or on the floor.  Never ever do this.

2. Threaten her - My mom love to do this.  She would tell my daughter if she pee in the potty, then she can go out, or can eat candy or what not.  And if she didn't pee in the potty, my mom would threaten her and said no to anything she wants to do.  Please don't do this.  Never encourage your child with tit for tat.  Then they would grow up hoping something in return if they did something well.  I am trying to learn from this too as I was brought up the same way.

After few months of taking a break from potty training, I tried again in a gentler manner this time, reminding myself not to repeat the same mistakes to turn her off.  

One fine day, I just told her to pee pee in the potty.  She said ok.  She sat there and did No.1.  I praised her immediately and gave her a kiss and a sweet.  

On the same day, she peed few times in the potty and there were some misses as well.  Instead of reprimanding her, I just told her nicely that it's ok, but please pee in the potty, not on the floor. She said ok.

After bathing her, I explained to her that her friend is already not wearing diaper.  She knows who is this friend and said she doesn't want to wear diaper too.

So that day, she was doing great.  But I was still very careful and put the diaper on her when she naps.  We still haven't tried night time potty training yet.

Now, she manages to do No.1 and No.2 on her own.  But only day time and when out and about or napping and sleeping, she will be on diaper.  

Now she knows how to hold and when to go.  And when she did it correctly, we would reward her and praise her.

I am still not confident to do night potty training yet.  Although I got the rubber mat, etc, but still not confident yet.  Diaper seems to be easier.

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