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TOILET TRAINING

This article has step-by-step instructions on how to train your child to go on the potty. My daughter did well with me letting her be in control. I would let her sit on the potty with her clothes on and sometimes I just kept the potty seat in the playroom with her butt-naked. It worked, she was trained by 2 1/2. Right before her little brother came, thank God!
How To Potty Train Your Child

Here is a good one!
Infant Potty Method

Have you ever wondered how mothers managed without diapers in the past or how families toilet train in different cultures? I found out that there is a window of learning (sensitive period) open from birth until the age of 4-5 months and that some babies remain receptive beyond this age.

I learned about infant pottying when my third child was just a few months old. I knew that I didn’t want go the full-time-diaper route again and was delighted to find a gentle and natural alternative that worked well for us.

The basics of infant pottying involve learning your infant’s elimination body language, timing, patterns (in relation to feeding and waking) and vocalizations. In addition, many mothers instinctively or intuitively know when their babies need to go.

The first hurdle is overcoming our doubts and fears. The Western world has been indoctrinated to reject any form of early toilet learning. Our doubts stem from "medlore"– maturational readiness theories which are based on opinion and commercialism rather than scientific proof. By changing our attitude from skepticism to recognizing our babies’ amazing abilities, we open new doors.

Our fears of psychological damage are based on old psychology relating to a different toilet training method used in the 1920s–1940s. But with infant pottying, timing is based on baby’s natural rhythms and on communication between mother and baby. There is absolutely no punishment, anger or coercion involved. It is a gentle, baby-led approach. Click here to read how to do this: http://www.timl.com/ipt

Click here for a book on this topic: http://www.White-Boucke.com/ifpt.html

Or check/ask your library for these books by Laurie Boucke: Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living (2002) Infant Potty Basics: With or Without Diapers ... the Natural Way (2003)

Here's a great little article of one mom's experience training her son. She used a timer and it worked for her. I think that is a great idea. I didn't use it for my daughter but I will try it with my son when he is of age.
Potty Adventure: One Mom's Adventure

Here's an article for you mom's with a special needs child.
It's very informative.
10 Steps to Toilet Training Your Developmentally Delayed Child


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Dr. Phil says use a doll that wets - Dr. Phil, the nationally syndicated life strategist, recently had a television show totally devoted to the subject of potty training. On this particular show, he describes a process to quickly and easily potty train your child.

How to Potty Train - The five potty training methods - There are many different ways to potty train your toddler. At last count, I had found 35 different books for parents on potty training and I own most of those books. Based on my research and understanding, I break HOW to potty train down into the following five methods.

Infant Potty Training - Have you ever thought about how babies were toilet trained in the days before diapers? Or how they are potty trained today in places without diapers? There is a growing community of mothers who are using infant potty training (IPT) with their babies, a method similar to the way mothers around the world have been handling the elimination issue for centuries.

Free Potty Training Charts - Free Potty Training Certificates - Download and print these free potty training charts. Stickers or markers can be used to give your child a reward.