Potty/Toilet Training - Part 1

budak yang nak kena train

Salam u all...topik hari ni ialah Potty/Toilet Train...actually dah lama dah i pasang niat nak start train sofea...tapi biasa la...dalam sehari tu sekali je i bawak dia pegi toilet...pastu sofea pun cakap takde la mommy...takde pun...pastu i pun dah malas....then bila baca or dengar cerita kawan-kawan lain yang dah berjaya train their kids, i pun jeles la kan pastu berkobar-kobar balik nak train sofea...kiranya hangat-hangat taik ayam la....lagipun i belum bersedia dari segi mental dan fizikal kalau sofea terkucil merata-rata kan...but in the same time i dah browse la dalam internet nak carik tips-tips yang berguna....ni antara yang i buat for my reference:

Toilet Training Your Child
When should I start toilet training my child?
Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.

How should I prepare my child for toilet training?
Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.

How do I teach my child to use the toilet?
After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1and a half to 2 hours.Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.Once your child has learned to use the potty chair, your child can begin using an over-the-toilet seat and a step-up stool.

How long will it take to toilet train my child?
It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training.

i hope that by umur sofea 3tahun (11th Feb 2010), at least dia dah boleh cakap la kalau dia nak wee or doo...harap-harapnye berjaya la ye...so ni benda-benda yang perlu:

• first sekali of coz la kena ada potty chair nye kan...as for me potty dah tak payah beli sebab tokbah sofea dah belikan for her 1st birthday...lama dah kan...potty sofea bentuk macam kerusi..so kalau taknak buat potty, nak buat kerusi untuk tengok tv pun boleh;-) i dah letak potty tu dalam 2nd bathroom yang senang nak access from living room, dining area, kitchen and toy room...
  
• secondly of coz la budak kecik yang nak kena train tu...kira trainee la kan...hehehe...rasanya dia dah ready...umur pun dah masuk 2thn 9bln...mulut pun macam mak nenek kan..
  
• then trainer pun mesti ready kan...on sunday tu siap tanya hubby susah tak nak cuci carpet kalau kena pee sofea...mudah-mudahan kuat la semangat i dan diberi tahap kesabaran yang tinggi;-) takut gak kalau jadik hulk kan...for the time being i train during weekend je la...kalau tahap accident kurang boleh la minta tolong maid MIL tolong train during weekdays...


• bahan-bahan bacaan untuk sofea guna masa tengah dok dalam toilet...penting jugak ni sebab lama kan nak tunggu...boring pulak minah tu karang


• rewards untuk trainee..hari tu sofea nak belon..so i dah belikan belon satu pek...ada 15 biji(kalau belon biji ke ek...hehehe)...daddy sofea jadi tukang blow sebab kalau mommy sofea yang blow harapkan pipi je yang kembung...takde la bagi semua terus...bagi satu dulu...masa i beli kan tu hubby cakap i bribe sofea...i cakap tu bukan bribe, tu reward...there's a very fine line between those words...depends on our intention kan...betul tak kawan-kawan...hehehe

rasanya tu je la kot...kalau ada tertinggal boleh tak u all tinggalkan comment:-D

so nak dijadikan cerita, on sunday tu i dah nekad nak start jugak...lepas je mandi i tak pakaikan diaper kat sofea...pakai panty je...sebab kalau pakai kan diaper, automatic i pun take for granted...masa tu dah pukul 12noon...kantoi sofea mandi lambat...hehehe...bukan selalu camtu ye kawan-kawan...sometimes je terbabas...so i pun set la every 2 hrs i bawak sofea duduk atas potty dia...susah jugak nak pujuk dia...dalam pukul 2 tu i cakap nak bagi coklat...dia pun agree la...i baca kan la story book kat dia...sambil tu dia ngomel la takde pun...takde pun....so 1st time tu memang dia tak pee...pakaikan balik panty dia...dalam pukul 3 tu i bawak lagi sebab takde kan...masa ni dia memang taknak...kebetulan dia nak belon masa tu...i pun cakap la nanti mommy beli balloon ok...dia jawab thofea nak pink balloon...oklah sofea...dia pun ikut la masuk...sama jugak takde keluar...i letak dia dalam 10minutes camtu la..sambil tu i buat la apa-apa yang patut...dengar la dia ngomel sorang-sorang...then dalam pukul 4 pujuk dia lagi...letak dia atas potty i pun keluar...tetiba dengar dia cakap ada la mommy...i pun terus la masuk bathroom...bila intai takde pun...sekali tu baru ada...masa ni muka sofea macam surprise sangat...sebab 1st time kot tengok camne air keluar kan...hahahhaha....dia terus cakap "thofea tembak square"...*dia cakap tembak sebab kat rumah i pakai kepala paip yang jenis tekan tu pastu keluar air...hubby selalu cakap kat sofea tembak air...tu yang dia cakap tembak tu...hehhehe...square tu tiles dalam bathroom...ada lah air k*nc*ng dia yang terkena kat lantai*...excited and proud sangat dia...i pun of coz la proud sangat of her....bising la dua beranak dalam bathroom tu sebab excited melampau...hehehhe....lepas dah cuci tu i pun pakaikan la diaper sebab we all nak keluar...so for 1st day succeed la kan...4 hrs diaper free and no accident ;-) tak sabar nak tunggu this saturday...2nd day of mission...kalau ok i'll update in my blog ye...kalau senyap je tu maknanya takde la tu kan...heehhee...

so mommies out there, jom la share ur experience how to potty/toilet train ur kid...sesiapa yang nak share, boleh la post in your blog and then leave ur blog url kat comment ye...i really need help...okaylah..have to stop now...talk to u later...bye

muka budak happy dapat tembak kat square...heheheh