When to start Potty Training
Girls: Age versus Physical and Mental Readiness
So your little girl is now ready for potty
training. This is an exciting and scary phase
for most parents. You may feel ill equipped to
teach your little girl how to correctly use the
potty or the toilet. Take heart in the fact that
many parents have successfully passed this
stage. It should console you to know that potty
training is possible, with the right potty
training tips. It may be challenging but at the
end of the day, your little girl will be using
the toilet like a pro and diapers will be a
thing of the past.
The question that most parents ask when it
comes to potty training is when to start potty
training. Each child is different and therefore
there is no right or wrong age to start potty
training girls.
There are two schools of thoughts when it
comes to the right age to get your daughter
potty trained. This article seeks to discuss the
two schools of thought about the right time to
start potty training.
Readiness by Age
Girls tend to be ready for potty training
earlier than boys, according to professionally
researched data. So to potty train a girl, you
can start anywhere from eighteen months to two
years. By the age of two and a half, most girls
are successfully toilet trained. You can choose
to go by this method and start potty training
your daughter when she hits the stated age.
Consistency is the key to success with this
approach. Put you daughter on a predictable
routine and take them to the potty after every
two hours, before bedtime and before taking a
bath. As you girl settles into this routine, she
will get accustomed to using the potty and soon
she will be fully trained. Once you start potty
training your daughter, do not stop or quite
even when things go wrong. Keep at it until your
daughter master this mile stone.
Physical and Mental Readiness
Some people believe that you should start
potty training girls only when they are
physically and mentally ready. In other words,
if your girl is not physically and mentally
ready, you will both be frustrated and end up
giving up before she is fully toilet trained.
Physical Readiness
It is important
for your daughter to be physically ready
before you start potty training. There are
some signs you can look out for to determine
if your girl is ready. When she is ready,
she will be able to control her bowel
movements and go for long periods of time
before wetting or soiling her diaper. Her
bowel movements will be well formed and
predictable.
At this stage, potty training will be easy
and relatively quick.
These are the two common schools of thoughts
when it comes to when to start potty training
girls. You can choose to work with either or
combine the two concepts. Whichever way you
chose to take, with patience and persistence,
your little girl will soon be all grown up and
potty trained. Diapers will soon leave your
shopping list for good.
