When to start potty training baby
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I'd like to talk to you about potty
training which is a problem with most
parents and the common question we
doctors get there is a little bit of
difference between potty training a boy
versus a girl girls mature faster in
there typically ages around two to
two-and-a-half they usually sit on the
potty and get a small potty chair to sit
on the floor so it's at their comfort
level you can get videos and books on
potty training you could they even have
a small potty that plays music if they
go on the potty
they are usually easier to train because
they mature quicker it's usually occurs
around 18 months to as much as three or
four years of age but we all get potty
trained someday it's not really as
important as working on other things
such as vocabulary and language it seems
like we get in the pressure from from
relatives or friends and say oh you
should have a potty trained to a certain
age but they have to have that
neurologic control to be able to do this
they have to say it sense that hey I've
got a full bladder or rectum and I'm
about to go and they also have to want
to if they don't want to good luck
you're not gonna force that so wait till
they're giving you those signals pee pee
pee pee you set them on the potty and
they go and they do this every day for a
week it's really not hard you'll see
some books that says potty training in
three days but they also tell you to
wait till they give you those signals
and they're actually ready but if
they're showing a lot of resistance they
you can tell they need to go they go
hide in a corner and squat and try to
use the bough minutes they know they
need to go they just don't want to sit
on the potty then you can use rewards a
couple of points though they it has to
be used up if you give them a matchbox
car for going on the potty then I don't
have to go on the potty again so parents
use treats you eat blow bubbles
play on the iPhone something that's used
up number two has got to be what they
cry they really important for them
number three it's got to be somebody
else has got to be getting it if it's
sitting on the shelf
it's not gonna apply pressure so
everybody in the family or better yet
friends who come over and spend the day
and they go to the bathroom they get the
treat in the child be crying for that
treat you say no you got a peepee on the
potty to get that treat but if that
doesn't help and they're resistant just
wait because the harder you push worse
it is
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