The jump from wearing diapers to using the toilet is a huge childhood milestone. The majority of children will be physically and emotionally ready to begin toilet training and stop using diapers between the ages of 18 and 30 months, but age is not the only factor to consider when determining the right time to ditch diapers. Some children are not fully out of diapers after the age of 4.
When a child is able to stop using diapers, his developmental readiness plays an important role in determining the age, but so does how his caregiver approach toilet training. Below are some factors that you need to consider when your child stop using diapers.
·Age: 18-36 months
·The ability to control the stop and release of urine
·Understand and follow parents’ instructions
·The ability to sit on potty
·The ability to express physical needs
·Still use diapers at night at the beginning of potty training
·Better to stop using diapers in summer, it’s easy to catch a cold if the child gets wet
·Don’t do potty training when the child is feeling sick
Potty Training Methods:
·Let the child know the use of a potty. Let the child observe, touch and familiarize the potty with his eyes. Encourage the child sit on the potty for a while every day. Simply tell your child, ‘we pee and poop in the potty.’
·Prompt and reinforcement are also very important. Parents should take the child to the potty immediately when the child expresses the intention to go to toilet. Besides, parents should give timely encouragement to the child.
·Have your child use toilet before going to bed.
·When you notice the sign, take your child to the bathroom immediately to use the toilet.
