Potty Time is Important
Potty Time
Babies are messy. They are especially messy in their diapers. A parent can end the whole diaper episode by training the child to use the toilet. After potty training has occurred, the parent will miss the diaper, but only in a sentimental way. The child will deeply miss the diaper. No more extreme convenience of making potty wherever and whenever. Now the parent, knowing that parenting comes from the heart, and requires observation, must take added precautions for the child to make sure that there are no messes. In a way, this adds to the responsibility of the parent because now there is a new worry about the child forgetting that she no longer has a diaper and will just do her business without thinking. Another added responsibility is to make sure that the child has proper bathroom etiquette, i.e. the child wipes, and does not mess on the floor.
Take a typical two year old child. She has been potty trained and her parents trust her enough to put "big girl" underpants on her. She is in the heat of the moment playing tag with other kids and she is right by you. A major odor is coming from the child. You declare that the game is now over and that everybody needs to come inside. The two year old daughter is immediately taken to the big bathroom where her clothes are removed and placed in the laundry basket. You thoroughly wash the child from head to foot and redo the bath (no sense bathing in soiled water). A thorough and very enjoyable bath was conducted with all the good things about the bath. Toys and cocoons make the bath very nice.
As the bath progresses, you casually and deftly question your child about the incident. She is not threatened by the questioning and tells you about how she actually dislikes the large toilet. She thinks that she will fall in and is scared. Although that is a possibility, you do not tell her that. You tell her that it will not happen and say that you have a device that allows her to use the big toilet with comfort and ease. She seems quite excited by that. You also tell her that if she does not start using the toilet like a big girl, she will be put back on diapers. Since wants to be perceived as a big girl now, she uses the toilet more often after that and there are no more accidents. She is trusted now with big girl pants and there have been no more accidents.
With a deft parenting maneuver, the parent's responsibility is cut in half (at least as it concerns potty training) and the fond memory of diapers can be just exactly that, a memory.
Babies are messy. They are especially messy in their diapers. A parent can end the whole diaper episode by training the child to use the toilet. After potty training has occurred, the parent will miss the diaper, but only in a sentimental way. The child will deeply miss the diaper. No more extreme convenience of making potty wherever and whenever. Now the parent, knowing that parenting comes from the heart, and requires observation, must take added precautions for the child to make sure that there are no messes. In a way, this adds to the responsibility of the parent because now there is a new worry about the child forgetting that she no longer has a diaper and will just do her business without thinking. Another added responsibility is to make sure that the child has proper bathroom etiquette, i.e. the child wipes, and does not mess on the floor.
Take a typical two year old child. She has been potty trained and her parents trust her enough to put "big girl" underpants on her. She is in the heat of the moment playing tag with other kids and she is right by you. A major odor is coming from the child. You declare that the game is now over and that everybody needs to come inside. The two year old daughter is immediately taken to the big bathroom where her clothes are removed and placed in the laundry basket. You thoroughly wash the child from head to foot and redo the bath (no sense bathing in soiled water). A thorough and very enjoyable bath was conducted with all the good things about the bath. Toys and cocoons make the bath very nice.
As the bath progresses, you casually and deftly question your child about the incident. She is not threatened by the questioning and tells you about how she actually dislikes the large toilet. She thinks that she will fall in and is scared. Although that is a possibility, you do not tell her that. You tell her that it will not happen and say that you have a device that allows her to use the big toilet with comfort and ease. She seems quite excited by that. You also tell her that if she does not start using the toilet like a big girl, she will be put back on diapers. Since wants to be perceived as a big girl now, she uses the toilet more often after that and there are no more accidents. She is trusted now with big girl pants and there have been no more accidents.
With a deft parenting maneuver, the parent's responsibility is cut in half (at least as it concerns potty training) and the fond memory of diapers can be just exactly that, a memory.