Both of these situations are perfectly normal. You can, of course, catch the moments and drop the baby on the pot, achieving the minimum number of wet panties a day, but this is not a child's credit, but only a mother. And certainly, this does not mean that the child is accustomed to a pot, rather, his mother is accustomed to it. But everyone will agree that when this important stage in the life of the mother and child ends with the victory of the pot, everyone is relieved. Let's find out how and from what age the child is accustomed to the pot.
Nappies interfere
This is convenient for parents. However, babies feel not very comfortable in diapers, and from the medical point of view, their constant use is not very useful. Plus only one - a dry underwear of the child. The disadvantages are much greater, namely: finding the baby in their own waste, lack of understanding about natural needs and slowing the formation of the reflex on urination.
Up to 1.5 years is to limit the child's stay in diapers. For example, use only while walking, traveling, during the cold season.
Before accustoming the child to the pot, you must stop using diapers altogether. This is necessary for the baby to feel the inconvenience of being in wet panties, figuring out why this is happening, that is, for the baby to have a cause-and-effect relationship. Feeling discomfort from being in wet clothes, the child will try to inform you about it with sounds and gestures. In this situation, you just need to monitor the behavior of the baby.
Tip
When to teach the baby to the pot, it's up to you. Do not listen to the advice of friends and acquaintances. This is your internal family business
The complex science of how and with what age a child is taught to pot is not so simple. However, using our advice, you very quickly accustom crumbs to the "adult" life:
- Act systematically, and not from case to case;
- Give up diapers;
- Do not interfere with the child's knowledge of the act of urination: the baby must know his sex organs and see the whole "process";
- Put the pot strictly in one place, preferably in the toilet - the child should easily get it;
- Watch your child (he can quiet down, hide, tense up, blush, push, can retire at his chosen place);
- Wear a minimum of clothes on the baby so that it can be easily removed;
- Accustom to the pot in the warm season (summer);
- Do not force to sit on the pot - if the child does not want, arches, screams, the learning process loses its meaning: an angry child does not learn anything;
-Crop the crumb after sleeping and / or after eating;
- Tenderly praise if everything turned out as it should, but do not overdo it. It is not necessary to meet every successful attempt by applause;
- Accompany the process with sounds (at your discretion - "ps-ps", etc., depending on the imagination of the mother);
- Do not start the learning process if the child is sick or fussy;
- Before walking and after it, try putting the baby on the potty;
- For a walk, periodically ask the child to go "to the bushes" (if you are far from home), take spare clothing;
- Do not abuse the child because of wet pants;
Teach immediately to remove and put on panties, so that in the future, if necessary, the child could take off his clothes and sit down on the pot. Perhaps, first he will try to sit down on the pot and do all the "things" directly in the clothes - it's okay, this stage must also be experienced. Treat the problem a little philosophically and with humor, do not make tragedy because of failures.
Teach boys to write standing up
The formation of a conscious conditioned reflex, a pumping urge to the toilet, usually occurs at the age of two years (range - from 14 to 24 months). Such a child understands speech, it can be persuaded, explained, interested in the process. But a year-old baby even the elaborated reflex is very unstable and quickly forgotten.
It is extremely difficult to determine that fine line, when frequent urination turns into a disease. If you notice too frequent urination of the baby during the day or if you have a night involuntary urination after 5 years, it can speak of pathology. Under the mask of enuresis, many urological diseases of children - congenital anomalies in the development of the urinary tract, inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract, functional disorders of urination, can hide.
Therefore , if the child, despite your efforts to accustom him to the pot, keeps uncontrolled urination (in the day after 3 years of age, at night after a 5-year-old), the child should be examined.
The problem of urination disorders is at the junction of urology and neurology, and many parents find themselves at a loss, what kind of specialist needs to show the baby. The examination should start with a urologist who will conduct a direct examination of the external genitalia in boys, allowing to exclude diseases such as phimosis, balanoposthitis, edema of testicular shells, undescended testicles (cryptorchidism). Ideally, every boy's mom should show it to the urologist at 1 year old. In girls, a primary external examination can also be performed by a urologist. If he has suspicions on the pathology of the development of the urinary system, the baby will be referred to an admission to a pediatric gynecologist.
Also, the urologist will prescribe standard and inexpensive tests - a general urine test, ultrasound of the kidneys. A child aged 2.5-3 years can not urinate for 2-2.5 hours. This value depends on many factors - the capacity of the bladder, the amount of fluid taken, the temperature of the environment, the body temperature of the child itself. The capacity of the bladder can be calculated most - usually 30 ml for 1 year of life of the baby with the definition of the amount of residual urine. In rare cases, a complex study of CI-CI, a complex urodynamic study, on the basis of which the cause of urination disorders is elucidated, is shown. If the results of these studies, urological pathology is not identified, then it is necessary to show the child to a neurologist.
Do not scold me, Mom!
The process of training a baby to a pot requires from the mother a lot of endurance, patience and, of course, love. Therefore, never abuse a child if he has been described. Of course, sometimes you can feel the futility of all attempts to plant crumbs on a pot, but, in the final analysis, nothing passes without a trace. After a very short time, he will feel the need to use the pot himself, and this is a higher level of development of the baby.
It is possible and necessary to train the bladder, to teach the child to tolerate, of course, within reasonable limits. To do this, try to distract the child from the idea of ​​urination, pretend that you are looking for a pot. This will avoid "accidents" during walks, trips and in a variety of inappropriate situations by increasing the functional capacity of the bladder. This training requires a lot of patience and strength from the mother, but the result is worth it. I would recommend dropping a baby every two hours.
Choice of pot
A pot is needed only for one thing: the dispatch of natural needs. It must be stable, low, convenient and safe. Today, the producers of children's "closets" can offer their mothers a huge and extremely diverse choice that can satisfy the most demanding taste.
Round pot
With a round hole. The disadvantage of this pot is that when the child sits on it, the baby's legs are pushed together. This makes the boys uncomfortable.
Anatomical pot
Oval shape, back with back, front - special protrusion for boys. The advantages include a comfortable seat, the child is in the position of a rider, the legs are set apart. Such pots are equally convenient for girls and boys. With a pot of a similar shape, puddles on the floor do not threaten you.
Potty-stool
Pot in the form of a chair with handles, from which the tank is removed. This pot is very convenient to use.
Pot-toy
In front of these pots often located steering wheel, pen or head of a fairy-tale character. This creates inconvenience for the toddler with the trousers down - he needs to completely take off his clothes and toss his foot across the pot, while using an anatomical pot the child can lower the panties and sit back on the pot. To get up with such a pot is also not very convenient for crumbs. The kid can fall, turn the pot over himself, get scared. In addition, the child is distracted by the game with a pot and can completely forget about his task.
Musical pot
The name speaks for itself - as soon as your child starts doing his "little" things, the music accompaniment turns on. The danger of using such pots is that the child has a conditioned reflex to a certain melody, and then he can not write to another pot. Sometimes there are situations when the child hears his "own" melody somewhere in an inappropriate place with all the consequences (both in direct and figurative sense). In addition, music is absolutely unnecessary at night, during a child's illness, with moods and moods. It can be unexpected, scare the baby and, in the end, get bored.
Music, light and other similar "special effects" accompanying the urination of the baby are completely unacceptable. The child, accustomed to going to the toilet "under the fanfare", it will be very difficult to wean from this and re-educate the potty of using the pot.