Curious to know Potty Training Essentials?
Your baby is becoming a toddler and the time has come to take on the major task of potty training. Let’s be real—this is perhaps the biggest transition that your little one has had in their whole life up until now! Figuring out how to move from diapers to the toilet is a huge challenge, but having the right tools on hand will make it easier, both for them and for you.
So what essential tools do you need to help lend a hand during your adventures in potty training? Here are five of our absolute must-haves.
1. The Right Underwear
First and foremost, the most important thing you’ll need is underwear! Ensuring you have pairs that are both comfortable and functional for your little one are going to make a big difference. Incontinence products for kids are a great way to go because they’re made to be absorbent. When you’re on the search for some good pairs of underwear, it’s not a bad idea to grab a reusable bed pad either to add an extra layer of protection at night and during nap time!
2. A Potty Training Toilet Seat
Next up is preparing the toilet to make it as comfortable as possible for your child. That big porcelain seat can look intimidating to your child, so adding something to help it look more approachable is going to be well worth it. A potty training toilet seat makes the perfect size seat for your child, allowing them to focus less on holding themselves up and more on the task at hand.
3. Floor Cleaner
It’s inevitable — there will be accidents, and when that happens, you will want to be prepared. Whether it’s cleaner for hard floors or carpeting, having the right supplies on hand to quickly clean up those spills and spots. When these accidents happen, be sure to tell your child that it’s ok. Accidents happen, and that is all part of the learning process. Perhaps let them play a part in the clean-up.
4. Plenty of Activities
Here’s the thing about potty training: at the beginning, it’s a lot of sitting in the bathroom waiting for something to happen. This gets all really quick, especially for a young child, so having plenty of fun games and activities on hand is going to really help. It could be a tablet playing their favorite show, a simple card game, or you could even purchase some special toys just for the occasion to get them excited.
5. A Reward System
Last but certainly not least, consider a kind of reward system that you can implement for your child and their potty training progress. It could be as simple as a sticker chart or magnet board to track how many times they’ve successfully used the toilet, or you could have a basket of small toys that they can choose from. Consider a big reward once they’re fully potty trained. A trip to the zoo, a day at a local water park, or their favorite treat at the end of the day are all great ideas!
Potty training is a huge step, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming! Grab all of the essentials and jump in – we promise it will be worth it!
Much Love,
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This seems to be quite a useful post. My kids have outgrown the potty training age, but I'm happy to read as I followed these steps while training my kids.
Potty training is a big milestone both for parents:) and kids. I remember my days when I was at this stage. Looking back, it feels how did I sailed through those unpredictable days.
Loved your potty training ideas. Mh sister is expecting and we have started our research for such topics and this looks amazing.
Yesterday only my Lil sis was asking me about this. Now I can share it with her, as she is a new mom struggling with potty training her toddler. Informative post 👍
Now my girls are almost teen agers , your post has reminded me the time when they were in this stage. rewarding your little kids, when they get fully trained, is an awesome idea. indeed, potty training is a major mile stone of early childhood life, keeping your points in mind will help lots of parents to cross this stage easily.
Those were the tough days , when as a parent I have to give potty training to my kids.
Every morning it was a habit to let them sit for 5-10 minutes on the potty by keeping them busy with other things. A tough work for both parents and kids
I hope more and more people will find this article very helpful. You have penned every point very well. Thanks for sharing this.
Yes, that's a big thing that you talked about in the post as I saw the hard days when my sisters son was young. But once taught rightly they learn it too quickly. These days kids are super smart
Potty training is such an important and integral part of parenting. These are some really useful pointers for getting the babies potty trained. Very useful to new moms and dads.
I am not a mother yet, but this is something different. I wasn't aware of this much. Great one. Thank you for the information. Would recommend this to the would be mommies.