Everyone is not born knowing how to eat, drink, and defecate. In fact, it is our mothers who guide our children step by step. Mothers need to gradually train their babies to lift their heads, climb, walk, eat, etc., and there is a certain process involved. What is toilet training for children?
1. We cannot act too hastily
Cultivating good bowel habits in babies is a necessary step in their growth process. It is a long-term, gradual process that requires patience, careful care, and preparation for going to kindergarten. Being too hasty or poorly trained can cause pain for both the baby and parents, and even lead to reactions such as anxiety, unease, and resistance. Some may have learned to control urination and defecation early on after training, but by the age of four or five, they begin to wet the bed severely, requiring longer training time. Therefore, the attitude of parents is the most important. Modern early childhood education believes that the training of baby's urination and defecation should fully respect the baby, or more accurately, it should be the learning of urination and defecation. Emphasize the baby's own initiative during the learning process and realize the importance of independence. Parents should give special encouragement instead of punishment to some shy babies. This requires more effort to help the baby adapt to the training. In short, patience is important and one should not put too much pressure on the baby, otherwise it may cause them to hold back their urine and feces due to fear.
2. Understand with care
Controlling urination and defecation may be an extremely simple task for adults, but for a young child, it can be quite complex. Think about it, he went from being able to defecate freely in his diapers, to learning to control the muscles of his rectum or bladder, then telling his parents, and finally going to the bathroom, taking off his pants, sitting on the toilet or urinal, to excrete. What a difficult series of processes.
When a child can smoothly complete these processes at the beginning, parents must praise him, making him feel that sitting on the toilet to pee or defecate is a glorious thing, and not having to pack diapers or wet pants means he has grown up. I believe that children will consider controlling size as an important thing to do well.
3. Maintain a tolerant mindset
Throughout the entire learning process, parents should maintain a relaxed and tolerant attitude, both paying attention and showing moderation. Toilet training is just a part of a baby's growth process, and each baby's level of development is different. The training process should be gradual and not compared to other babies. It is also important not to scold or beat the baby because of an accident. If parents pay too much attention to the baby's urination and defecation problems, the baby may unconsciously use this psychological negativity to resist.
4. Spiritual encouragement
Every time the baby finishes urinating or defecating, parents make exaggerated movements accompanied by exaggerated sounds and give some praise words. This not only promotes the language and psychological development of babies, but also allows them to experience the comfort and speed of using the toilet. Your little baby is showing pride and happiness. Perhaps there is also a reason for the baby's overall comfort.
Mothers must be cautious and not overly anxious about their children's toilet training. Baby's absorption ability is a bit slow, so mothers must be patient.
