assalamualaikum
and hi!
happy
weekend! we have plans this evening but as of now, we're just enjoying each
other's company while basically resting and watch the kids play. what else to
do? lol but i have a few minutes to kill and i want to kill it with kindness.
kindness of sharing with you guys how we potty train our 4-year-old daughter,
Zahra. she still wears diaper at night, that we are not having urgency to
change yet because we're still sleep deprived XD. and actually we haven’t
discussed about it yet. so, I’m just sharing with you how we potty train the
first child during the day, okay? hehe
what I did
was I asked for advices from my friends and sibling about how they train their
kids. and looked for some info on Facebook. unfortunately, all was useless. I
put napkin on Zahra as a replacement for disposable diaper. that was not smart
at all. she thought it was a disposable diaper and she did her business in the
napkin resulting more issue for me, stinky ones. we stopped there and then
knowing it won’t work. she was 3 that time. we also stopped because i was
starting to get angry at her when she accidentally peed or pooped in her napkin
because i have already reminded her that if she wanted to do her business she
needed to tell me. i gave her a full day tour to the loo every 15 minutes
prior, it was tiring. she was stressed, it wasn’t working.
i tried
again a few months later after reading an article on Pinterest. it says the
training only takes 3 days. i felt like i wanted to try because it sounds easy,
and it really was!
first day
i didn’t
put diaper on Zahra that day. not even pants! she was half naked. for three
days. every 15 minutes i would take her to the washroom and make her squat. asked
her to pee. she didn’t pee for the first few trip but after that little drops
will come out, not much but okay. i was making her get used to going to the washroom, squat, pee and clean herself. then, i just take her every half an hour
or an hour. in the whole day, i still need to ask her whether she wanted to go
to the washroom and tinkle. i was nervous about her pooping but i needed to this.
end of day one just pee no poo. she wore diaper at 6 or 7pm.
second day
still no
diaper no pants. i reminded her about washroom just like the day before but with
longer time intervals like every hour or so. in the evening, i saw her ran to
the washroom. she peed by herself! she didn’t washed herself because i had not
teach her that yet. amazed, i asked her what she doing in the washroom and i took
her back there and cleaned her. and oh, remember to praise your kids once
he/she has finished doing his/her business. that's a big deal for them. give
them high fives every time they come out of the washroom clean. they will be very
happy. second day went very smoothly, until she wanted to poop. i saw her
lingered around the kitchen near the washroom, i know my daughter and that was
her 'dance' she always makes when she wants to poop lol. so i took a pail in
front of the toilet bowl, upside down (we have the sitting type), i put her on
the toilet bowl, she sat even though she looked nervous and afraid she was going
to fall into it. key was, i left her alone. before that i told her to call me
when she was done. i waited in the kitchen, listening to her lol. after i was
sure she was done, i asked whether or not she was done and she said yes. her
first poop in the toilet, a success! she was very happy i tell you! lol. i
cleaned her and gave her high five complimenting how big her stool was lol. she
was very proud okay. she wore her diaper only when she was about to to bed that
night.
third day
no diaper
no pants again. she seemed more confident and happy to go to the washroom herself. she would tell me when she wanted to pee and run very happily. or she
would just call me when she was done. all was good and okay. she didn’t even
pee anywhere else in the house, just the washroom. she wore diaper only when she
wanted to sleep.
fourth day
she wore
shorts. it was different but she knew by that time that she can take her pants
off and go to the washroom and do her business as per usual. day 4, she graduated
from her potty training. i still compliment her after she gets back from the washroom and i was and still am very proud!
key point,
no pants. and compliments. these are the things that helped me potty train my
daughter. i think it would still be a success if i started earlier like when she was 2-year-old
above. kids are very smart and they love new things. always be patient and
calm. give your best compliment and smile every time they have achieved
something.
that was
all i guess, i still can’t believe Zahra is 4 and she will be in school next
couple of years. time flies so fast, i hope we use this opportunity to love and
care for our kids as much as we could and as much as they need us to.
lots of
love,
ansari