Potty Training for Girls and Boys

Potty train your kid needs affection or care, the gender of your kid does not matter at all. But since girls and boys have different likings and preferences, so the inclusion of their respective preferences makes the job easier for the potty trainer. You need to add some masculine and feminine touch in aids accordingly for potty training your kid. Let us discuss potty training of boys and girls separately.

Potty Train Your Girl

v     When to Start

In most homes moms are the potty trainer and they know about all the requirements and likings of the girl needed to be potty trained. Mother knows the feminine nature of the girl and accordingly she trains her child. When your girl child is prepared to be potty trained then she shows signs like she inquires about the toilet schedule, she feels irritated in wet and dirty diapers, she start wearing her panties and cloth herself and she shows interest to know about her body functions. Girls are mostly shy in nature that is why they learnt the toilet etiquettes early.

v     Dress Up Your Baby Girl for Potty Training

Girls wear easy clothing like skirts and frocks that are easy to manage. Moms just need to teach them to lift their dress up and pull their diaper down. It is wise to dress up your baby girl in accordance with the season and teach them potty training accordingly. It is best to start potty train your girl in summer season as there is no need to load them with heavy troublesome cloths.  Put on your baby girl with T – shirt and pull up for potty training.

v     Select the Things According To Her Preference

Always consider her feminine side in choosing her cloths and other items. Girls love flowers and pinky shades buy them cloths, and other potty aids of her favorite shade and I can bet they try to avoid potty accidents in their favorite inner garments and cloths. Girls love dolls there are potty training dolls in the market, you can use them to teach your daughter potty using techniques.  

v     Proper Guidance

Your daughter wants true guidance and teaching during the learning process. Introduce her to the toilet and teach her the ways of using it. Install her favorite potty chair in the toilet. Shower lots of praises on her whenever she acts as per your guidance and even if she makes an effort to do so.  Girls are sensitive so never ever train them forcibly when they are sick or going on with social traumas etc. Give rewards that the girl loves to have like dolls and sometimes chocolates or ice cream treats etc.

v     What to Consider When Training Your Baby Girl?

Always teach your baby girl to wipe her properly to avoid any bacterial contact with soft vaginal skin and to save her from any infection. Problems that you may need to avoid in toilet training of girls are bladder infections. Always call your doctor if your kid suffers from any infection, painful or rapid urination, abdominal ache, wetting after bladder control. Do not ignore these problems. Do not stop her if she is imitating her male friends or any male family member. Let her realize herself the best way to use the toilet on her own. 

Potty Train Your Baby Boy

v     Consider Your Boy’s Behavior

Boys are generally naughty by nature. So there is no use to teach them new things forcefully. Add some more fun in potty training your baby boy so that he takes more interest in learning new ways of toilet use. If you force him to use toilet before he is ready; he may become stubborn and this will not benefit you and your child in a long run. Think from your child’s perspective and meanwhile encourage him to learn accordingly.

To add more fun and raise interest in toilet use, manufacturers advertise many items like circled floatable targets that are made up of paper. Let him set the target and hit them. This way he would realize that going to bathroom is full of fun and is also a good deed.

Other items that lures your baby boy for toilet use is cheerios. These are none other than small inexpensive floating targets.  Let your child set the target on it. You can afford them to use on daily basis.

The father or the elder sibling of the kid can help in teaching him toilet use. Send him to toilet with his father or elder sibling. This will make him realize that all male members of the family uses toilet so he may want to use it. He may be encouraged to use the toilet as his elders. The signs that determine that he is ready for potty training are his changed behavior; he starts imitating, wants to stay dry and clean and is willing to wear big boy underwear etc.

It is better to begin the toilet training your boys with lots of exposure from his father and elders. His dad should encourage him to use the toilet and praise him a lot if he does so. Give him his favorite set of books to make the experience good. If he is able to recognize the feeling of going toilet, teach him to communicate this feeling to you. Lend him underwear having his favorite cartoon characters. If he wears his favorite cloths he will take extra care to avoid any kind of accidents. Also select the potty chairs of his favorite cartoons characters. Give rewards that your boy kid loves like play with him or take him for visit.

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v     What First - Sit or Stand?

This depends upon child’s ability and preference. If your child is grown enough to stand and love walking or running then teach him to use the toilet in standing position when he wants to urinate. To raise interest use some coloring elements in toilet so that whenever your kid uses it the color will automatically appear.  Baby boy will love to play with the colors. You can also use disposable animal target or paper target and let your child to set the target and hit it.

In case toilet is very high and your child cannot reach it, bring him a stool to stand along the toilet. You should also teach him to maintain cleanliness and hygienic condition. The foremost condition for while potty training your kid is to have consistency in potty training schedule.

If you adopt these criteria, then potty training will be an easy as well as interesting process for both boy and girl.