When we say toilet training, it refers to the way kids control their urge go to the toilet. This involves the proper toilet manners as well as urinary and bowel activities. By the age of one and one-half to two years, kids start to express their need to relieve themselves and this is the time you should begin toilet training in order for them to practice it at school.

To train your child on how to let you know that he has to go, it would be helpful if you can teach him easy words to describe what he is feeling. Even if its slang as first, such as “wee-wee” for urinating or “poo-poo” for defecation, they will be good code names for them to label those kinds of natural bodily functions. As a training, you can say these ‘labels’ while your kid is urinating or defecating. Once they are old enough, you can teach them the proper words.

Explain to your kids that panties or briefs are not supposed to be dirtied, hence they need to go to the toilet where they can relieve themselves. However, do not scold them in cases they do so since they might be a cause of traumatic experiences for children. Praise your kid in cases when he informs you of his need to go to the bathroom, so that he will know he is doing the right thing.

Show your kid the right way to wash after they done the deed. Squat with your kid and teach him how to clean himself using soap and water. In order for them not to be intimidated to use toiletries, explain to your kid the basic usage of each, such as what a soap does and when to use tissue papers.

When in public places, such as malls or visiting a friend’s house, show him where the toilet is once you have arrived. Tell him that it is okay to ask for help when he does not know where the toilet is. When he personally ask where the toilet is located, commend him for having the initiative to be brought there.

One of the greatest joy for parents is to see the children have become self independent and be able to perform most of the activities in their own. One of the hardest tasks that parents find it not enjoyable to do is toilet training. This may be due to it being dirty and smelly for one to engage in. Any child, who gains the ability to walk, tends to get the urge to be clean always and hence would require the parents to be able to know how to teach him/her this issue of toilet training.

When parents engage in toilet training of their children they are going to be faced with a lot of challenges that may make them angry. It is good that you do not show your child that you are angry otherwise the child will be stressed out which may develop into complications in future where he/she will not be able to manage his/her anxiety. If you see your child at a specific age cannot be bale to differentiate between urinating and defecating, you should not be troubled it is normal and he/she is going to learn the difference with time. Moist children are not able to control their bladder habits in there earlier years and it becomes harder when it comes to bowel training, it tends to become even harder.

Others may poop and then start playing with it while others since they do not know poop is bad they are going to start eating the poop, this is normal since they are in the anal stage and they are curious to learn, what you need to do is to explain to the child that this type of behavior is not allowed for them to engage in. don’t be too harsh to the child otherwise it might have adverse consequences in future. You will also notice that for the boys they are going to be peeing in the early years, live them to do that so that they can be able to control their bladders efficiently, but after sometime, request your husband to teach the boy how to urinate while standing. There are those children who value their poop and do not want to see it being flush, if you have such a kid show the kid that poop is not good and they should not be stressed because of it going down the drain.