Is Early Potty Training Worth the Drama?
By the time a child is about a year and a half old, most parents are extremely eager to get their child out of diapers.
Unfortunately, like many things in a young child's life, it is something that really can't be rushed.
Although many people choose to opt for early potty training techniques, it is really hit or miss as to whether or not they will reliably work.
Before you do begin teaching your child to use the toilet, you must first be honest with yourself about your child's level of understanding.
Every child develops at a different rate and what may be easy for a child who is eighteen months may be impossible for another child at two years.
If you begin early potty training and find that it just isn't working out, you may be stuck, trying to figure out if you should stop for the time being or if you should continue on anyhow.
Therefore, before you begin any toilet regimen at any age, it is important that you make sure that your children will fully be able to understand what you are asking of them.
They should also be able to react in the correct manner to positive reinforcement.
In other words, if you are rewarding them for not peeing their pants, then they should be able to understand why.
Some parents think that early potty training is a sign of an advanced and somewhat superior child, but that is not the case at all.
A child may be able to be trained to use the toilet early, only to not learn how to read until later than the average child - or vice versa.
Every parent certainly understands the feeling of wanting to get your child out of diapers as soon as possible, but some things simply can't be rushed and it is up to you to decide when it is the appropriate time.
Unfortunately, like many things in a young child's life, it is something that really can't be rushed.
Although many people choose to opt for early potty training techniques, it is really hit or miss as to whether or not they will reliably work.
Before you do begin teaching your child to use the toilet, you must first be honest with yourself about your child's level of understanding.
Every child develops at a different rate and what may be easy for a child who is eighteen months may be impossible for another child at two years.
If you begin early potty training and find that it just isn't working out, you may be stuck, trying to figure out if you should stop for the time being or if you should continue on anyhow.
Therefore, before you begin any toilet regimen at any age, it is important that you make sure that your children will fully be able to understand what you are asking of them.
They should also be able to react in the correct manner to positive reinforcement.
In other words, if you are rewarding them for not peeing their pants, then they should be able to understand why.
Some parents think that early potty training is a sign of an advanced and somewhat superior child, but that is not the case at all.
A child may be able to be trained to use the toilet early, only to not learn how to read until later than the average child - or vice versa.
Every parent certainly understands the feeling of wanting to get your child out of diapers as soon as possible, but some things simply can't be rushed and it is up to you to decide when it is the appropriate time.
