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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Etapas del entrenamiento para el baño, ideas y tips/Potty Training Stages, tips and ideas

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW
Hoy es martes, así que hoy seguiré con la temática de como enseñar a los niños a ir al baño # 2 (si no has leido el artículo de la semana pasada, da click aquí). En el artículo anterior hablamos de las diferentes etapas del proceso, hoy ¿qué les parecen algunos tips basados en mi experiencia y en las experiencias de mis amigas?. Por favor siéntete libre de comentar todo lo que quieras, recuerda que por cada comentario que dejes es una entrada para la rifa de la segunda canasta de Huggies! la cual se rifará el próximo lunes 27 de Julio. Por favor checa los requisitos para el concurso aquí.

Bueno, ya sabemos las etapas y en este momento tu crees que tu princesa ya esta lista para empezar con el entrenamiento o a lo mejor todavia no esta lista pero quieres prepararte, bueno pues aquí esta una lista de algunos productos que podrían ayudarte. Esta es una lista genérica, por supuesto que cada familia es distinta y puedes adquirir lo que mejor funcione para ti.
  • calzoncitos entrenadores, super fáciles de usar tanto para ti como para tu pequeñita.
  • calzoncitos de tela, para cuando te armes de valor y decidas que sería interesante probar.
  • una basinica que permita poner los pies bien plantados en el suelo a tu hijo, o bien, un cubre asiento para niños. Pero no olvides comprarte una escalerita, si te decides por este último, para que tu niña pueda subirse sin problema y apoyar sus piecitos en el escalón.
  • libros con dibujitos que hablen sobre el tema
  • DVD sobre el tema. Yo renté el de Elmo y me sirvió mucho.
Ahora una lista de ideas para el proceso.

- Organiza una fiesta de basinicas!. Júntate con tus amigas en una casa, traigan sus basinicas, dejen jugar a sus hijos libremente en sus calzoncitos entrenadores y ofrezcan algo que comer y mucho que beber. En cuanto un niño decida usar la basinica, seguro que los otros seguirán con el ejemplo.

- En el verano es una buena idea dejar al niño sin pañal por algunos ratos, algunos especialistas aseguran que esta ayuda a los chiquitos a tomar más conciencia sobre el funcionamiento de sus cuerpos, pero "ojo" prepárate para muchos accidentes, si tienes alfombras en tu casa, yo no lo recomendaría. A mi si me dió buenos resultados al principio.

- Diagramas de recompensas pueden funcionar muy bien con niños a los que les interese mucho obtener algo, como un juguete, una salida especial con papá o mamá, etc. Es bien fácil hacerlo en la computadora, pégalo en la pared cerca de la basinica y cómprate unas calcomanías. A tu hijo le encantará escoger las calcamonías e ir llenando el diagrama.

- Invita a tu niña a ir al baño contigo (aunque estoy segura que no necesitara invitación, regularmente nuestros hijos nos siguen a donde quiera que vamos, especialmente al baño, ¿no?) utiliza esta visita como una oportunidad de enseñanza y dile algo como, "tu muy pronto vas a usar tu basinica, tal como lo hace mama, que bueno ¿no?".

- Deja que tu hijo se familiarize con la basinica antes de pedirle que la use. Permite que la saque de la caja, que la decore a su gusto y que la arrastre por toda la casa si es necesario. Sugiérele que se siente en ella con su ropa puesta al principio, hasta que se sienta seguro.

- Esta fue una sugerencia de mi suegra y fue lo que al final funciono mejor para nosotros. Usamos M&M's como inmediata recompensa. ¡A mi pequeño le encanto la idea!

- Una de mis amigas me comentó que ella también usó M&M's como recompensa tanto para el pequeño que estaba entrenando, como para el hermano mayor. El hermano mayor ganaba chocolate si invitaba a su hermanito menor a ir al baño con él y mostrarle como usarlo, y el niño menor ganaba chocolate si usaba el baño correctamente. Su pequeno se entreno en una semana.

Ahora es tu turno, ¿qué tal si compartes algunos tips o ideas?, ¡escríbeme un comentario!

ENGLISH VERSION
Last Tuesday I talked about the potty training stages (if you'd like to read the post, click here). Today I would like to talk about some tips my friends and I have found useful. Please feel free to comment as much as you wish, remember you will get 1 entry per comment for the opportunity to win our second Huggies gift basket giveaway on Monday, July 27th at 11:59 PM. Please check the contest rules here. Thanks

So you think your little princess is ready, or maybe not but you would like to take one step ahead and be prepared. Here is a list of some products that may be helpful, this is just a generic list, so get just what you need.
  • training pants, very easy to use both for the kid and for the mom.
  • fabric undies, for the time you are courageous enough to try them.
  • a little potty or a potty seat, in any case you need to be sure your princess can put her little feet firmly on the ground.
  • picture books about the potty
  • a DVD about the potty. I rented Elmo Potty Time and I found it very useful.
Now some ideas

- Have a potty party! get together with friends who have same age (or potty training stage) kids, bring the potties, put on the training pants on the kids and have some food and a lot of drinks. When one of the kids uses the potty, guess what? Probably the others will follow.

- In Summer you may want to let your child play without a diaper, advocates say that it help him to be aware of his body needs more easily, but be prepared to clean a lot of "accidents." If you have carpets in your house I wouldn't recommend it. This worked for us at the beginning of the process.

- Give a prize! Kids love to get special things, maybe a toy or a game, even better, a special date with you or daddy, a movie, etc. Make a chart, put it next to the potty and buy some stickers. My child loved choosing a sticker and filling the chart up each time he remembered to use the potty.

- Invite your princess to go the bathroom with you (ok, ok, she probably will not need an invitation, she surely follows you everywhere you go). Use this as a learning experience, say something like, "you will soon use your own potty to poop or pee in, isn't that wonderful!?"

- Allow your child to get comfortable with his own potty, let him open the box, decorate it, and even drag it all around the house. Suggest that he sit on it with his clothes on, until he feels secure using it without them.

- This was a suggestion from my MIL and what worked the best for us. We used M&M's as an immediate reward. My son loved the idea!

- A friend of mine used the M&M's, too, but with a twist. She had two sons, so she gave M&M's to her little one every time he used the potty and also gave some to her older son every time he invited his little brother to the potty to show him how to do it. The little one was trained in a week!

Now is your turn to tell me your ideas and tips, leave me a comment!

10 comments:

  1. The only way I've been able to get my 2.5 year old on the toilet is by bribing him with M&M's... unfortunately, he just sits there. No actualy pottying involved. I guess it's the first step, though, right?!

    aprilwoodscary at gmail dot com

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  2. When my oldest was potty training we would go to the bathroom together but I was usually the one that "went".

    I will have to try the M&M thing, can mommy have one too?

    How long is too long to sit at the potty? I would take my son and leave him there for 15 minutes usually with no luck... is this too long?

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  3. I tried to keep away from bribbing at first but ended up doing the m&m thing on my oldest..that ended up doing the trick! before that we had been training almost a year!!

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  4. Hello ladies, thanks for your comments.

    It seems that M&M and potty training is an interesting topic :)

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  5. Hi April

    If your son sits on the potty, that's a big accomplishment! how about to give him the chocolates after he uses the potty?

    My kid received one for pee two for poop, and he did it!!

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  6. Hi Marcela!

    When my son followed me to the bathroom, before we actually started the potty training, I let him sit in his potty when I was using mine, so he just sit there for like 10 seconds before he jumped out and start playing!! but 10 seconds are 10 seconds.

    I think that you can leave your child in the potty as long as he wants if he is ok with it. Maybe you can bring some books about potty and read with him while you are waiting. It's important for your child to feel comfortable to let it go, and that's a great start. For how long this process went on?

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  7. Anne

    I hear you!, I tried everything! rewards, toys, dates, stickers, and nothing! finally I gave up and went to M&M and voila! he was potty trained in a couple of weeks.

    The question here is Do I want to go straight to M&M with my second? or should I try something else first?

    What you all think?

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  8. We are in the middle of potty training the 2yo!!! Aye ya yai!!! Wish me luck!!

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  9. Hola! I'm laughing because I am Silvia's SIL, a pediatric nurse practitioner and it took forever to get my daughter trained!;-) I joke that they should take my license away!

    Okay, all joking aside, remember that all children are individuals and they are on their own timeline. Incentives, prizes, M&M's did not work at all for my strong willed child.

    I think part of the issue was that she was the oldest child in her daycare. Most toddlers want to do what the other kids are doing. Finally, after being in preschool for 3-4 months, she was potty trained...by her 4th birthday. I started sending her in pull-ups with underwear she chose over the pull-ups. Eventually, she just wanted to wear the underwear. She has had very few daytime accidents and no nighttime accidents.
    All along, I kept in my mind, that my godfather, who is a pediatrician with 9 children, also had a son who wasn't potty trained until 4 years old. That son is a successful adult with advanced degrees.

    I guess my point would be persevere, but maybe relax a bit if your little one isn't on the schedule you think they should be. "Katita"

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  10. Hola! tengo una nina de 3 anos pero se niega a ir al bano... que puedo hacer q me recomiendan

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