- 41. Toilet Training Problems Could Be Physical
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- ... leaks hadn’t been a problem before Lindy started preschool, her more focused, intensive school routine caused her to rush her bathroom sessions, and her bladder muscles were unable to hold in the remaining ...
- 42. Toilet Training and the Older Child
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- ... in this country in recent years, though many parents continue to report surprised reactions from others who learn that their preschool-age children are still in diapers. Your older child—age three and ...
- 43. The Right Reasons to Toilet Train
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- ... Rest assured: Many brilliant children, even those with wonderful, loving parents, do not become fully trained until preschool or even later. ...
- 44. The Right Age to Toilet Train
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- ... a child-care facility or preschool that enforces a no-diapers rule. Generally speaking, initiating training before eighteen months is unlikely to do any damage as long as your expectations for your child’s ...
- 45. The Power of Association During Toilet Training
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- ... Encourage other members of the family to demonstrate bathroom use as well—particularly older siblings, whom toddlers and preschoolers love to imitate. If you have twins, invite both to observe your or ...
- 46. The Benefits of Peer Pressure During Toilet Training
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- ... know that the joy Frank takes in sharing his toilet-training skills with a friend is a powerful motivator. Preschoolers’ expanding social awareness—their love of observing and categorizing all aspects ...
- 47. Stages of Toilet Training: Different Skills, Different Schedules
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- ... awareness of the presence of germs, the potential for mess, the attached cultural stigma, and so on. On the contrary, toddlers and preschoolers are often extremely proud of the product their bodies have ...
- 48. Social and Environmental Obstacles During Toilet Training
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- ... child. If she is increasingly resisting a rigid bathroom schedule, it may be better to allow her to choose when she goes—even at her child-care center or preschool. If her accidents seem to occur when ...
- 49. Regression
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- ... include: Change in the child-care routine—for example, a new sitter, or starting a child-care or preschool program The mother’s pregnancy or the birth of a new sibling A major illness ...
- 50. Putting Your Toilet Training Expectations Aside
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- ... and preschoolers. It is hard to keep in mind that such behaviors seem quite normal to our children, and to remember that they frequently occur in other families, too. When addressing your child’s current ...
- 51. Problematic Toilet Behaviors
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- ... when a lot is happening or things are changing in their lives. Difficulty breaking focus in time to get to the bathroom leads to accidents as well. Toddlers’ and preschoolers’ cognitive growth allows ...
- 52. Potty Talk
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- ... humor, or potty talk, commonly accompanies toilet training and preschool development in general. Three-and four-year-olds become interested in these words as they hear them increasingly from you during ...
- 53. Overcoming Obstacles While Toilet Training an Older Child
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- Toilet training an older child is not just about productive conversation, determined self-mastery, and an eager desire to conform to big-kid behavior. Preschoolers’ progress can be delayed, and their parents’ ...