The time may have come for your child to say goodbye to the diapers. Summer, more relaxed and conducive to regular routines, is often the ideal moment to accompany it towards the acquisition of cleanliness. Here are our practical tips to help him cross this milestone at his own pace.
Learn cleanliness is one of the main stages of development in children. If your toddler is starting to accept the idea of Leave the diapers to use the pot, It is already a good start, especially if a first school year is approaching in September. But be careful not to rush things: this transition requires patience and kindness. Better to wait until the child shows signs that he is ready. How to accompany it as well as possible? By slowly offering it the pot, by valuing each progress, by showing the example, and by adapting your approach to its own pace. Here are some landmarks and tricks for Help him become clean with confidence.
Learning cleanliness: at what age?
Cleanliness learning is generally done Between 2 and 3 years old, Especially when the child feels ready. It is in fact depending on the maturity of the child’s brain, that is to say Between 18 and 24 monthsthat it can become clean. So don’t start too early. “”To get an idea, Your child is able to become clean when he is able to go up and down the stairs alone“Specifies Hélène Romano, psychologist.
For Dr Willig, pediatrician and member of the French Ambulatory Pediatric Association (AFPA), the impatience of parents who encourage their child to jar is not effective. “”Regarding cleanliness, the most important question remainsobserve the child without putting him pressureby identifying well the moment when he will have fun sitting on the pot to do like the others, then the moment when he will clearly feel the need to pee or to make a peanh, by stopping or changing behavior. At this point, parents can then remove the layer and install it on the pot “, advises the specialist.
What tips are effective in helping him become clean?
Some parents choose for example to draw a sun as soon as the child uses the pot so that he is proud to go there afterwards. Others choose an original and fun pot, which makes the child want to leave his diapers … In his book “My child is not yet clean: 1 problem, 7 solutions, Dr. Arnault Pfersdorff helps parents understand why children refuse to leave their diaper. But above all, he brings advice to prevent all types of accidents and help him become clean, day and night.
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What risks to start the pot too early or too late?
According to an American study, theEarly learning of cleanlinessbefore the age of two, could lead to problems of incontinence and constipation. Same thing for children who used the jar late, after three years. To reach this conclusion, researchers from Wake Forest University in the United States followed 112 children from 3 to 10 years old, most of them already having incontinence. Result: 60% of children peeing in the pot before 2 years old had leakage problems during the day. In addition, in comparison with normal learning of cleanliness, this risk of incontinence is multiplied by three, as well as for constipation problems. In question? Children trained too early on cleanliness learn to hold back even though their bladder is growing. Thus, the habit of retention of stools and urine leads to a launching dysfunction. The researchers then recommend using layers until the age of two to allow the bladder and the child’s transit to develop properly.
