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Toilet Train a Toddler
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Step 2:
Establish a routine
When your child seems ready, procure a potty. Potties (or toilet training pots) with their own chairs are portable and easier for a child to get onto; those with seats that attach to a regular toilet may help the child make a quicker transition to full-size toilets. Make sure the seat fits your child and that it has a foot rest or stool for support during bowel movements. Avoid potties with splash guards--these may scratch a child's skin.
Taking your child along to help choose the potty, or having him or her help you set it up, can make the experience more interesting to the child.
Visit together. When your child indicates it's time, accompany him or her to the potty and offer assistance with clothes. Keep it short--staying there for more than 4 or 5 minutes can seem like punishment. If nothing happens, calmly praise the effort and let the child go back to play.
Visit regularly. It may be helpful to routinely visit the potty with your child several other times during the day:
First thing in the morning
After meals
Before naps and bedtime
The child is most likely to need to go at these times, so this pattern can increase the child's chances of success.
Flushing. Kids may be fascinated by the toilet flushing, but they're often distressed that something they made--even part of themselves--is being thrown away. They may be afraid that they will be thrown away too, or that the pipe holds monsters. Don't flush until the child is off the toilet. Reassure him or her that flushing is safe and good.
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