Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki

Author:Jamie Glowacki [Glowacki, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2015-06-16T04:00:00+00:00

It’s Not “Okay”

This is a sticky point for a lot of parents. You want to make your child feel comforted and accepted, but you must be sure you are letting your child know that it’s not okay to pee on the floor. If you are more than a couple of days into potty training and you are still ending up with a lot of pee in places besides the potty, this might be your problem. Many parents don’t want to use any negative language or create any negative feelings around about the potty. But the reality is that toddlers only think in black and white; they are incapable of thinking in shades of gray. It’s up to you to tell them what is right and wrong. The way you do that with a toddler is through facial expressions, tone, and words. At some point in the potty training process, you have to establish that peeing on the floor is bad and peeing in the potty is good. You must communicate this to your child. How you choose to do it is your parenting call. If you are using the same exact expression, tone, and words for pees that do and do not make it into the potty, your child is going to assume that both are acceptable.

Think of it this way: when your child hits another kid, you employ expression, tone, and words to communicate that his action was wrong. You say, “No. We don’t hit.” You physically intervene and stop the hitting. You most likely will have a frown or a facial expression that communicates displeasure. Same thing with potty training; you don’t have to be mean about it, but do be clear. There’s a right way and a wrong way. You want to teach your child the right way.

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