馬桶訓練準備工作
reference: Johnson's mother and baby (Canadian edition)
Starting toilet training
Is she ready to start?
Social pressure to toilet training your toddler can be intense—but until she is physically and emotionally ready, there is nothing you can do to help speed up the process. First, your child’s nerve pathways from her bladder to her brain need to be fully mature. This can happen as early as 18 months and means she will begin to realize when she is peeing or pooping. But she won’t be able to predict when she needs to empty her bowels or bladder—it will be some time before she is familiar with the feeling of needing to go and has the physical control to hang on.
Signs of readiness are easy to recognize; just follow her cues.
Signs to watch out for
The more ready your child is for toilet training, the faster and easier it will be.
Signs that she is ready include:
1. Knowing when she is peeing or pooping—she may stop playing, stand still, look at you, go red in the face, and even try to tell you what’s happening.
2. If she is naked, looking at the puddle she has made and clutching herself
3. Understanding what you are talking about when you show her a potty and explain what it is for.
4. wanting to copy you and use the toilet or wear real underwear.
Introducing the potty
Even though at 18 months your toddler probably isn’t ready to start using the potty successfully, you may like to have a potty around the house to give her the chance to get used to it.
a. choose a potty that won’t tip over when it’s sat on or when your child stands up. It should be curved inside for easy cleaning, with a molded back support, have a splash guard at the front, and a slot for carrying. Your toddler may like to help choose one.
b. Put the potty in the bathroom next to the toilet and encourage her to sit on it before a bath, when you take off her diaper. If she does anything, praise her, if she doesn’t, don’t worry. If she resists sitting on it, don’t make a fuss—just again a week or so later.
c. Let your toddler see you using the toilet—most toddlers enjoy copying their parents.
d. Remember, this is just about introducing the idea of the potty—not getting your child out of diapers. The more prepared your toddler is , the easier toilet training will be.
馬桶訓練準備工作
孩子準備好了嘛?
給予孩子馬桶訓練常常會有社會加諸的壓力,但是除非孩子生理和心理上都已經準備好,不然是沒有辦法加速這個過程的。
首先,孩子的膀胱訊息傳到腦部的神經路線必須要完全成熟。最早成熟的年齡約莫是十八個月,這表示孩子自己會開始知道他正在小便或者是大便。不過這階段他還沒法子預測何時他需要小便或大便,在他熟悉需要去上廁所的感覺和能夠忍住的時間之前還有一段時期。
孩子是否準備好,是很容易辨別的,只要跟著孩子的暗示就對。
需要注意的徵兆
孩子在馬桶訓練前有越充分的準備,則馬桶訓練的成功機率就會越快並且越容易。孩子準備好的徵兆有
1. 知道他正在尿尿或者大便—他可能會停止玩耍,站著不動,看著你,臉上因為用力而轉紅,甚至試著要告訴你現在正發生哪件事情
2. 如果孩子裸身,他會看著他製造在地上的排泄物,還會抓著自己
3. 當你呈現小馬桶並且跟孩子解釋這是作何使用時,孩子可以了解你的意思
4. 願意嘗試坐在馬桶上或者小馬桶上,即使他不是真正在使用它
5. 想要模仿你使用馬桶或者是穿上內褲
介紹小馬桶
即使十八個月大的孩子可能還無法成功的開始使用小馬桶,你可能會想要在家裡擺個小馬桶好讓孩子有機會習慣它。
a. 選擇小馬桶要選那種當孩子坐下或站起來時不會翻倒的,裡面也應該有些弧度讓人好清理,座椅後端應該要有可以支撐背部的設計,馬桶的前端應該要有個防止灑尿設計和有可以手提的部分。
b. 將小馬桶放在廁所馬桶旁邊,洗澡前或者當你幫他脫下尿布時, 鼓勵孩子坐上去。如果他有大小便,就讚美他,如果他沒有,別擔心。如果他拒絕坐上去,也別小題大作—約莫一個星期後再試試看囉。
c. 讓孩子看大人使用馬桶—多數的孩子喜歡模仿爸媽。
d. 記住,這只是介紹小馬桶的概念,並不是要孩子丟掉尿布。孩子越準備好,馬桶訓練就會越簡單。
