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August 3, 2005, 8:24 am PDT
 Quote From: sushimama Hi Everyone,
Two years ago, I was told that I'd have to teach a molecular biology lab to college students, and let me tell you, I never knew the subject so well until I had to teach it!! So that made me realize that "teaching" is really the best way to learn something, if that makes any sense at all.
So this gave me a new idea when it came to teaching my friend's four-year old son how to swim. I "pretended" that we needed to teach his plastic toy doll how to swim. I showed him what to do, how to do it, and then said he'd have to teach his doll. So of course, he had to do it himself, and suddenly seemed to lose a lot of his apprehension. Within two days, that boy was swimming and so proud that he was able to show his family and friends that he could swim!
Okay, so here's a suggestion for potty training. Perhaps you could use your child's favorite doll or stuffed animal as an example. Tell your kid that together, you need to teach this doll how to use the potty like a "big girl/boy" and then pretend to get really excited for the toy when it sits on the toilet, etc. Pretend to throw it a party or something "BIG" and fun. I'm sure this will actually take a lot more time and patience than other things, but who knows?
I'm definitely interested in this topic because I have a 10-month old daughter who will be needing to learn how to do this soon! I'll try some of these other suggestions, too, and let you all know what works!
Take care and good luck! For my son it didn't work because his problem was not peeing in the toilet -- it was pooping. He would go and hide so we knew he knew it was happening. Sometime from February to June (I know this time frame cause he wasn't in school so when he went back he was potty trained.) he just decided to do it himself. He would tell me he had to go and he still calls for help cleaning himself sometimes but overall he has it down now. He was keeping dry through the night for months and just having the pooping problem during the day so we started him wearing underwear at night and then he wanted to wear them all the time...
Next I have to train my 2 year old daughter but I hear girls are easier to potty train -- we'll see. So far, she sits on potty but forgets to take down her pull up but if you get to her and take it off she does go pee in her potty (sometimes even in the toilet!) My big problem with her and pooping is she takes off the diaper when it is soiled and yesterday she decided to do this when she was supposed to be napping. I went in to check on her as she was crying not sleeping to find her covered from hair to toes and the crib and walls were done too. Oh the joys of motherhood! My hubby calls her his little artist.... |
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