Toilet Training

Venessea - posted on 02/27/2010

My son could not say more then 5 words by the age of 2. We hired a speech therapiest who came once a week to work with him on talking but mostly sign language. He cried all time and pointed. It was very frustrating cause he couldn't communicate with us. He picked up on the sign language extremely fast just simple words like eat, sleep, play, drink, potty etc... there are books you can get that teach you signs for words. He learn over 100 signs by the time he was 2 1/2 yrs old then he started saying the words with the signs and now he doesn't sign at all. So teaching her sign language might help her understand better. I also reccommend putting her in panties not pull ups or diapers so she can really feel what is happening, don't get angry cause there will be lots of accidents at first, limit her intake of fluids and try to have her go potty every hour. Start her out on a toddler potty and have some kind of reward that she can only have for going potty, for instance, if you choose candy or stickers she can't have them any other time. I tried using candy with daughter but she was getting candy from grandma everyday from the gas station so that didn't work. We then went to a sticker chart which she loved, my second child liked to eat popsicles so he only got one when he went potty, which was a lot of popsicles at first but once they learn it they will eventually forget about the prizes. My 3yr old simply like hearing me say I was so happy, everytime he would go potty he would asked, "mommy happy?" He loved pleasing me! It may take a while to figure out what your child will work for but once you find it, It will be super easy! Giving my child the power to communicate improved his daily life and ours and started to speed up is developmental delays. I wish you the best of luck and I hope these tips help!!

Jasmin - posted on 02/06/2010

Hello!

Does your daughter see you go to the bathroom? Maybe that would help her, or get a little play potty for dolls/stuffed animals to pretend play and tell her that's where people go instead of diapers. I don't have any experience with the delays your daughter has, I'm just thinking that role play and pretending might help, since it's mostly watching and imitating. Children learn a lot by copying others, I am sure your daughter will too eventually. Good luck!