Hello Doctor, Good evening. This is Sona here, mom of Prinz Ponnappa. My son is 3 years 1 month old and resists to do potty in a potty trainer or toilet. He needs only Diaper to do potty. He holds off his potty even for long hours without a diaprler. As a parent, how should I deal with this situation? Would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Thank you in advance!

1 Answer

Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 5 m old boy1 Year ago

A. potty training and toilet training should be initiated as soon as the child completes one and half years of age. avoid before that except if you feel that the child is giving cues when he or she wants to pass stool. also good demonstration has to be given again and again to the child to reinforce the habit. make the child sit on potty seat daily so that the child gets accustomed and not fearful of the seat and situation kindly go through various articles on potty training on firstcry. please be patient as after starting training it may take 6 months also for the child to learn. after the age of 1 and 1/2 years of age you can plan to decrease the diaper usage for the child. you have to start giving diaper free time every few hours which will develop a new habit of remaining diaper free. at the same time you can start using cotton underwear for the child so that the child feels that the child is wearing a type of diaper. gradually you can reduce the usage of diaper to only night times as soon as the child is able to tell about urine and stool and potty training is developed you can stop using diaper s

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