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Spring Potty Training
Top 10 Tips From the PULL-UPS® Potty Training Partners
Spring has sprung, and for many parents, spring training means potty training. To make the potty training process a smooth success, the experts of the PULL-UPS Potty Training Partners (PTPs) offer their tried-and-true tips to parents.
1. Be prepared to begin the process. Potty training takes time and energy, which is why spring/summer is the perfect time of year to get started. The warmer weather means less clothes, more vacations and longer days making more time for parents and tots to master potty training.
2. Tailor your approach for potty training success. PULL-UPS now offers two pants, PULL-UPS Training Pants With Learning Designs® and PULL-UPS Training Pants With Wetness Liner – each is designed to work with each individual child's learning style to help him or her learn the difference between wet and dry, and eventually master potty training. Parents can find a Potty Training Personality Profile at Pull-ups.com that can suggest a training pant that matches their child's learning style.
3. Introduce the potty chair at the beginning of the process when your child is showing signs of readiness – stays dry for two hours, interested in the bathroom, etc. Demonstrate how it works and instill a sense of potty ownership in him or her by wrapping it as a present or decorating it with stickers.
4. Get your child comfortable with the idea of potty training, and introduce the potty training supplies you'll be using before getting started. Practice putting on training pants, washing his or her hands at the bathroom sink and sitting on the potty chair before he or she starts using it.