Tips / Advice 

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Toilet Training

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First of all .. is your child ready for toilet training? 

It is really important that you wait until your child is ready for toilet training, they will show you that they are ready by showing you certain signs, these signs include .... 

• Your child wanting to wear underpants/nickers 

• Your child telling you they have had a wee or a poo and want to be changed 

• Your child telling you they need a wee or a poo 

• Your child showing interest in using the toilet/potty 

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 How to start toilet training 

• Dress for training - we want to encourage the children to be independent this is by pulling their pants/knickers/underpants  up and down themselves. 

     Tips -

1. Put your child is loose trousers, shorts or leggings. 

2. Try to allow your child to wear dresses/skirts or pants that have an elastic waists 

3. Use pull ups not nappies! 

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• Routine - Ensure all parents, grandparents, childcare providers are all following the same routine for the child as this will help the child feel more confident and supported.

• Keep your child motivated - introduce rewards to get your child excited to use the potty this could be doing a fun dance or a sticker. 

• Normalise the potty - When your child is first starting, encourage them to use the potty regularly. Your child may just sit on the potty as you chat away to them, this is great as it will get them familiar with it.  

• Accidents - accidents will occur so don't panic! This will allow your child to become aware of the wet and dry feeling.  

• Outside the house - Your child may not be fully ready and confident to attend the toilet away from their home setting or you may be worried that your child may have an accident went out and about. While your child is still learning why not put a pull up on? Place either the knickers or underpants on first then put the pull up on over them.  This way your child won't have a wet accident in their pants but will still be able to feel the wet feeling noticing they have had a wee.

Reminder, these are general tips and advice but every child is different and will learn at their own pace! If your child attends with us here at St Mark's Preschool then please speak to your child's key worker for some more support and advice. Don't forget we also have our toilet training topic bag that you can take home! 

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