Title: When Your Toddler Resists Potty Training: Why It Happens and Tips on How to Handle It
Headings: When Your Toddler Resists Potty Training
When Your Toddler Resists Potty Training
When your child refuses to use the potty — should you or shouldn't you push?
Why do toddlers resist potty training?
What can you do if your toddler is refusing to potty train?
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Content: What gives? Here are a few reasons your tot may hesitate to be potty training — and what can you do about it. Why do toddlers resist potty training? For a toddler, control is often the ultimate goal. The more you insist he try the potty, the more he may resist. Some children are also terrified of falling in and/or are fearful of the flushing mechanism ("Hey, if stuff disappears down that hole, I might too!") or the loud noise it makes when you flush the toilet. What can you do if your toddler is refusing to potty train? There are several steps you can take to try to help your child get into potty training and get out of this stubborn "I don't want to!" phase.