Title: Potty Training Guidelines - Child Development Institute
Headings: Potty Training Guidelines
Potty Training Guidelines
By Elizabeth Pantley
Author of The No-Cry Potty Training Solution
Quick Facts About Potty Training
The Potty Training Readiness Quiz
Potty Training – Get Ready, Get Set, Go!
Get Set
Go

Content: Potty training need not be expensive. A potty chair, a dozen pairs of training pants and a relaxed and pleasant attitude are all that you really need. Anything else is truly optional. Most toddlers urinate four to eight times each day, usually about every two hours or so. Most toddlers have one or two bowel movements each day, some have three, and others skip a day or two in between movements. In general, each child has a regular pattern. More than 80 percent of children experience setbacks in toilet training. This means that what we call “setbacks” are really just the usual path to mastery of toileting. Ninety-eight percent of children are completely daytime independent by age four. The Potty Training Readiness Quiz
Potty training is easier and happens faster if your child is truly ready in all three areas: