Schmidt advises parents to keep up a steady stream of praise — whenever a child uses the potty. And, after a child has taken the initiative and peed in the potty at least 10 times, he recommends that parents introduce “big-kid underwear.” Portray this as a reward for progress, and allow kids to choose underpants for themselves. Just make sure that the garments are loose-fitting, so your child can them pull up and down without your help. Once your child starts wearing underpants, reserve diapers for sleeping and travel. This isn’t unreasonable advice. Trying to force toilet training on an unwilling child is a bad idea. Children may respond by trying to withhold urine or stool, increasing the risk of a urinary tract infection or constipation. A coercive approach could also increase your child’s anxieties and fears — causing more potty training problems (Schmidt 2004b). Diener M. 2000. “Gift from the gods: A Balinese guide to early child rearing,” in A world of babies: Imagined childcare guides for seven societies (J. DeLoache and A. Gottlieb, eds.) New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-231. What can we do about these problems? If we plan ahead, we can prevent many of them from arising in the first place. At the end of this article, I offer tips for avoiding trouble. Brazelton’s potty training techniques are outlined in his book, Toilet training the Brazelton way (2004). He recommends that parents delay toilet training until children show spontaneous signs of being ready (for a list of promising signs, see this Parenting Science article). Once parents observe the signs, they can follow a series of steps, but the precise timing depends on the child.

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Elizabeth Pantley has published her own guide to toilet training, The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers. Like Brazelton, Pantley emphasizes the importance of waiting until your child is ready. But she also believes in parental reminders. Her recommended potty training techniques include the use of rewards. More reading We used the 3 day method with our daughter and it went well, but since I hate changing poo, we started sitting our baby on the potty at 8 months, just to see what happened. Two months later, he goes about 50% of the time and is getting familiar with the routine. I suppose that if we took it seriously and made a potty schedule as you suggest, I’d probably be able to avoid diapers all together in a few months. Sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing what worked for your son!Realistic expectations are key during this three day method. It is likely that accidents will occur as your child progresses.You will need to be able to recognize if you need to slow down or pause the method if you are not seeing success. Avoid frustration and punishment if regression does occur.In addition, overnight potty training may still take time. The muscles of the bladder wall are usually stable, contracting only around the time of urination (Yeung et al 1995; Wen and Tong 1998). And when researchers have tried to provoke healthy newborns to urinate by manually pressing their bladders, it didn’t work. The bladders didn’t leak (Gladh et al 2000).

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But I think this misses the point that concerns most Westerners, which is that diaper-free babies may soil furniture, rugs, and other items that are rather difficult to clean.

I can’t find any scientific studies testing this method. Dr. Barton Schmidt prescribes this potty training method to patients who have had difficulty making the transition from practice runs to toileting independence. He reports high success rate (Schmidt 2004a). Other potty training techniques