How to know if you are ready to leave the diaper

What is the best time for a child to leave the diaper and go to use the toilet? As any change in life it is best to go little by little and adapt to the needs that the child shows at every moment. Of course, do not rest on your laurels and let the child decide the pace. Parents should help this process be bearable for your children and encourage them to do it.

Attentive to signals

As he grows up, the child learns that at certain moments he feels the need for pee or poop. Minors indicate these situations through signs such as go to a corner and squat, start naming your bowel movements or looking for a diaper dry, a sign that the little one does not like to be wet.

All these clues indicate to adults that the child is fully aware how the situation will end once you feel the urge to relieve yourself. Another sign that children can make in this sense is to try imitate to their parents and siblings every time they go to the service, this indicates that they have understood what it is for.

Encourage them, do not overwhelm them

Once these signs are detected, the child should be made aware that each time they feel these needs, they should notify parents so that they take them to the service to relieve themselves. A task for which we must be patient because in some situations in which the child is playing and having fun can ignore this warning and continue enjoying the leisure.

For this reason it is good that during the first steps the child continues wearing diaper to avoid unnecessary evils. Also during the night it will be good for the children to keep carrying these products since during sleep the sphincters can relax and cause some leakage to dirty their clothes.

Neither do you have to overwhelm to the children making him understand that he should behave like an adult when it comes to going to the service. You have to give your time, to learn to function on your own. To help you in this task you can buy a potty appropriate for your height. Another product that can help are the adapters for the toilet bowl since on many occasions the child may be afraid to fall inside seeing the opening so large.

Create a routine

Slowly and with good lyrics. Once the abandonment process of the diaper, it is important not to desist in this work. A day without working for the child to start using the toilet can mean starting the process from scratch. Every day you have to ask the children if they feel these needs and in case they respond that they do take them to the service so they can make their depositions.

In short, create a routine in which the child ends up understanding that each time he has these needs, he must notify his parents or any adult who is taking care of him to take him to the service. It is important never elude these warnings, at all times we must try to stop what is being done to accompany the child to the service and contribute to this process.

Damián Montero