Children don't know how to defecate

When children are young, their parents need to control their toileting and defecation. However, children nowadays have gradually left diapers and can no longer defecate freely, so going directly to the toilet will make children very uncomfortable. Parents need to slowly guide their children to go to the toilet, because when they reach a certain age, they must master the habit of going to the toilet.

6 Steps to Toilet TrainingGo Top

STEP1 Send a "defecation signal"

When teaching your baby to use the toilet, you should first teach your baby to learn to send out "defecation signals" by themselves. This can be physical, such as squeezing your legs together, or verbal "shhh" or "poop" to tell parents that they want to go to the toilet.

Toilet tips: It is best to place the baby's potty chair in the bathroom or in the baby's own room. When your baby is happy to create his "playground" in the living room, the potty chair can be placed near him. When placing a toilet chair, it is best to follow the "proximity principle".

STEP2 Take off your pants

Take your baby to the toilet and let him learn to take off his pants by himself and pull them down to his feet. If the baby does well, parents should praise and encourage him in time. After he has mastered taking off pants with elastic bands, he can practice taking off more complicated pants.

Toilet tips: If a boy wants to urinate, he needs to take off his pants to the middle of his thighs, spread his legs, take out his penis, and urinate without getting his clothes wet.

STEP 3 Sit on the toilet

Take your baby to the toilet and let him gradually get familiar with his own urine bucket or toilet chair. Take him to sit there frequently without pulling down his pants. Just let him get used to sitting on it. Once your baby understands the concept of the potty, you can proceed with the following steps.

Toilet tips: Sometimes young babies don’t realize they have to defecate. In this case, you can let them sit down without pulling down their pants, so that they will have the awareness of using the potty.

STEP 4 Defecation

Turn on the faucet and let your baby defecate while listening to the sound of water. Let the baby maintain a specific posture, and then use "hush" sounds to induce the baby to urinate; use "hmm, hmm" sounds to encourage the baby to defecate.

Toilet tips: If you want your baby to develop good toilet habits, do not let your baby play with toys or eat when he uses the potty to urinate or defecate. Be careful to avoid your baby sitting on the potty for a long time to form habitual constipation.

STEP5 Clean your butt

Train your baby to wipe his or her own bottom. At the beginning, parents can do it for the baby, let the baby lift up his buttocks, so that it is easier for parents to clean his buttocks. But when the baby is a little older, you should let him learn to clean his butt by himself.

Toilet tip: Let your baby pull up his underwear and pants, and parents can help to tidy up the pants. You can teach him to defecate on the adult toilet. After defecation, teach the baby to cover the toilet lid and flush it with water to develop good hygiene habits.