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Three cheers for potty training! Hey, now…quit the eye rolling. I know, I know…it’s not always the easiest thing to do as a parent, but it is quite fulfilling once you can get your kiddos on the track to dry pants!
Potty training can feel like an overwhelming process, and when minor leaks or accidents occur, it can be a disappointment. Pampers Easy Ups helps makes this journey a little easier by providing better leak protection than the leading competitor.
Parents want potty training to be a positive experience for their toddlers, but leaks, accidents, and switching from training pants to diapers overnight can feel like setbacks. This is why we want to empower our little ones to overcome these obstacles to achieve and celebrate potty training success.
Training pants support the diaper-to-underwear transition for toddlers and their families as they have a more underwear-like look and feel while still helping to keep messes off clothing, bedding and other surfaces no matter where accidents happen: at home, on-the-go or overnight.
Check out these super awesome underwear training tips from Dr. Tanya Altmann:
Underwear Training Tips from Dr. Tanya Altmann:
Dr. Tanya is a UCLA-trained pediatrician and mom of three. She is a best-selling author, network television parenting expert, and entertainment industry and child product industry consultant. As a health expert for numerous news programs and talk shows, including Today (NBC) and KTLA 5 Morning News (CW Los Angeles), Dr. Tanya has discussed breaking medical news stories and controversial parenting issues.
After 14 years in a busy group pediatric practice, Dr. Tanya founded Calabasas Pediatrics, a concierge practice providing personalized pediatric health care with an emphasis on nutrition, a healthy lifestyle and preventive medicine. She loves being able to spend more time with her patients and be available to them after hours and on weekends, when they often need her most.
Excite with Underwear: Get your child excited about wearing underwear as it’s an
important milestone to look forward to for both you and your child.
The journey to underwear training is two-fold: 1) getting your child to use the potty and 2) getting them
used to no longer wearing diapers. Because of this new journey, I like to call “potty training” – underwear training. Make it fun and set aside a moment to mark the occasion by marking the transition to training underwear. For example, put Pampers Easy Ups in your child’s dresser drawer, as if it is actually underwear, to help them get excited and make the connection that they’re graduating from diapers.
Patience is Key. Underwear training is a developmental milestone and should never be rushed with any child. It is usually somewhere between two to three years of age when a toddler is ready to begin underwear training.
Look for Signs: You will typically start to notice cues that your child is ready for underwear training. Some of these signs include signaling to you before they go in their diaper, interest in what goes on in the bathroom, the desire to start using the potty, the ability to pull underwear off and on by themselves and the desire to wear big kid underwear.
Know the Underwear ABCs: With underwear training, children need to be able to know a few things like: A). when they need to go, B). how to get to the bathroom, and C). how to get themselves onto the potty. These are essential in order to make underwear training a true victory. Sometimes your child will learn a bit later and that is okay. Give them the time they need to make it successful and easy for both of you.
Encourage the Use of Training Pants: Training pants are a fantastic way to ease into the underwear training process and the best next step after diapers in order to get children used to the feeling of underwear. I recommend Pampers Easy Ups as they have the fit and feel of underwear while still giving children amazing leak protection for day and night. Training pants also help reinforce the concept of pulling underwear on and off,
which will make underwear training that much easier.
Lead by Example: As a parent, you are the best role model for your child and the best example to show them how to go. I encourage parents to allow children into the bathroom with them so they can see how easy it is. It is also important for parents to teach their children to wash their hands immediately after so that good hygiene practices are instilled from an early age.
Be Positive and Make it Fun: Always remember that positive reinforcement is key with your child, and never discipline them for not going. I find that small immediate rewards are the best way to make underwear training a breeze. Create a fun little dance that you do right after they successfully go or find other creative ways to reward them, like a sticker or a hand stamp. It is important to make children feel rewarded for
accomplishing this major milestone.
To make your potty training experience a tad easier, check out Pampers Easy Ups!
Features include:
*Pampers Easy Ups have fun Thomas & Friends® designs for boys and Dora the Explorer® designs for girls. Also, Easy Ups is now rolling out new Hello Kitty™ designs.
*A more underwear-like design for growing toddlers
*Graphics that fade when wet to help little ones learn
*Super-stretchy sides to make them easy to pull up and down when using the potty Pampers Easy Ups work during the day AND night,providing up to 12 hours of protection
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I the tip to make it fun.
The tip I like is to make it fun. Make it fun for the kids to want to potty train!
Know the underwear ABCs is the tip I want to try.
I like the tip to Excite with Underwear.
Step 4: Always make it fun, so true.
I want to encourage the use of training pants, especially overnight with my youngest grandson. He still wets at night but doesn’t believe he needs a diaper because he wants to be a “big boy”.
I’d like to try training pants. I’ve never used them before in potty training.
I like the one about making it fun – I always did that with my kids
my tip is to be consistent
I like the tip to look for signs that they are ready to potty train.
Potty training is such a huge milestone to reach & luckily both my kids are out of this stage already. These are some simple yet effective tips to make the process easier, but at the end of the day, Patience is going to be the key.
I like Step 1, Look for the signs. This was very helpful when we began potty training our son. We had less issues because he was ready. 🙂
reward them for there great job of going like a big kid
Knowing the underwear ABCs is smart.
I would like to try training pants.
I’d like to try the Underwear 123s. It makes good sense to break it down into three easy steps.
My idea of easy potty training…
We’re just starting to homeschool our youngest. I can’t believe he’s ready! I’ve been putting it off as long as I could!
As a new mom of twins, I’m not sure what I like more: the tips or the giveaway?!
What great tips! We don’t have kids yet but I’ll definitely keep this in mind for when we do! Thanks!
Making it fun is a must! My son is 2 and we are just starting. The struggle is real!
I would love to try the excite with underwear tip!
Patience! Yes, that is definitely key! My youngest is just about ready to start potty training…wish me luck!
I didn’t find potty training my twins a breeze at all! But I did like saving money whenever I could!
We all have different experiences when it comes to potty training. These tips will definitely help and it’s going to be great for first time parents as well.
make it fun
I want to do the Excite with Underwear tip.
I will use the tip to be positive and make it fun! Dancing sounds like a fun idea after successes!
My tip is to use a reward system.
Pampers Pull-ups helped us throughout the potty training process when our boys were little too. It made them feel like they were big boys.
Oh I would have to say my tip would be to put some books by the potty, and during the day make lots of trips to the potty for a story in hopes that something might happen while you are there.
Wow, I love that Thomas pullups. My son will surely love it. One of the best thing to encourage him is a reward.
I love the underwear ABC’s.
Make it fun! If your child isn’t interested, it’s not going to work.
i want to try the tip to make it fun
Making it fun is a must.
I like the make it fun tip.
Patience is key!
My tip is to always be patient with your little one.
We have been done with potty training for awhile.
What always worked best for us was lots of praise and patience.
thank you
I would like to use the Underwear 123’s! Sounds like a great way to tackle potty training! Thanks for all your great tips!
I want to try to make it fun. Thanks for the chance!
be consistent and stay positive.
I like the tip make it fun. This is so important for progress!
Use a reward system and positive reinforcement.
I like the tip to excite with underwear!
Make it fun
Patience. I could always use more of that in everything!
my kids are potty trained so I think I already took all the tips I knew ! praise and rewards!
thanks
I want to try the reward Of a sticker or a and stamp!
The tip to make it fun.
I want to try the potty training tip to make things fun.
the underwear ABC’s i never knew them
I think making it fun is a great one!
These are all great tips!!
I want to try a different rewards systems other than small candy treats.
I WILL TRY TO Be More Positive and Make it Fun 🙂 It was so challenging the first time around with my son, I have to remember to make it fun for my daughter !
I would like to try cheerios in the toilet for aiming.
I had girl 1st time around this time I have boy want to try cheerios.
I like the Make it fun tip!
Patience is always a good tip – seriously can not do this with out!
Make it fun!
Encourage the use of training pants
Be Positive and Make it Fun! My 1 1/2 loves being praised so I hope this method works when we start potty training.
Make it fun is a great tip. My daughter is pregnant and due in Dec. and her other son lives here part time due to shared custody and we made it fun for him and it was much easier.
The Know The Signs Tip.
I will try the Be Positive and Make it Fun Tip.
I like be positive and make it fun
I WOULD USE THE REWARD SYSTEM!
Patience and the reward system is what I would use! Thank you!
MAke it fun is an excellent tip!
The best tip is to MAKE IT FUN.