Using a Potty Training Chart for Added Motivatioin

When potty training, I encourage parents to utilize any and all methods available to them to encourage motivation in their child. Potty training can be a long and drawn-out process - and keeping your child excited about the process is challenging at best!

Positive reinforcement can include rewards, praise, special activities and foods -- and the ever-popular potty training chart..

Potty training charts come in many formats. There are some that are commercially available, or you can design your own. The concept is simple - when your child successfully uses the toilet, he is allowed to put a sticker onto the chart.

If you decide to make a home-made chart, let your child help in the design. Take him or her to the store and pick out the stickers.

Some sources of free sticker charts are:







Rewards

Decide how many stickers equal a special reward. When the child has accumulated that many stickers, she gets her reward. Many parents prefer not to use snacks or candy as rewards with good reason, but your child enjoys many other things that are healthy and fun. . Rewards can be anything your child likes; a trip to the park, a little toy, a special play date or whatever.

Be Consistent

Consistency is the name of the game when it comes to potty training. Whatever ground rules you establish in the beginning need to be followed by everyone who spends time with your child. If she’s at daycare or a relative’s house and can’t use her sticker chart, be sure to let her put her success stickers on her chart when she gets home.

Encouragement

If she has an off day and doesn’t make it to the potty to earn any stickers, gently encourage her to do better tomorrow. Talk about how it takes time to get good at something new. Understand that she’s disappointed and share some ideas on how next time can be better.

Success comes in small increments. By using a potty training chart, you and your child have something tangible to record those successes and motivate both of you to continue through the process.

A potty training chart is another tool you can use to help your child have fun, enjoy the process and, at the same time, learn faster


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