The
consumer editor says
Toilet training can be a stressful time - both for
parents and for the child but done with patience and with care
it can be done relatively quickly and marks one of the major landmarks
of childhood. Some alternative parents with a dedication to natural
parenting claim babies can be toilet trained from birth using
a combination of mothers' intuition and a child's natural dislike
for soiling itself. They admit to putting their babies onto the
potty every 20-30 minutes so it requires absolute dedication -
for most parents the optimum training age seems to be from around
two.
In our test we looked at both traditional potties,
trainer seats and attachments which fit onto an adult loo. Designs
can now be very sophisticated with all kinds of gimmicks and gadgets
and although these may not be essential we found some of them
did indeed help the training process. Whatever you choose it needs
to be quick and easy to get to for your child and comfortable
for them to use.
The training challenges vary from child to child
and are different for boys and girls. The key to success is lots
of patience and lots of praise for every success.
If you have a son we strongly recommend you look
at the Weeman - its a product you may not have seen and its unique
design is well worth a try.
