Название: Toilet Training
Автор: Vicki Lansky
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Секс и семейная психология
Серия: Lansky, Vicki
isbn: 9781931863612
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It takes some practice to sit on the toilet. It requires more balance than most adults realize. The adult toilet can seem like an abyss to a child. But certain techniques can make a child feel more secure.
• Teach a boy to urinate sitting down backward on the toilet, straddling it, and pointing his penis downward. If he is distracted while standing, he might forget to aim.
• Teach a little girl to sit sideways or backward on the big toilet. A little girl should also “sink” her bottom low enough so urine does not go through an adapter seat ring or the bowl rim. In the beginning, removing underwear and pants will lessen the chance of them getting wet.
• Hold your child securely on the seat’s edge yourself.
T.P. Control
Learning moderation in the use of toilet paper is also part of the training process.
• Impress upon a child that four squares of toilet paper will do the job effectively! Another measuring trick is to roll the paper down until it touches the floor. Or have a child take a strip of tissue the length of his or her arm.
• Reduce the use of excessive paper by making it harder to unroll. Before putting a roll of paper in place, press against it with the palm of your hand, in effect, squishing its natural contour. Now it will not turn as readily, increasing the chance of a child only taking what is needed, not what is easily unrolled.
• For a child who treats T.P. as an object of play, keep it off its natural holder for now but within reach. Place a rubberband around the roll that will be easy for you to remove but will be an obstacle for your child.
• Or cut off a center section the same size as the horizontal dimension of a roll of toilet paper from an empty plastic pop liter bottle. Slit it up the side and trim it to fit the roll. It will act as a see-through cover to the toilet paper roll that will be easy for you to slip on and off the roll of toilet paper but virtually impossible for a child’s small hands to do so. (Also a good deterrent for pets who think T.P. is for playing!)
• Put the roll on backward so the paper comes from the back. Usually a child “slaps” paper down—not up—so there’s less chance of excess unrolling.
Hygiene
Wiping seems to remain a parental responsibility for quite a while, even after a child has assumed much or all of the other responsibilities associated with toilet training. It is difficult for children to do a good job of wiping. Poor cleanup can be irritating, in more ways than one.
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