The Potty Training Readiness Quiz
When it comes to potty training each of your children, there’s always that question, “are they ready?” Honestly, I feel that each child is uniquely different and you can’t place a time frame that everyone should abide by. Our first child didn’t want anything to do with the toilet until he was three and then it took several months before we made significant progress. He was probably 3 1/2 before he was totally trained. Our daughter was interested shortly after she turned 2 and has been using the potty since June. She will be 3 in February and still wets occasionally at night and absolutely refuses to poop in the toilet. She wears underwear, so I get the lovely task of cleaning that up everyday, but we are working on it. I know it will click when she’s ready. I’m not punishing her more than simply telling her that it was a bad choice to not use the toilet.
Elizabeth Pantley has written a new book, “The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-bye To Diapers.” In her book she talks about 3 areas in which to asses to see if your child is ready: physical, cognitive and social. She has a quiz to take to see if your child is ready. If you are interested in seeing the quiz, click here. I found the quiz to be helpful, but not an exact science. Again, every child is different and I disagree with trying to put them in the same category. She states that you’ll get better results if your child is speaking in sentences and has a larger grasp on language. I have a nephew that basically trained himself and was out of diapers at 20 months. I know he was an early talker, but most certainly wasn’t speaking in sentences. So, who knows? She may have something worth pondering. Give it a read and let me know what you think!
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