08/28/2025
🍎Back to School!
🍎This has been a hot topic with a lot of parents contacting me about all things potty training! Here are some important things to look at and consider.
🍎Readiness- making sure that your kiddo is ready mentally and physically ready. Signs include things like wing able to stay dry for longer periods of time, having more consistent times bowel movements, and are able to voice feelings of urge (even if it comes a little too late!)
🍎Age- typically we see that ages for beginning to use the toilet are between 3-4 for daytime. It can be up to age 5-6 before they can master night time!
🍎 Regression- regressions are totally normal! You can have a kiddo that has been using the toilet consistently and then all of a sudden go back to square one. This is typical and not something to worry about. Regression can also happen with big life changes: moving, new routine, beginning school or a new class environment! Change is hard and definitely something to consider with a regression.
⭐️ MOST IMPORTANTLY: No shaming or forcing! Learning to use the bathroom is hard and it can be tough to train interoception in kids. It can be hard for adults! Lots of patience and grace during this time for kids and for you as parents. Shaming can lead to even bigger problems like withholding.
🍎 I read something about switching language to call this time Potty Learning instead of Potty Training. This language is great because I feel like it puts less pressure on the situation. We aren’t born knowing how to walk or tie our shoes, we learn! Trial and error and setbacks are totally normal and healthy with learning. If we shift our mindset to learning toileting skills rather than training maybe this can help with the whole process.
🍎 If you have questions about what is normal for potty LEARNING, shoot us a message!
