Potty Training Girls

Usually, parents who have “been there” will tell you that potty training girls is easier than accomplishing the feat with boys. Helping your little girl make the transition from diapers to using the toilet will still take patience on your part as well as on hers. Be sure when you train your little girl to use the bathroom that you train her to wipe from the front to the back, when she is done. If she wipes in any other way, you risk spreading bacteria. This can cause vaginal or urinary tract infections. If your girl doesn’t understand the motion of front to back, you can help her learn to pat herself until she is dry. This is most important after she has a bowel movement, since that is the time when more bacteria will be present. Your daughter is like a mini-“you”, and she will naturally want to do things the way you do. This can work to your advantage when it’s time for potty training. Just as she likes to wear heels and try to put makeup on like you, she will also benefit from watching Mom use the bathroom, when it comes time for training. Seeing you using the “big girl toilet” will help encourage her when it comes time that she uses the toilet as well. It will be easier to train your daughter to use the potty if the toilet is inviting. There are potty chairs available that stand by themselves, or they can come as an attachment that fits on your toilet. You can even find potty chairs that are decorated like thrones, which will make them more enticing. Place her potty chair somewhere she can be comfortable when she uses it. Allow her to practice on it with her clothes on, before you get into real training. Once she “gets it”, then you can explain how to use it, and help her to sit on her potty chair with her pants down. She will learn to understand that her potty chair is there for times when she feels like she needs to go to the bathroom. Young girls usually love being able to do what big girls do, and wearing real underwear is one of those times. She can pick out her own underwear, if you like. It may also be decorated with princesses and other characters that will make your daughter enjoy wearing them, so that she will want to keep them dry. Books can be helpful, too, in potty training. You can select a book that explains potty training to children in a way that they will understand. You can leave books in the bathroom, too, so your child can look at them while she is having a bowel movement. Don’t encourage lingering after her “business” is done, however. Above all, be patient with your little girl when you are doing her potty training. She and you may experience accidents and setbacks, but it will all work out, and then you’ll have a happy, potty trained little lady. For a complete program that will answer all your questions and have your daughter potty trained in the shortest time click on the above image.  Potty Training Girls the Easy Way!