There are so many ways to potty train your child. You may make it fun by playing a little game of “knock knock” while he or she is seated on the potty chair. You may also make it more convenient by holding your child’s hand to show assurance and security that nothing bad will happen to him or her. However, all these do not just come out from the box like poof! There are problems during potty training that cannot be avoided. So, how are you going to handle these problems for you to complete the potty training in no time?

Well, here are some helpful ways on how to handle potty training problems.

* Make sure your toilet room or the potty is clean and comfortable to sit in. You might wonder why your child uses the toilet in school, provided you already enrolled him or her to a school, but refuses to use the toilet or potty at home. Well, the problem could be in the sanitation of your home and toilet area. Always keep a spick and span place where your child is comfortable to use the toilet.

* Take some parental initiative to have the child go to the toilet gradually for bowel movements. This will be the best application if your child is already trained to urinate in the toilet but refuses to use it during bowel movements. If your child starts asking for diapers when he or she experiences bowel movement, do not tolerate this idea. Make your child go to the toilet and do the bowel movement there and not anywhere else. This potty training problem will be surpassed in no time.

* Give rewards and compensation. If your child seems to be persistent in not cooperating with you in the toilet training, tell him or her that there is a reward waiting everytime he or she uses the toilet. Use this method for encouraging and motivating him or her to get started.

* Use pleasing words and compliments. If material incentives will not work on your child, use the “internal” reward. This simply means that you can still encourage your child to continue with the potty training by continually saying good things about him or her. You may start by saying, “Wow! I heard that you already master using the potty. Can you show me how?” This can be used before the potty training. You could also say, “Very good! Unbelievably amazing to see you do that” after your child’s first attempt. This will definitely give him or her boost and motivation to continue with using the potty.

* If resistance persists, do not force the child. Basically, the reason for resistance is fear so do not add a traumatic experience by forcing the child. Start talking to your child about how he or she wants the training to be. This will be a handful for both of you to earnestly work together and complete the training.

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