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19.01.2022 FREE Know Your Child | Toilet Training Workshop at Churchill. With a dedicated approach to your child you can toilet train quickly as you are working in their strengths. :) TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER - CHURCHILL - "Know Your Child & Toilet Train in Days" Workshop Time: 6pm - 7:30 pm Venue: Little World for Scholars... Address: 199 Warwick Road, Churchill Contact: Tash (07) 3810 0700 Cost: Free See more

18.01.2022 Confessions of Celebrity Mums Potty Training.... Toilet training is a real and messy experience whether you are a celebrity mum or just your normal champion mum at home. A recent interview with Kristen Bell revealed that while her first was easy to toilet train at 21 months, her youngest is still in nappies at 5 and half years old. I was contacted by a radio station this morning regarding this and the challenges society places on a child in nappies at this age. While ther...e is a reality with negative public perception, I believe the main problem is considering the extra pain this places on the child - physically and emotionally. In another statement, Kristen Cavallari said her son repeated his tummy hurt. A Poo Challenge brings with it constipation issues, anxiety, social problems at school; if a child does a poo in the nappy around other children in the school environment at five years old, how will their peers react? This is where we need to focus, not pointing the finger, but with the aim to avoid or overcome this for our children's sake. A bad habit is simply not knowing what to do the first time and repeating it. We don't wake up one morning and decide, today I am going to create a Poo Challenge with my toddler, and it will last for over a year and a half, it is going to be great..... that would be ludicrous. You can ask any parent who is going through a poo problem with their child and it is not pleasant, for everyone concerned. If Kristen Bell had a solution to avoid her poo problem from the beginning, I am sure she would have taken the easy toilet training experience like her first. This is where it highlights that every child is different and thus needs to be toilet trained according to their individual needs, as one size fits all approach does not always work. If you have a strong-willed child you need to help them with their control issues of holding on; a fearful child their acceptance of a new routine moving from nappy to toilet. These two very different personalities can both have poo problems, but how we approach it needs to be completely different for each child to help them overcome. By working in your child's strengths, you are able to give them the ownership, confidence, and leadership they need to move past whatever is stopping them in the first place. Knowing what makes your child tick gives you the ammunition to move towards a solution to either prevent the challenge (preferred) or work through the problem to help your child win. https://www.usmagazine.com//celebrity-parents-share-potty/

14.01.2022 Working With a Strong-Willed Courageous Lion Refusal The Courageous Lion, is the strong-willed, determined child. If you are blessed with raising this little person, you may have already experienced the challenge of their assertive nature unleashed. Dealing with tantrums and their defiance can be quite exhausting when simple tasks like getting dressed for the day can turn into an all out war zone. Be encouraged. The strong-willed child can actually the easiest to work with...Continue reading

11.01.2022 Working With a "Couldn't Care Less" Loveable Lamb Refusal The Loveable Lamb is the laid-back, but stubborn child. They are not prone to highs or lows, and are quite easy-going - until they are not. Then they dig their heels in and you cannot budge them. One of the harder personalities to toilet train because they are a little lazy when it comes to caring if they are wet or dirty, with little to no motivation to change. Additionally, the child that doesn't care is quite happy ...to sit in a dirty nappy rather than make the effort to use the toilet. Put simply, they will choose the easy path every time; thank you very much Mum and Dad for showing me the nappy, this suits me fine. This is where understanding your child is integral, particularly when the solution for this child requires more than motivation. In fact, they will do more to move away from the pain barrier than to reach out for the carrot. This means, while positive reinforcement is a great starting point, it won't be enough to see the Loveable Lamb through to the finish line. Additionally, they don't finish well, and "telling" you they need to go is not a strength. Subsequently, parents can miss this critical detail needed to help them win. Basically the mantra for working with a Loveable Lamb is "toilet easy, accidents hard". They will be toilet trained when they come to the conclusion, this is all too hard, I choose toilet. While the nappy is easy, you won't get very far. You need to find the one thing that annoys them to help make the toilet look great. "Hard or easy, it's your choice darling?" If you have a little boy, this is where a Super Weeman is invaluable, as it allows a boy to stand, no toilet seat insert required, no hands, no stool, in an out and they are done, back to playing with their toys. Making the Toilet Yum Yum spin around in the Weeman when you hit them with your wees is soooo much fun as well, just to help encourage them to the toilet in the first place. On the flip-side, they need to understand that accidents mean hard work, which can involve cleaning up the mess themselves (obviously helping to make sure it is done right in the end), missing out on the toy they couldn't be bothered moving away from to go.... anything that can get some sort of reaction to encourage them to want to change. Don't mistake this for a punishment, or getting angry. They are sensitive and don't like you to be annoyed with them. It is instead teaching consequences and working in their strengths in order for them to willingly make the effort because the alternative is too much trouble in the end. While they are so easy-going, you will tear your hair out with this relaxed personality, particularly with something like toilet training which can drag on and on. It is all in the details, just little changes to give them the motivation to decide it is just easier to actually walk to the toilet and go. See more

10.01.2022 But What if They Refuse to Go? Toilet refusal is common. Just like your child refusing to eat a certain food, or refusing to stay in bed, or refusing to listen first time. It is all part of their development, discovering what they can and can't do. How we deal with these objections is important and ultimately determines the next step in the dance. Research shows the first five years of a child's life sets the trajectory for the rest of their life. These beginning years are th...at important. This of course does not mean we can't deviate if we find ourselves on the wrong path, it just means we can make it harder or easier than it needs to be. Prevention, versus the cure. When it comes to toilet training refusal, parents often make the mistake of focusing on the wees and poos. Unless there is a physical challenge that needs to be addressed, this is very rarely where the solution lies. Rather, focusing on our child's behaviour and identifying what 'battle of wills' we need to actually address is the key. Is it fear; is it control; is it laziness; or simply a lack of focus? Identifying the root cause will provide the right foundation in which to proceed with a solution. Subsequently, there is no one answer to the question, "What if my child refuses to go?", as a one-size-fits-all approach may not be effective for your child's needs. As per the last post, every child needs fun, but what does "fun" actually mean for your child? Every child needs routine, but some personalities don't function well without it. Some children need to be taken by the hand and led, where for some that would be cause for mutiny. A greater understanding of your child breaks down the barriers of refusal so you can move forward with confidence. Once you understand why they are doing what they are doing, you then have a clearer path to move forward and overcome. See more

10.01.2022 ROUTINE IS SO VERY IMPORTANT When moving to a new routine from using the nappy to doing wees and poos in the toilet, it can be a scary, new concept for your child. Helping your child accept this new routine as seamlessly as possible is your goal, while teaching them the new habit along the way. Some children like the Wise Old Owls, have more resistance to this change, which is where working to your child's strengths is important. Firstly, work out your child's routine so you... are "training" them. You can't expect your child to just "get it" without any instruction. Yes, children with the Courageous Lion personality are very good at leading the way and can start telling you they need to go, before you have even thought about starting toilet training. You cannot rely on this though for every child, and regardless, to gain consistency required to create this new routine, it is up to us, the parent to teach. By getting your child to the toilet at the "right" times according to their bladder size is the key foundation in which to work from. For instance, taking your child to the toilet every 20 minutes is no good if you child has a 4 hour bladder size. Secondly, DO NOT ask your child if they need to go. If you have just started, and used a disposable nappy previously that has taken the sensation away, how are they supposed to know? This is where "refocus, make it fun" will help encourage your child to the toilet. Setting an alarm at the key times helps create ownership over the process and allows you to relax in between the time intervals of heading for the toilet. A lot of toilet training stress can be our own mental fatigue with constantly thinking about avoiding an accident, and our children can pick up on this negative emotion. Lastly, the best approach is to work to your child's needs to help encourage them to the toilet or potty. Understanding how to work with a fearful child, or a controlling one, is how you tackle the 'battle of wills' that causes toilet refusal. You don't find the solution in the wees and poos. Having a clear game plan to help get your Wise Old Owl to the toilet in the first place, or help your Courageous Lion relax enough to go is the key. When you adapt your approach to your child specifically, both bladder and personality, this dedicated approach gives you faster more effective results to create this new routine. No one wants to take months dealing with wees and poos if it can accomplished in just days. https://www.pottytraining.com.au/in-the-media/

10.01.2022 Refocus, Make it Fun!! When you start toilet training, you need to think like a child. We often just want the job done, so our focus is wees/poos/toilet. This is where parents can discover their little angel has other ideas, and this new thing you are wanting to do is not on their agenda - at all! So, you need to make it fun, keeping in mind what fun means for your child. A serious Wise Old Owl loves information from reading a book and the appeal of aligning stickers in a... row, whereas the opposite personality the Cheeky Monkey, fun means charging down the hallway like a racing car, stickers on their hand, on the wall, and pretty much all over the place. Both are having fun, in their way. You will succeed and more importantly, help them succeed when you capture the essence of your child's make-up and work in their strengths. Every child loves to have fun. You will make toilet training quicker and less stressful when you ensure the extra little details are covered with the understanding of what makes your child tick. Let the fun begin! See more