Potty training is a significant milestone in a child’s development and can be a period of challenge and opportunity for parents. This guide offers comprehensive strategies to potty train your child in ...

Puppies rank extremely high on the cuteness scale, but they get up to a whole lot of mischief. Not only do they tear around your house, chewing up any shoes you foolishly leave in their path, they ...

Toddlers should typically start potty training anywhere from 18 months to 3 years of age. Some tips to potty training include making it fun and helping them get used to sitting on the toilet. The ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Potty training is a milestone in both the child’s and the parents’ lives that is as challenging as it is rewarding. While it may not be the most enjoyable experience, it can be made ...

Like most milestones, children develop potty training readiness at their own pace, usually between the ages of 2 and 3½. Developmentally, a lot has to happen before all systems are go — toddlers have ...

I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

Visit the potty after meals. The brain tells the stomach to get to work pooping shortly after meals (called the gastrocolic reflex). Take advantage of this and have your toddler sit on the potty about ...

Congratulations. After ample "commando" time, 937 readings of Potty Time with Elmo and more accidents than you care to remember, your child has been successfully potty trained. So why, you may be ...

Potty training is not for the fainthearted. It requires oodles of patience, a lot of wipes and an ability to be increasingly chilled when a poo turns up on your nice cream carpet. But once your child ...

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