A great way to encourage your child while potty training is with a potty training chart.
Children love to be praised and they thrive when they know that they are pleasing those around them. This allows for a child to reflect on the praise and success that they have received with each and every use of the potty.
Children that receive positive feedback and reinforcement usually do much better with potty training than those who do not.
Most parents swear by the use of a potty training chart because it works.
The Training Chart
Many parents keep the chart simple and make it themselves. You may want to have a chart for each week that will allow the child to place a sticker on it each and every time they make it to the potty in time.
The child will delight in putting the sticker on the chart to mark their progress and they will also feel good about themselves when they do so.
You can also print a potty training chart online. These also come in very simple to very complex charts. Remember to keep the chart so that your child will understand it.
If the child does not understand the chart or is overwhelmed by it they may actually have more anxiety about potty training.
The idea is to keep the same chart layout through the process and to use it consistently. If you allow them to place a sticker on the chart one time but not the next it will lose its effectiveness very quickly.
You should even keep track of success outside the home and let the child place stickers on the chart when you return home.
Placement of the Potty Training Chart
You want to place the potty training chart somewhere that your child will see it often. This will remind them to pay attention to the cues that their body gives them that it is time to get to the potty.
Children really do enjoy receiving praise and acknowledgement, so every time they see those stickers they will want to get more.
Hanging the potty training chart in the bathroom or on the refrigerator is a great idea because these are likely places where your child will be spending a lot of time.
Think about your child’s routine and where they spend most of their waking hours and that is where you want to hang your potty training chart.
