Potty Training: Springing off the Potty

If your child springs off the potty after just a few seconds of sitting on it, don't get all worked up. Remove their toys from the potty training basket, read to them, sign a song, play a game. Make potty time fun for them. If they spring off and you hold them down on the potty they are most likely going to start screaming, yelling or crying and this is not getting you anywhere as they will not want to take the effort of associating the feeling of peeing or pooping with the act of using the potty. Trust the process and trust that your child will be able to learn how to use the potty when they have the urge to pee or poop.

Through this whole stage make sure you are giving your child a lot of liquids like:

• Water

• Juice

• Popsicles

• Smoothies

• Fruits like watermelon, cucumber or pineapple.