If
you're wondering how to potty train boys, take heart because you are not alone,
and there are lots of tools and guides available to help you learn. Rather than
having to rely on your own ingenuity and a little advice from relatives who've
already trained their kids, you can find all sorts of information and products
you can use to help potty train your child. From toys and visual aids to DVDs
and books, you're going to get a lot of assistance in this process.
First
are the visual aids. These can help in potty training your child by allowing
you to give him demonstrations of the actual process of using the bathroom.
Many organizations make picture books that allow you to show him what it look
like for a boy to go potty, and what's actually happening.
Other
manufacturers carry this help beyond just pictures, and make potty training boy
dolls that recreate the process. You give water to the doll, and soon it comes
out the other end. You can show your boy how the doll sits on the potty and
goes to the bathroom.
Other
products that help potty train are on the practical side. These items would
involve things like pull-ups the child can wear instead of diapers, with the
front of the pull-ups reinforced with extra padding. And eventually the child
would move on to actual underwear. Meanwhile, there are all sorts of potty
training chairs or seats you can buy for your boy to use. He will likely learn
to use the potty sitting down at first, but once you teach him to stand up to
pee, you can even buy little urinals that either fit on the side of the toilet
bowl or are situated in their own stand.
Those
products are particularly tailored to potty training a boy, but of course other
merchandise is available to help potty train either boys or girls. Some toilet
seats will work equally well for both. You can buy charts to put onto a wall or
your fridge, where your child can keep track of his progress with little
stickers. Other companies make "rewards" for the child, such as
toilet stickers or temporary tattoos or appliqués for a t-shirt. To make the
process go a little more smoothly and less traumatically for your boy, you can
find helpful products that will make the job easier.
