AT THE AGE OF 2YEARS AND 3 MONTHS, JOHN IS BLADDER-TRAINED.TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS(ONE AT SIXTEEN MONTH AND ONE AT TWENTY MONTHS,FOUR MONTH AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS BROTHER)WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.AT TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS MY WIFE DECIDED THAT SINCE SHE WAS READY FOR JOHN TO BE TRAINED,JOHN SHOULD BE READY TOO.THUS SHE PUT "TRAINING PANTS" ON HIM(UNDERPANTS MADE OF VERY THICK ABSORBENT COTTON)AFTER ONE WEEK OF CONSTANTLY WETTING AND CHANGING HER TRAINING PANTS,JOHN RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY TO THE"POTTY CHAIR"AT MY SISTER'S HOUSE.FROM THAT DAY FORWARD,DESPITEAN OCCASIONAL ACCIDENT,HE HAS BEENEMPTYING HIS BLADDER IN THE SOCIALLY ACCEPTRD PLACE.BOWEL TRAINING OCCURE 3 MONTHS LATER.ONE REASON FOR THE LATER ARRIVAL OF BOWEL TRAINING,WHICH IN MANY CHILDREN PRECEDE BLADDER TRAINING,ISJOHN"S TENDENCY TO CONSTIPATION,WHICH OFTEN MAKES HIM RELUCTANT TO MOVE HIS BOWEL ON CUE.
BEFORE CHILDREN CAN CONTROL THEIR ELIMINATION,THEY HAVE TO LEARN A LOT.THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM-THAT THERE IS A PROPER TIME AND A PROPER PLACE TO ELIMINATE;THEY HAVE TO BE FAMILIER WITH THE FEELINGS THAT INDICATE THE NEED TO ELIMINATE:AND THEY HAVE TO LEAN THE TIGHTENING OF THESPHINCTER MUSCLE TO INHIBIT ELIMINATION AND LOSEN THEM TO PERMIT IT.
GENERALLY,THE LATER TOILET IS BEGUN,THE FASTERA CHILD LEARN.RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MOST PARENTS BEGIN THE TRAINING EARLIER,AT ABOUT 11 MONTHS,ACHIEVING SUCCESS SOME 7 MONTHS LATER.WHEN TRAINING IS BEGUN BEFORE A CHILD IS FIVE MONTHS OLD,IT USUALLY TAKES 10MONTHS TO COMPLETE;BUT WHEN BEGUN LATER THAN 20MONTHS SUCCESS COMES ONLY ABOUT 5 MONTHS OF TRAINING.
THE PARENTS WHO SCOLDED AND PUNISHED THERE CHILDREN A GREAT DEAL DURUNG THE PROCESS DID NOT COMPLETE THE TRAINING ANY SOONER THAN THE OTHER EASY GOING PARENT'SBUT OFTEN PRODUCED EMOTIONAL UPSET IN THEIR CHILDREN.
OTHER STUDIES SHOWS THAT GIRL'S BECAME DRY-BOTH DURING THE DAY AND THE NIGHT THAN BOYS DURING THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE,DUE TO THEIR EARLIER MATURATION!
BEFORE CHILDREN CAN CONTROL THEIR ELIMINATION,THEY HAVE TO LEARN A LOT.THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM-THAT THERE IS A PROPER TIME AND A PROPER PLACE TO ELIMINATE;THEY HAVE TO BE FAMILIER WITH THE FEELINGS THAT INDICATE THE NEED TO ELIMINATE:AND THEY HAVE TO LEAN THE TIGHTENING OF THESPHINCTER MUSCLE TO INHIBIT ELIMINATION AND LOSEN THEM TO PERMIT IT.
GENERALLY,THE LATER TOILET IS BEGUN,THE FASTERA CHILD LEARN.RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MOST PARENTS BEGIN THE TRAINING EARLIER,AT ABOUT 11 MONTHS,ACHIEVING SUCCESS SOME 7 MONTHS LATER.WHEN TRAINING IS BEGUN BEFORE A CHILD IS FIVE MONTHS OLD,IT USUALLY TAKES 10MONTHS TO COMPLETE;BUT WHEN BEGUN LATER THAN 20MONTHS SUCCESS COMES ONLY ABOUT 5 MONTHS OF TRAINING.
THE PARENTS WHO SCOLDED AND PUNISHED THERE CHILDREN A GREAT DEAL DURUNG THE PROCESS DID NOT COMPLETE THE TRAINING ANY SOONER THAN THE OTHER EASY GOING PARENT'SBUT OFTEN PRODUCED EMOTIONAL UPSET IN THEIR CHILDREN.
OTHER STUDIES SHOWS THAT GIRL'S BECAME DRY-BOTH DURING THE DAY AND THE NIGHT THAN BOYS DURING THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE,DUE TO THEIR EARLIER MATURATION!
