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Toilet Training for Toddlers/Su beb aprende a usar el bao

Guide F-109/Gua F-109

Diana S. Del Campo1

A menudo los padres desean ensearles a sus hijos a usar elbao lo antes posible. El cambiar paales puede ser pesadoy muchos padres usan a los bebs entrenados de sus amigoscomo modelo.

No todos los bebs aprenden a usar el bao a la mismaedad. Cuando estn listos, el entrenamiento es fcil. Si Ud.trata de apurar a la criatura, puede tener problemas y el apren-dizaje puede tardar ms.

La mayora de las criaturas pueden avisarle que han ensu-

ciado sus paales mucho antes de poder controlar sus funcio-nes corporales. El saber que tienen los paales mojados, ya esun gran paso adelante.

A los 19 20 meses su criatura puede decirle que desea iral bao, pero tal vez no pueda llegar al bao a tiempo paraevitar ensuciar sus paales. La criatura no lo hace a propsito,simplemente no puede controlar bien su cuerpo todava.

Cuando su beb tiene casi dos aos puede decirle quequiere ir al bao. Y hasta puede estar listo para usarlo. Esperehasta que su beb le muestre que quiere usar el bao. As elentrenamiento ser ms fcil. Anime a su hijo cuando hagalas cosas bien y tenga paciencia en los dems casos. Una sillitaespecial con bacinilla es ms cmoda que el inodoro del bao.A veces las criaturas se sientan en la sillita an cuando no qui-eran ir al bao.

Si el beb se olvida o tiene un accidente sea paciente. Abr-zelo y anmelo cuando sus paales estn secos o cuando usa subacinilla. No lo castigue cuando ha tenido un descuido. Loscastigos pueden demorar el aprendizaje.

La mayora de las criaturas se mojan durante la nochean despus de haber aprendido a usar el bao durante elda. A los tres aos y an despus, algunos nios todava sedescuidan, particularmente si estn muy ocupados con susjuegos. Trate de no presionar a su beb. Recurdele suave-mente que debe usar el bao y aydele a que se sienta cmodo

cuando lo use.A veces una enfermedad o un cambio en la familia, comoun nuevo hermanito, puede hacer que la criatura perfectamenteentrenada comience a mojar sus paales nuevamente. Trate detener paciencia y anime a su hijo con palabras cariosas. Useuna sbana de goma sobre la cama para facilitar la limpieza.

Parents often want to toilet train their children as soonas possible. Changing diapers is no fun, and you maywonder why your friends little one is already toilettrained while yours is not.

Children are ready to use the toilet at different ages.When they are ready, toilet training is not so hard. Ifyou try to rush it, youll have more problems and toilettraining will probably take longer.

Most children can tell you they have wet or soiled

their diapers long before they are ready to control theirbodies. Knowing they have wet diapers is the rst stepin toilet training.

At 19 or 20 months, your child may be able to tellyou when he is going to have a bowel movement, but hemay not be able to go to the toilet in time to prevent anaccident. He is not being naughtyhe just doesnt haveenough control over his body yet.

As your child gets close to two years old, he may tellyou he wants to go to the toilet; he may be ready to be-gin using the toilet. Wait until children show you theywant to trythen toilet training will go much moresmoothly. Praise them when they succeed, and be calmwhen they dont. A small potty chair that sits on theoor is often more comfortable for children than sittingon the big toilet. Sometimes young children may wantto sit there even when they dont need to use the toilet.

Try to be patient about accidents. Hug and praiseyour child when she stays dry or uses the toilet. Do notpunish her when she has an accident. Punishment canmake toilet training take longer.

Most children still wet at night even after they learnto use a toilet during the day. Even at age three and be-yond some children still have accidents, especially whenthey are busy playing.

Try not to pressure your child. Remind her gently touse the toilet, and help her feel comfortable while she issitting on it.

Sometimes an illness or a change in the family likea new baby will cause a child who was toilet trained tostart wetting again. Try to be patient and praise your

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Si los nios mayores an se mojan, llvelos al doctor paradescubrir la razn. No culpe a su hijo porque ya se siente aver-gonzado y no quiere seguir con esta situacin. Los retos sololo pondrn nervioso y pueden impedirle contenerse.

El ensear a una criatura a usar el bao requiere paciencia,pero resulta ms fcil cuando el beb est listo a su tiempo.Mantenga la calma durante el entrenamiento.

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child for success. Use a rubber sheet on the bed to makeclean-up easier.

If bedwetting is still a problem with older children,check with your doctor to see if there is a medical rea-son. Dont make the child feel guilty; he is already em-barrassed and doesnt want to continue wetting. Scold-ing will make the child nervous and upset, and then it

will be even harder for him to stay dry.Its hard to be patient about toilet training, but it will beeasier for you and your children if you wait until they areready and then stay calm while your children are learning.

Diana Del Campo is the ExtensionChild Development and Family LifeSpecialist in the Department of Exten-sion Family and Consumer Sciences atNMSU. She earned her doctorate at theUniversity of Michigan and her masters

degree at Virginia Tech. She is the co-author ofTaking Sides: ClashingViews in Childhood and Societyfrom

McGraw-Hill, which is in its 9th edit ion.

ADDITONAL INFORMATION/INFORMACION ADICIONAL

Family Development publications

produced by New Mexico State Universitys

Cooperative Extension Service are all located at

http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_f/

Guide F-107: Helping Young Children Cope with Anger/

Ayudndole a los nios pequeos a contolar el enojo

Guide F-108: Guiding Young Children/Guiando a los nios

pequeos

Guide F-109: Toilet Training for Toddlers/Su beb aprende a

usar el bao

Guide F-110: Helping Children Go to Bed/Cuando los nios

no quieren irse a la cama

Guide F-112: Temper Tantrums/Ataques de mal genio

Guide F-115: Showing Love to Your Child/Demuestre el

cario a su nio

Guide F-116: Listening is Important/Eschucha a

su hijo

Guide F-120: Creating Strong Families

Guide F-122: Understanding Teens

Guide F-213: When the New Baby Arrives/Cuando

llegue el nuevo beb