Although it may occur earlier in some children, sphincter control is achieved after the second birthday, when you should raise this habit as an achievement of your child and not as an obligation.

Trying to have the child leave the diaper before that age is a mistake because he does not have the capacity, he feels that he is being forced and that he generates restlessness in his parents, which he uses to manipulate them and even show attitudes of rebellion. Another mistake is to reprimand or demean your child for this reason.

You can take advantage of your child’s signs that they are ready to go to the bathroom: the girls warn (“I have chichi”), they ask for the potty or go to the bathroom and the boys pick up the penis (ask them if they want to go to the bathroom ). Important that only your child ask to go to the bathroom or the potty, you attend immediately.

Calmness and patience are guidelines for success in this learning, which depends directly on the apprehension of parents and caregivers: the more anxious and obsessed you are about the subject, the longer your child will learn to go to the bathroom. If you have not succeeded after three years, consult a specialist.