How and when To remove the diaper

Removing the diaper: how and when to do it? Here are some tips to make the transition to the potty or toilet without trauma and in no time

Removing the diaper: how and when to do it

The baby seems ready and we would like to free ourselves forever from the slavery of the diaper and move on to the potty, but a thousand doubts torment us: will it be the right time? Will my baby be ready for the big step? Will it have trauma? Here are some tips on how and when to remove the diaper from our baby in peace.

How old do you take your diaper off?

Sphincter control is one of the delicate stages of growth for girls and boys. There is no set age even if we know that within three years, coinciding with the entrance to kindergarten, the little ones have to make this important growth spurt. Usually two years of grooming begins, especially in the summer when you spend more time together, the heat and the holidays can allow you to be even with panties without the need for other clothes. Sometimes you can try to remove the diaper at 18 months always waiting for the summer, it depends from child to child and, above all, on the sensitivity of the parents.

How to tell if the baby is ready to remove the diaper

One of the first signs is the child's curiosity as he watches his parents or older brothers and sisters go to the bathroom.

When you take your baby's diaper off

If the child goes to the nursery or stays with the grandparents, ask for their opinion as well. If we really want to take the diaper off our baby we also need the help of the people who are with him all day. It would be counterproductive and destabilizing for the little one, for example, if he took off his diaper at home and at school not !!! In reality there are countless signals that our children send us, it is up to our sensitivity as parents to understand and encourage them, such as if the child asks to do it in the toilet; Between one change and another the diaper is dry.

How to remove the diaper without trauma

First of all, it is necessary to prepare the child for the "big event" by shopping with him and making him choose the panties he prefers.

Put a stool in the bathroom and the toilet seat reducer, first you have to get used to the potty and then to the toilet,

· Have the child find some books and some toys to use only when he is on the toilet so that he does not get bored and that he does not get tired. Indeed, at first he will be stimulated to go to the bathroom since he will know that there are "those games"

· Take the baby to the bathroom on a regular basis (about every 30 minutes) saying emphatically "are we going to pee?" with the enthusiastic tone Never ask him "do you have to pee?" your answer, 99% will be "no"

Compliment him when he uses it and gratify him often, remind him how good he was and how proud we are of him

We establish with the child a special gift to buy together if he can pee in the toilet all day without getting wet

Remember that an accident can happen and do not be discouraged and do not humiliate the child for this on the contrary, let's reassure him and tell him a secret: sometimes it has happened to us too that a drop of pee has ended up on the panties ... it is certainly not the end of the world!!! The gift will arrive anyway, as long as it never happens again.

How to remove the diaper at night

In fact, one of the first signs that parents are able to understand that girls and boys are ready to take off their nappies is precisely that of night sphincter control: at a certain point you realize that the little ones no longer get wet at night. .

When the baby can do without a diaper during the day, it is time to start even during the afternoon naps.

Let's celebrate the first nights without a diaper so that the baby feels proud and confident of himself.

When you take off the diaper from babies

There are some small tricks to use when you decide to remove the diaper from girls and boys and you have to pay close attention to their sensitivity.

Making the diaper disappear at any moment without giving explanations, perhaps by saying: "from today you are big and you don't have to use the diaper anymore" is one of the most common mistakes that are made. The little one may not adapt to this sudden change and become nervous and impatient. There are many babies who block poop because they are afraid of doing it "in a vacuum" and feel safer to do it in the diaper for some time. Let's not let this happen.

Or make fun of the child saying: "so you never grow up" or "all your friends do not use it, only you still have it" in this way we will create a great anxiety in the child.

Never begin to remove the diaper in conjunction with important events (birth of little brothers or sisters, entrance to the maternal etc ...).

Never give in and establish a course of action: a single second thought teaches the child that you can go back ... and the next time it will be even more difficult.

How to take off baby boys' nappies

Parents of boys are often more perplexed in the passage. In the growth phase of spannulation, which ranges from approximately 18 months to 3 years, girls appear to be further along in cognitive development. In reality, boys and girls, being a physiological transition, have no differences, it depends from child to child. Surely removing the diaper from babies could be easier for the simple fact that they do not need to squat to pee: watering the tree in the park if it really runs away, for example, is already a great advantage!

How to remove the diaper in 3 days

By the time we believe that girls and boys are ready for the transition from diaper to toilet, in three days it is possible to see if they are truly capable. On the first day, road accidents could happen, but already from the second day it shouldn't happen again.

1. the first day we stay at home and take the little ones to the bathroom, observing them carefully, whenever we deem it appropriate

2.The second day they also take them out to the park in the afternoon without a diaper

3. and on the third day they are also taken out in the morning. At night, however, always with a diaper.

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