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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
Toilet Habit
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
Toilet Habit
by Sridu, May 04, 2008 01:48PM
Hello,
I have a 3 year old daughter. INspite of our repeated attempts to get her to sit and try to go motion she doesn't follow that. She is comfortable doing it in a standing posture. Also, she doesn't tell us about her bowel movement and invariably we notice it after she has had her movement. My questions are?
1. How to train her to go to Toilet basin?
2. Why is she reluctant to sit and pass motion whereas she is very confortable urinating in a seated posture...(squat posture)
3. Does this mean she has some problem and hence she is comfortable passing motion in a standing posture?
Regards,
Sridhar
I have a 3 year old daughter. INspite of our repeated attempts to get her to sit and try to go motion she doesn't follow that. She is comfortable doing it in a standing posture. Also, she doesn't tell us about her bowel movement and invariably we notice it after she has had her movement. My questions are?
1. How to train her to go to Toilet basin?
2. Why is she reluctant to sit and pass motion whereas she is very confortable urinating in a seated posture...(squat posture)
3. Does this mean she has some problem and hence she is comfortable passing motion in a standing posture?
Regards,
Sridhar
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., May 04, 2008 05:44PM
, May 04, 2008 05:44PM
Try to be patient and supportive. Many three-year-olds have not mastered toilet training. Keep intorducing her to the potty, schedule times for sitting on the potty, and reward her when she is successful. If you worry about any medical problems, arrange to have her examined by her pediatrician, though it does not sound like there is a medical problem
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