On this page you will learn how to potty train a girl. Potty Training a girl usually occurs between the ages of 18 months and 3 years of age.http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/parenting_tips/potty_training/index.html However, some children may show signs of toilet readiness before 18 months of age, while some children may still be having accidents far past the age of three.

Potty training is typically ranges from moderate to high in difficulty and requires consistency, dedication, and time. Some children who grasp potty training early may regress to having accidents after a traumatic event, after the birth of a younger sibling, or due to illness.

Before you get started, you should make sure that your girl is showing signs of toilet training readiness. This includes staying dry for at least two hours at a time, having regular bowl movements, and emotional readiness. Emotional readiness includes your child voicing that they don't want to wear diapers anymore, refusing to wear diapers, or asking to wear underwear.http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/parenting_tips/potty_training/index.html Many girls start wanting to be involved in the process after seeing friends or older brothers and sisters make the transition from diapers to toilet training.

Potty Training is often a requirement to enter your toddler-aged girl into a pre-school program. This can be stressful and frustrating for an entire family. If you are trying to potty train your girl, you should try following the steps listed below.

Children are rarely potty trained before the age of 18 months. Before this age, children cannot adequately tell when they need to use the bathroom. Remember that all children develop at different rates and that your child may not show toilet-readiness until well after the age of two.

To prepare your child, you can try the following steps:

• Read a book about using a toilet. There are many titles available at your local library or bookstore. Girls may be a little less interested in bathroom talk than boys who often delight in the process. Get your girl comfortable with talking about their toilet needs.

• If your child is in a play group with other children who are in the potty training process, remark on their friend's progress in transitioning out of diapers. Remember to keep this positive, instead of comparing your child to his friends.

• Bring your child underwear shopping. Many girls are excited for clothes with their cartoons, barbies, animals, bows, and fun patterns on them. Let them know that they can only wear the underwear if they are ready to not use a diaper. Remember to accessorize by matching underwear with hair bows and other clothes.

• Get your child accustomed to the gear involved in potty training. You can place a child's potty chair in the restroom without actively encouraging your child in using it. Buy a potty chair that is brightly colored and interesting to the child. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair.

• Be patient about accidents. Accidents will often occur long after you believe that your child is fully potty trained. Be on the lookout for situations where your child may "hold it" to continue participating in a fun activity. This often leads to uncharacteristic accidents. Remind your child to take frequent bathroom breaks.

When you feel that your child is ready to start potty training, remember to be patient during the process. Your child will not progress in his potty training skills faster if you are frustrated and angry about their lack of progress.

• After your child is comfortable sitting fully clothed on the potty chair, allow them to sit on the potty chair without their pants or their diaper on. Do not force them to continue sitting on the potty chair if they do not want to. Praise them every time they use the potty chair.

• If your child is at the point where they are signaling to you that they have a dirty diaper, ask them to tell you before it is dirty next time. When they signal to you that they need to use the bathroom, place them on the potty chair without their pants or their diaper on. If it was a "false alarm" and the child is not ready yet to use the bathroom, do not make your child continue to sit on the potty chair.

• Stay with your child when they are on the potty chair. Praise your child when they use the potty chair, but do not scold or punish them if they are not ready.http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/toilet/179.html

• If there is another female in the house, allow your girl to watch them using the restroom as long as your child is comfortable and not afraid.

Your girl will learn how to use a toilet best if she is adequately engaged in the process. Try following the steps below to make potty training a relaxed, and even enjoyable experience.

• Affix colorful stickers to your girl's potty chair.

• Develop a sticker chart. Your child gets to place a sticker of their choice on the chart whenever they successfully use the restroom. Once they fill up the sticker chart, they can earn the right to a special treat such as a new book or toy.

• Although some pediatricians advise to not bribe children, some parents swear by the method of giving children candy whenever they successfully use the bathroom.

• Allow your child some supervised naked time outdoors in the privacy of your own backyard. Girls may not understand their bodies if they have been consistently wearing a diaper since they were born. Make sure that they understand where their urine and feces comes from. They can even practice "watering the flowers" to perfect their aim.

• Remember to teach your girls to wipe from front to back to avoid infection. You can show them this on a doll.

• Play music while your girl is sitting on the potty chair and/or allow your girl to read a favorite book while sitting on the potty chair.