Prepare Your Home for Potty Training

Hi there. So in this video, I'm going to be talking about how to prepare your home for a potty training kid. So likely if you're starting to think about how to prepare your home, you've already done a bunch of the leg work on, you know, what kind of potty training method you're going to do or maybe not do.

And when you're going to start things like that, and if you haven't, if this is kind of your first place to get started, great. When it comes to preparing your whole life for potty training, you do need to think about your house because obviously that's the space where it's going to be happening. Right.

So, One thing. A lot of parents stress about is, is my kid going to pee on the couch? Is my kid going to pee on my beautiful Moroccan rug? So these are unnecessary fears that can really get in the way of your potty training experience with your kids. So some early steps to try, try to protect the things that are precious to you can make you feel a lot less stress and also take the stress off your kid as well.

And this is especially true for parents who have their kids running around new during potty train. Now some things you're going to need, you're going to obviously need to buy a couple of things. You're going to want to have some sort of potty device. So a potty chair or a potty insert depending on, you know, space in the bathroom.

Um, and what you're comfortable with. A lot of people go with a potty chair because. It's just, it's your child's size. It's their very own potty. And it's super exciting, but you also have to have a little bit of extra room in the bathroom and you also have to dump it out. So it depends on your, you know, comfort level with that.

Um, the insert is basically a little seat that goes on top of your existing potty, which can be really great, but you're also going to need a step stool and probably need to support your child the first couple of times that they use. Or more, um, depending on how high your toilet is just so they feel safe and secure up there.

Um, so aside from that, though, you're going to need some cleaning supplies because there's going to be accidents. And what we'd like to say when you're potty training is those accidents. Aren't actually accidents. They are part of the process. They're going to pee on the floor and really, you kind of want them to, so they can.

Oh that I need to stop and I need to go to the potty so they can start to recognize what that urge is, what that sensation of witnesses. And they can react. So have some cleaning supplies on board. If you know, they pee on a rug or something like that. Deep breath, remember positive reinforcement, try to bring humor into it and be like, like you've got it next time.

Uh, some other things to think about when preparing your home aside from, you know, protecting your couch, which by the way, one of the great ways to protect your couch and other furniture is to put a shower curtain over it. I know it doesn't look pretty, but it will definitely save the fabric or the leather.

Um, again, rugs, definitely just roll those up and try to get 'em out of the way. But other things to think about, try to designate one bathroom as your potty training bathroom. This bathroom is probably going to have a ton of books on it, floors, or I'm sorry, toys on the floor, things like that. So this is kind of your child's space where they're going to be primarily potty training.

Um, also if your child's going nude, make sure to adjust the thermostat, especially if your home is colder because. Obviously you want your child to be warm, especially during those days where they're running around stark naked. And you're trying to remind them every five minutes to go potty, um, wipes.

Also make sure to have plenty of wipes with you. This, these are wipes that you can flush down the toilet so that you can, you know, easily clean up your child. So they're nice and fresh. Um, and it's a lot easier than using toilet paper in the very beginning. So, those are just some tips on preparing your home.

If you have any awesome recommendations for other potty training parents, or you have some questions, please feel free to drop them in the comments below this video, or join us in our community where we all engage and can ask questions and just share our own personal experiences. Thank you.

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