Potty Training in Summer – The 5 Best Tips

Contents

1. Choose a calm moment
2. Handy training pants contribute to potty training
3. Make potty training fun and accessible!
4. Use reusable swim diapers in the summer
5. Develop a routine and be consistent
Potty training can be fun and sustainable!

1. Choose a calm moment

From 18 months, some children can already become potty trained. It's very important to choose a calm moment to start the training. What is the best moment in our opinion? Summer! During vacation, you often have a bit more time and can therefore maintain a good routine.

Signs that children are ready for potty training can vary. But pay attention to: a dry diaper after a nap, interest in the toilet, or when children indicate that they have peed or pooped. Don't force the process, but make it positive. This has beneficial effects on both child and parent.

2. Handy training pants contribute to potty training

Training pants are the ideal intermediate solution during potty training between diapers and underwear. They contain an absorbent layer but already feel like underwear. View all our training pants here.

Here are 3 reasons to choose training pants:

1. Wet feeling without leaking helps training The training pants from Bamboolik ensure that children still get a wet feeling when having an accident, without it leaking through. The absorbent function of the inserts catches this. This helps the body better understand what the body signals actually mean.
2. Feel like normal underwear The training pants look and feel like normal underwear, making the transition to underwear much easier!
3. Easy on and off Not only you, but also your child can easily put on and take off the training pants thanks to the elastic waistband. This allows your toddler to easily and carefree take the final steps toward potty training.

Want to become potty trained easily and quickly? Then check out this training pant from Bamboolik with cute fantasy animals!

3. Make potty training fun and accessible!

The step to the potty can be quite big, especially for children who are still mentally attached to their diaper. Therefore, make the potty or toilet fun, safe, and accessible! For example, choose a potty or toilet reducer with a fun pattern or color together. This makes it feel like a safe place. It can also help to let your child sit on the potty or toilet without having to do anything right away.

Positive associations with the toilet or potty help to reduce anxiety in the child. This makes potty training only more fun and easier. For example, read books about potty training together and create a generally positive atmosphere. The more fun it is, the faster your child will also do their potty training on their own.

4. Use reusable swim diapers in the summer

In the summer months, a fun outing with your toddler to the swimming pool, the sea, or the bath in the garden is not a bad idea. Even at those moments, it's important to continue potty training. This can be done perfectly with the reusable swim diapers from Bambinex and Vimse: a reusable swim diaper and training pant in one!

A reusable swim diaper has 4 major advantages:

1. Dries even faster than a normal training pant
2. The reusable swim diapers have handy snap buttons for effortless changing.
3. Ideal for the swimming pool, on vacation, and at the beach
4. They are perfect for sensitive skin. If you have issues with red bumps on your child's bottom, this is a good choice. Want to know more about red bumps on your child's bottom? Then read this blog!

Reusable swim diapers are therefore an essential addition to your potty training in the summer! Order your handy reusable swim diaper from Bambinex or Vimse now at Grace is Green.

5. Develop a routine and be consistent

Potty training not only takes time; it also requires routine and repetition. A fixed routine for time on the toilet or potty can help make the step smaller. Be positive in your parenting with this routine: by rewarding regular visits to the potty, a child develops a positive association. Conversely, punishment or negative comments about accidents actually hinder the process.

The rewards work motivationally, but should be focused on the routine and behavior. Ultimately, you want your child to be proud of their own success in potty training, not just doing something for a reward. So don't just reward using the potty, but also their presence there. This can be done in all sorts of fun ways: with a potty training chart, but also with stickers, cheering moments, or hugs. These often work better and are healthier than candy or gifts.

Potty training can be fun and sustainable!

Potty training is a challenge for many parents, but with these 5 handy tips, you can approach it effectively and in a fun, enjoyable way. With the handy reusable swim diapers and training pants from Vimse, Bamboolik, and Bambinex, you stimulate potty training not only in a cheerful but also sustainable way. This makes potty training not only fun but also sustainable!