How to get your kids to use the bathroom all by themselves
Even once your kid is out of diapers, they still need a lot of help in the bathroom. Here's how to encourage them to master those skills—and get yourself on the other side of the bathroom door.
Whether potty training was a walk in the park or a
long, painful process, it’s a pretty big moment when your kid can finally recognize the need to go—and hold it until they make it to the washroom.
But even once you’ve kicked daytime diapers to the curb (woohoo!), toilet-trained kids will still need an adult’s help to get through all the elements of the bathroom routine. You may not mind wiping, flushing and washing for your kid, but working toward bathroom independence—where your kiddo can handle the whole process from beginning to end without assistance—is a good and necessary step for kids as they enter preschool and kindergarten.