Maintaining a routine is crucial during the potty training process. Utilizing charts can significantly aid in identifying effective strategies and approaches with your child. Tracking the times your child has gone to the potty can keep you calm, since you can see the progress you’re making in a concrete way. Often, when facing challenges such as potty accidents, it may feel as though you are failing. These charts are valuable tools in recognizing what is working, enabling you to continue those successful practices.
It is important to note that there are three key phases in the potty training journey:
- Playing to go potty
- Adding Potty Time to the Routine
- Pull up phase
This chart is designed to assist you with phase 2, which focuses on establishing and maintaining a routine. This phase is crucial for reinforcing consistent potty habits and understanding your child's specific needs and responses. The chart is a practical tool to track progress, identify patterns, and adjust strategies as needed to ensure a smooth and effective potty training journey.
Why Learn From Lina Acosta Sandaal?
Lina Acosta Sandaal, MA, LMFT is a psychotherapist, development expert, writer, and founder of Stop Parenting Alone, a parenting education and consulting program in Miami, FL. She is a writer on social emotional learning for Macmillan Education, the human development expert for Telemundo’s national broadcasts and consultant for MomsRising, an advocacy group for family rights in our nation’s capital. Her mission is for all parents to fall in love with their parenting journey.