Eps 84: Oh Crap Potty Trainer, Jamie Glowacki

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• The elimination communication movement
• Timing of potty training readiness
• “Pull-ups” and potty training – mixing old and new behaviors.
• Potty training and instant gratification – the role of patience in the process
• The myths of potty training
• Gender and potty training
• The role of social learning and praise
• Potty location and using the tool for the task
• The influence of Dr. Spock and the history of potty training
• Developmental milestones – should they be child-led?
• The myth of “readiness” – potty training as a skill that needs to be attended to rather than something that happens naturally in time without intervention
• The “magic window” of potty training – prior to individuation
• Potty training as a power struggle
• “Fear of release” – how to overcome it
• Managing expectations around developmental milestones and the danger of comparison
• How potty training challenges vary based on the age of the child
• Performance anxiety and potty training
• The best potty and ergonomic angle for potty training specifically for encouraging poop
• How to modify your potty or reposition your child to improve poop likelihood
• Rewards and consequences – their role in potty training
• Potty training power struggles as relationship challenges
• Potty training regressions – change in routines, the honeymoon period
• Using blocks of learning to solve regressions
• “Baby love” as a tool to help kids adjust to new siblings
• Location specific potty training challenges – how to unpack them
• Night time training strategies
• Developmental phases of bladder development