Stages of Toilet Training Which do children accomplish first:
urinating into the potty or having a bowel movement into it? It
depends on your child. Since it is easier for most children at
first to urinate into a potty than to have a bowel movement into
it, some children experience their first toilet-training
successes when urinating. But since it is harder to delay
urination, a child may take longer to urinate into the potty
consistently. For this reason, most children become fully bowel-
trained first even though they have been urinating into a
potty—inconsistently—for a longer period of time. In general,
it’s best to encourage your child to go to the potty when he
feels the need for either form of elimination, but not to expect
him to achieve success at the same time in each area. - Last
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medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be
variations in treatment that your pediatr