**IT HAPPENS!**
Potty training is an exciting milestone. It can also be a great source of stress for both parent and toddler
Many parents feel a pressure to have their children out of diapers by a socially approved age.
Toilet training is a skill to be developed, and your little one must be ready to tackle this challenge. If their body has not matured to the point where they have muscle control and a cognitive understanding for this task, you will be asking something of them that they simply are unable to deliver. In this way of thinking in terms of toddler development milestones becomes more of a burden than a help.
Although you may feel that potty training is a reflection on your discipline and parenting abilities, psychologist Penelope Leach states, “toilet training is not a question of making your child do something for you. It is a matter of helping him do something for himself ” (taken from Steps & Stages: From 1 to 3, page 50)
When it is worth it to them, they will do it, until then, relax, put your thoughts of ‘proper’ toddler milestones and achievements on the shelf and enjoy your child for what they are right now!