At what age can a child be taught to urinate?

Many parents have the habit of holding their baby to urinate, especially those who lack relevant parenting knowledge. They will regard it as a normal behavior and do it every day. But here we would like to remind everyone, especially very young babies, not to hold their baby to urinate frequently. After all, the baby's bones are relatively delicate, and holding the baby to urinate frequently may affect the baby's bone development. So how old should a child be before he can hold his baby to urinate?

At what age can a child be taught to urinate?

It is best for parents to start holding their baby to urinate when the baby is 0-4 months old. If you miss this golden period of baby's urination, the baby may have become accustomed to using diapers or disposable diapers, and it will be more difficult to urinate with the baby at that time.

How to change your baby's bladder

1. Understand the baby's urination and defecation signals

Learning to recognize when your baby is about to have a bowel movement is like learning to recognize when your baby is crying because he is hungry. A careful mother should constantly observe, learn, record and summarize, and she will definitely find the unique signals sent by her baby when urinating or defecating. Generally speaking, there are various signals that indicate that the baby is defecating, such as humming, swaying from side to side, shivering, frowning, crying, restlessness, passing gas, and not concentrating on feeding.

2. Help your baby establish conditioned reflexes

From birth to five or six months, babies have a sensitive period for learning the defecation function. During this stage, if adults respond to the baby's defecation needs in a timely manner, it can help the baby slowly establish conditioned reflexes. From now on, as long as you hold your baby in a defecation posture and induce him to defecate with "shhh" or "hmm", your baby will defecate. But even so, the chances of successful training are not high. In this regard, mothers do not need to be anxious, let alone force their babies. They should understand that the purpose of training at this stage is not success, but to help babies form conditioned reflexes.

3. Don’t miss the right time to train

You can start toilet training your baby 1 to 2 months after birth. During this period, babies urinate frequently with short intervals every day, and the specific number of urinations varies from person to person. Generally, babies feel the urge to urinate most when they have just woken up or about 15 minutes after feeding or drinking water. After two consecutive times, the interval will be longer. After mothers understand these rules, they can consciously control their babies to urinate. Do this for 15 to 30 days in a row to develop a habit. Be careful not to change the training time at will. It is also best to place the potty for urination in a fixed position, which is conducive to forming a conditioned reflex.