Potty Training Dolls

Potty training is one of the most challenging tasks involved in child rearing. Some babies go through it in a breeze, others required several months of encouragement and coaxing, while a few never learned the skill until they were old enough to go to school.

Babies respond to learning in various ways. Some love the challenge, while others hate it. Experts see the need to come up with better motivational items which could increase the children’s desire to be potty trained.

The use of potty training dolls in toilet training is considered to be one of the most effective ways to rouse a child’s interest. Potty training dolls serve to demonstrate the proper way of using the potty. Children learn the actual process when the doll shows them how to do it. Simply feed a potty training doll with water, make her sit on the potty, squeeze her tummy, and down goes her pee.

Since dolls are some of the toys that children love to have, and closely associate themselves with, potty training dolls make effective potty training models. There are several kinds available on the market, and one is as efficient as another. Since choosing from among the many choices can be very confusing, it is advisable to let the child choose the potty training doll she likes. This way, she will be more motivated to follow how the doll goes potty, and will help make the training less tedious and more fun for the baby.

Potty training dolls come with their very own potty, feeding bottle, and underwear too. One of the most popular and highly-recommended is Emma, from Corolle. She is a pretty, vanilla-scented doll who works to make potty training less of a hassle for parents, and less awkward for babies. Emma offers a lot of benefits, including: comes with accessories; anatomically correct; has excellent quality; and has simple mechanism. But Emma has her share of snags – she’s only available online or at specialty outlets. Further, young children may have a hard time using this potty training baby doll without adult supervision.

Potty training dolls are not just designed for girls. In fact, boys need as much motivation during toilet training as girls do. Some parents even believe that boys are more difficult to train than girls. Hence, potty training dolls for boys became a need.

Corolle is proud to offer a male version of Emma. Known as Paul, this anatomically correct male doll is perfect for boys who are being potty trained. As with Emma, Paul also comes with his own feeding bottle, and potty.

There are of course, other potty training doll choices on the market. However, make sure that you look beyond the price tag of each. An inexpensive potty training doll may not be able to serve its purpose better than the more expensive ones. Some cheaper dolls tend to go potty as soon as it is being fed with liquid. Hence, this may not convey the appropriate training message.

Both Emma and Paul are designed with internal bladder so that they are able to hold the liquid until pressure is applied to their stomachs. Thus, the dolls will still be made to sit on their potties before they discharge the liquid, making them more effective training tools.

Although potty training may be done on children ages 18 months – 36 months, the American Academy pf Pediatrics recommends that it should done when the child is 2 years old. However, since babies develop at different paces, you may start potty training if you see the child’s desire to go potty on her own – with or without potty training dolls to show her how.