There are some things that our children need to learn just so that we all get along together. Sometimes we feel so anxious about these goals that we actually make it harder for our children to achieve them. This chapter helps you to step back a bit and see how you are managing. Potties and toilets What to expect Daytime Children get bladder and bowel control when they re physically ready for it and want to be dry and clean. The time varies, so it s best not to compare your child with others.
Most children can control their bowels before their bladders.
By the age of two, one in two children are dry during the day. By the age of three, nine out of ten children are dry most days. Even then all children have the odd accident, especially when they re excited or upset or absorbed in doing something. Night-time Learning to stay dry throughout the night usually takes a child a little longer than staying dry during the day. He or she has to respond to the sensation of having a full bladder while asleep either by waking up and going to the toilet, or holding on until morning.