A mum has shared how she used her Amazon Alexa tp train her toddler by setting him reminders every 40 minutes

Australian mums are sharing how they’re employing the help of technology to toilet train their children.  

According to Mum Central, parents are setting reminders for their children on Siri and Alexa to reduce accidents with successful results.

In a post to Facebook a mum explained how she asked her Amazon Echo Dot to set a reminder every 40 minutes for her son, Ben, to visit the bathroom. 

A mum has shared how she used her Amazon Alexa tp train her toddler by setting him reminders every 40 minutes

A mum has shared how she used her Amazon Alexa tp train her toddler by setting him reminders every 40 minutes

‘I don’t know if everyone has already thought of this and I’m a bit behind, but I thought I’d share,’ she said in the post. 

The mum said Ben finds the reminders ‘brilliant’ and is happy to oblige with the risk of accidents reduced to almost zero. 

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‘It’s been so successful and really helped his potty training!’ she said. 

While some were sceptical, many were keen to try the parenting hack out for themselves calling it ‘pure genius’. 

‘Love this idea! Been trying to encourage my son to use the potty, so gonna enlist Alexa’s help,’ one commenter said. 

‘Wow is this the new generation,’ another parent quipped and a third said they’d be willing to ‘try anything’ to toilet train their little one. 

Toilet training can be a frustrating time for any parents but one expert revealed the mistakes parents make that drag the process out for far too long. 

Speaking to Kidspot, professional toilet trainer Tracy Fulwood shared the top five most common mistakes she has noticed parents make.

While some were sceptical, many were keen to try the parenting hack out for themselves calling it 'pure genius'

While some were sceptical, many were keen to try the parenting hack out for themselves calling it ‘pure genius’

Training children in nappies or pull-ups 

Ms Fulwood said this is the main reason toilet training is delayed in little ones.

This is because parents use the nappy and try to toilet train at the same time, which she explained isn’t effective.

She said nappies don’t work and people should have their children using underpants straight away. 

‘Your child needs to feel the wetness in order to become aware of when they are going,’ she said.

Asking children if they need to go to the toilet 

Ms Fulwood said parents shouldn’t rely on their child knowing whether they need to go to the toilet or not, as after all, this is something they’re learning.

She explained that children aren’t qualified enough to be able to answer the question accurately.  

Professional toilet trainer Tracy Fulwood shared the top five mistakes parents make when teaching their child to use the potty including asking when they need to go and bribing

Professional toilet trainer Tracy Fulwood shared the top five mistakes parents make when teaching their child to use the potty including asking when they need to go and bribing 

Waiting until they are ready  

She said there are a variety of signs parents need to pay attention to when it comes to whether their child is ready to be toilet trained.

Any indication that a child is aware of what their body is doing is a sign, which is a parent’s window of opportunity.

Of course this isn’t always reliable as kids that are more cautious may not show the signs due to fear of change.  

Children that are more laid back may not care if they get dirty and may want to avoid any form of hard work. 

Bribing their children to use the toilet 

Bribing doesn’t work because Ms Fulwood said it gives children all of the control.

‘You need to take back control. So don’t use bribery. I cringe every time I hear a parent say to their child “If you do this I’ll give you this”,’ she said.

She explained that it is the role of parents to establish boundaries from the beginning.

The professional toilet trainer recommended that parents instead give their child a worse alternative if they don’t do what they want them to. 

This is because taking the decision away from them gives the control back to the parents.

Forcing young ones to be toilet trained 

Ms Fulwood said children will be more reluctant to learn how to go to the toilet if it’s made to seem like a chore.

‘Make toilet training fun and give your child a reason to go. This works so much better than holding them down kicking and screaming to make them stay on the potty,’ she said.

Some of her suggestion include turning it into a game so that it becomes exciting or use things like Whizz & Plop Go Potty Packs to make the job easier.

This is a process that will be happening six to eight times a day so it should be as enjoyable as possible. 

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