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How to help your child learn to wipe properly when toilet training
Read more: How to help your child learn to wipe properly when toilet trainingMany parents ask me at what age children are capable of wiping themselves independently. Knowing how to wipe effectively after a poo is a skill many parents leave until later to teach, and as a result they often find themselves helping to wipe for longer than is really necessary. So how and when should you…
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Can AI potty train your child?
Read more: Can AI potty train your child?From asking ChatGPT for a potty training plan, to using Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri to prompt your child, Nurse Rebecca Mottram explores the concept of AI tools for potty training and whether they can be trusted to give parents the evidence-based guidance needed for supporting their children through this major developmental milestone.
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Prompting to use the potty
Read more: Prompting to use the pottyWhen your child is first learning to listen to their body signals, working in partnership with you can help them to get their wees in the potty. Nurse Rebecca Mottram explains the difference between prompting and overprompting to help you to support your child to become toilet independent and self initiate using the potty,.
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Why Does Potty Learning Sometimes Look Worse Before It Gets Better?
Read more: Why Does Potty Learning Sometimes Look Worse Before It Gets Better?A family comes to me for support. We explore their child’s unique temperament, development and the emotional and practical factors shaping what’s happening with potty learning. I help them understand the patterns driving the behaviour, and together we create a clear, child-centred plan to shift those patterns and unblock progress. Families usually leave feeling calmer,…
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Play, Potty Ducks, and the Power of Evidence: How Toys Can Support a Research-Led Approach to Toilet Learning
Read more: Play, Potty Ducks, and the Power of Evidence: How Toys Can Support a Research-Led Approach to Toilet LearningIf you’ve spent any time on my website, you’ll know I very rarely review products. My work is firmly grounded in research, clinical experience, and child development, not in promoting gadgets. But every now and then, something crosses my path that genuinely aligns with the evidence in a meaningful way. Potty Duck is one of…
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How to potty train
Read more: How to potty trainPotty Learning expert Nurse Rebecca Mottram developed her 3-Step Potty Training Method through over a decade of research, clinical practice, and direct work with families. It has now been widely adopted across the UK early years sector and is informing the renewed national guidance, training, and policy on toileting independence.
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Everything You Know About Potty Training Is Wrong
Read more: Everything You Know About Potty Training Is WrongThink potty training is just about waiting for the “right age”? Getting sticker charts or snack bribes? Waiting for your child to tell you they’re ready? Think again. Nurse Rebecca Mottram is here to set the record straight on the 5 most common potty training myths
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Waiting for interest before potty training?
Read more: Waiting for interest before potty training?You’re not alone. Many parents are advised to wait until their child shows an interest in the potty because it’ll be easier. Nurse Rebecca Mottram explains why this approach is failing our society and what you as a parent can do instead.
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The Evidence Behind the Go Potty 3-Step Method
Read more: The Evidence Behind the Go Potty 3-Step MethodMy Go Potty 3-step method offers a fresh, evidence-based approach to potty training, developed through an in-depth review of peer-reviewed research, clinical guidelines, and child development theory. As a children’s research nurse and NIHR Doctoral Fellow, I used my knowledge to create this method to provide a developmentally sensitive, scientifically sound alternative to outdated, one-size-fits-all approaches.…
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Starting school with your child in nappies
Read more: Starting school with your child in nappiesThis week, a Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council school policy requiring parents to personally change children’s nappies at school hit the news cycles. As a potty training expert, and children’s nurse, Rebecca Mottram wants to make it clear that this is a backwards step and offer a more child-centred solution.