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Potty Training For Boys & Girls (Tips, When and How)

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This guide is one of the most comprehensive article on the internet with detailed information on how to potty train kids; both boys and girls. It’s outlined in various sections for ease of navigation. The later part of the guide shed more light on various potty training gear for boys and girls. Various potty training methods have been examined, all the techniques discussed in the article are tested and proven by mothers who have potty trained several children; toddlers, boys and girls.

How To Potty Train in 2020

Potty Training For Boys & Girls (Tips, When and How) 1

Young parents are sitting on the bed and thinking how to teach kid to use children’s potty

Whether a boy or a girl, the end goal of potty training remains the same; the parent wants the child to be able to urinate and defecate on their own, at the appropriate time and properly. This does not happen overnight, although there are various techniques to potty train a child in three days. The effectiveness of potty training depends on the mutual agreement between the child and the parent or caregiver as the case maybe.

Coming to this mutual agreement of making the child understand the importance of the training has a lot to do with the effort of the parent, both in consistency and encouragement. Consistency in ensuring that kids keep using the potty every time, until they get used to it, and encouragement whenever kids complete potty usage perfectly. The more you encourage them, the better they get at it.

This section of the guide would explore various methods that parent or caregiver can use to achieve the consistence and encouragement needed in potty training a child.

First, I’d like to point out that you cannot potty train a child by punishing them to use the potty, you would only end up scaring them, this method is counter-productive and should not be used. The method that has proven effective over time is positive reinforcement until they learn to use the potty properly.

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Average Age For Potty Training

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While parents differ on the ways to toilet train a child, there is one question universal to all moms and dads: How early can I start potty training without permanently scaring my toddler? I mean, after the scoreboard changes into the hundreds on the diaper-changing meter we have all had out fill of full diapers (see what I did there?) Why is there so little information available on when we should get our little boy or girl out of diapers and on the toilet?
Strap in, mom and dad, because I am going to give you your fill on what age is the “right” age to begin potty training.

Academic Research on Potty Training Age

To begin, the US Government has done a lot of research in this area. A search on MedPub for “toilet training” returns fifty-five pages of studies. I’m going to admit right now that I did not go through all the studies, though looking back with the amount of sleepless nights I’ve experienced as a new parent I realistically had the time. What is apparent from reviewing a random sample of the research is the answer is part culturally-explained, part-child-specific,and part-parent specific. [Read more…] about Average Age For Potty Training

Can You Get an STD From a Toilet Seat?

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The debate about whether one can catch an STD from a public toilet seat has been raging for a long time now. Health forums are full of threads with different opinions. Health experts have written about it on their blogs and newsletters, but still the debate persists. Isn’t it time we laid it to rest once and for all? Can you get an STD from public toilet seats? Are public toilet seats safe enough or would you rather relief yourself hovering peculiarly over the toilet seat?

This article aims to clear the truths, myths and relationship between public toilets and sexually transmitted diseases.

Some people, especially ladies, do not sit on a public toilet seat for fear that there are scary germs lurking on the toilet seat ready to get them infected with untreatable STDS. They will avoid public toilets at all costs. If they are ultimately forced to use one, they use peculiar postures in the bathroom to make sure that no part of their body comes into contact with the toilet seat. Is your fear of catching a disease from a public toilet seat far-fetched or is it real?

It is possible but…

First things first. Thinking that you can catch an STD from a toilet seat is not far-fetched. There might be all manner of germs and bacteria lurking on those public toilet seats in your workplace or at the gas station toilet. The common bugs you will find on a toilet seat range from common viruses like Hepatitis A and the common cold virus to other unfamiliar suspects like E. coli, streptococcus, Shigella bacteria. There could also be a multitude of other sexually transmitted microorganisms responsible for STIs like chlamydia and herpes. A public restroom, in general, offers a rich breeding ground for germs, viruses, and bacteria.

However, before you swear by the moon and the stars that this is the last time you are setting foot into a public toilet, keep in mind that the toilet seat is the least likely way of catching an STI. Many bacteria and viruses that cause STDS cannot survive for more than a few minutes outside the human body. For an infection to occur, the microorganism has to be transferred from the toilet seat into your urethra through the genital tract or a through a cut on your buttocks or thighs. While there is a slight possibility of this happening, it is highly unlikely.

But can you get herpes from a toilet seat?

This is one of the commonest myths about public toilet seats and STDs. Many people tend to believe that they can catch herpes from the toilet seat and other surfaces; this is a myth.

There are two types of herpes: HSV1 and HSV2.

HSV1 (oral herpes) comes from physical contact with an infected person. Kissing someone who has cold sores will most probably give you the virus. In fact, if you’ve ever had cold sores, you will most likely test positive for HSV1. HSV1 usually lasts for a week. HSV2, on the other hand, mostly comes from having sexual intercourse with an infected person. In both cases, the virus, even when treated, remains in the person’s body until the next outbreak.

Both types of herpes are highly contagious, which is why the myth that one can get herpes from as toilet seat persists. The herpes virus is very unstable. It will begin to disintegrate and die the moment it leaves the human body. The slightest change in temperature renders the herpes simplex virus (HSV) useless. The only plausible way you can get infected with herpes is through skin-to-skin contact (kissing, oral sex or sexual intercourse), not surface-to-skin contact.

Even the STD viruses, such as HIV and hepatitis virus, which can remain stable for extended periods of time after leaving the human body are not easily transmittable via surface-to-skin contact. Both HIV and hepatitis are transmitted through the bloodstream. They would need a point of entry into your bloodstream before they can infect you. So, unless you have wounds on your buttocks and thighs, you’d be pretty safe from these too.

Be cautious when you are getting into a sexual relationship. Get tested and get to know your partner’s sexual history before you decide to get sexually involved with him or her. If your partner is infected with herpes, do not have sex with them without protection. Stock some condoms and dental dams for those steamy nights. [Read more…] about Can You Get an STD From a Toilet Seat?

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