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Toilet Training
Learning to use the toilet is a big step for both toddlers and their parents. Parents often need support and advice about when and how to begin toilet training.
Here you'll find answers to all of those questions as well as information on related issues such as bed-wetting.
Updated October 2011
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| Title: | Soiling |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | this topic is about long-lasting constipation and soiling, or doing poo in the pants. 'Constipation' has information about more simple-to-manage constipation. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Bedwetting |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Bedwetting is common in young children and is part of their physical and emotional development. The pad and bell method may help some children, but most children develop urinary control without outside help. Punishment will not prevent bedwetting. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Complementary and miscellaneous interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Night-time bedwetting is common in childhood, and can cause stigma, stress and inconvenience. Alarms offer the best chance of cure, and desmopressin may be used to reduce or stop wet nights during treatment. Simple behavioural methods such as rewards al... |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Domestic violence and children |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Domestic violence affects children. All children are affected emotionally by witnessing violence. Children who witness regular acts of domestic (family) violence have greater emotional and behavioural problems than other children. Some of the immediate effects may include nightmares, anxiety, withdrawal and bedwetting. |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Constipation and children |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Constipation is a common problem in children. A healthy diet, adequate fluid intake, exercise, correct toilet training and regular toilet habits are important to prevent and help treat constipation in children. Treatment for infant constipation requires expert medical advice. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Grief and children |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Children can experience grief and loss from a very young age. Children dealing with grief may act out feelings, experience changes in sleep and eating patterns, display younger behaviours (regress) such as thumb sucking or bedwetting, or display anger or frustration. It can be difficult to talk to a child about death but it is important to be honest with them. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Toilet training |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | A step-by-step guide to when and how to toilet train your child, as well as how to deal with setbacks and wet nights. Also discusses training pants, constipation and whether to use a toilet or a potty. |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Bedwetting |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Bedwetting is something that lots of children would rather not talk about, especially if it happens to them. A lot of children grow out of wetting the bed before they start school but many children do not. This is not your fault - |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Bedwetting |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Bedwetting is sometimes called nocturnal (night-time) enuresis. While a lot of children grow out of wetting the bed by the time they start school, many children of primary school age still wet the bed. |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Preschooler sleep: in a nutshell |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | An in-a-nutshell guide that explains how much sleep preschoolers need and what to do about nightmares, night terrors and calling out in the night for preschool-aged children. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Toilet training |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Learning to use the toilet is a big step for toddlers and it can be difficult for some. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | School-age sleep: in a nutshell |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | An in-a-nutshell guide to how much sleep school-age children need, good bedtime routines for school children, bedwetting in school-age children, nightmares and night terrors in school-age children, and school children's sleep cycles. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Toilet training - staying dry at night |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Toilet training takes time. A child usually masters daytime toileting well before they can keep their bed dry at night. There are many practical suggestions you can try to manage bedwetting. Remember that if your child is scared of the dark, going to the toilet at night is an enormous challenge. |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Toilet training |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Toilet training and using the toilet is a big step in your toddler's life. Some toddlers get the knack quickly while others need parental patience and support. Don't start toilet training too early and try to keep relaxed. Some parents encourage their child to use both the toilet and potty. |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Toilet training |
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| Publisher: | Novita Children's Services |
| Description: | Information about the timing of training, preparation for training, training tips and special considerations for children with disabilities. |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Bed-wetting - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Wetting the bed: find out about the causes, effects on children and available treatments for bed-wetting. |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Title: | Drugs for nocturnal enuresis in children (other than desmopressin and tricyclics) |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Night-time bedwetting is common in childhood and can cause stigma, stress and inconvenience. There is not enough reliable evidence to show that drugs (other than desmopressin or tricyclics) reduce night-time bedwetting in children during treatment, but ... |
| Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Title: | Desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bedwetting is a distressing and stressful condition for children and their families. Some children take longer than others to stop bedwetting. Up to 20% still wet at the age of five years, but by the age of 16 only 2% or less do so. Desmopressin is a dr... |
| Date: | May 2006 |
| Title: | Simple behavioural and physical interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) is a stressful condition that particularly affects young children. It is the involuntary loss of urine at night without an underlying disease as the cause. It can result in social problems, sibling teasing and lowered sel... |
| Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Title: | Bedwetting in children |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | A parent's guide to understanding bedwetting in children and adolescents, and how to find help. |
| Date: | Aug 2000 |
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