When and how to remove diapers to children

How to know if the child is prepared enough to learn how to use the potty and thus leave the diaper? How to remove the diaper to a boy and a girl? These are the most important doubts of parents, especially when they reach the age of two. In an exclusive interview with GuiaInfantil.com, the urologist

The removal of the diaper and children

1-When should we remove the diaper during the day?

The diaper should be removed between 18 and 24 months because it is the time when the sphincter and the bladder reach maturity. It is the moment in which we can remove the diaper and start putting the child in the toilet or odorless cup so that he learns to urinate.

2-What are the steps to remove the diaper?

After two years you can start to remove the diaper, but it is especially from the third year when you must act more actively and remove it absolutely.

After two years, you can start to remove the diaper, in a different way.

1- Teaching children to urinate, for this it is very important that we teach boys to urinate standing up and girls have to sit on the toilet, in a sitting position, with their legs at a right angle and supported by a bench, in a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere and always accompanied.

2- Identify the usual schedule of the child's needs, usually after meals, to take him to the toilet, every day, for about 5 or 10 minutes.

3- The child must be encouraged to remain seated or standing in the toilet. For example, give a doll, a book, a magazine ... and when he or she manages to meet your needs, 'reward' with a kiss, applause or praise.

3-When should we remove the diaper at night? Does it depend on the age or the time that has elapsed since the child controls the sphincters during the day?

The diaper at night is more difficult to remove, the night control is always what costs the child the most. After three years is when we should make an attempt at the total withdrawal of the night diaper. In spite of everything, between three and five years it is very difficult to remove it, so we should not worry. If after five years we see that we do not get a diaper withdrawal, we have to consult with the doctor because there is the possibility of treatments.

4-Is it convenient to use the potty or is it better to use the toilet?

It is preferable to use the toilet or the odorless cup. Usually, and especially in girls, the fact of using the toilet and putting the legs at a right angle and supported by a small bench causes them to make more strength and completely empty the bladder. In fact, in these cases, it is convenient that children, after two or three minutes after urinating, put them back in the toilet to empty the bladder completely, because normally children still have an immature bladder and there is to make an effort to try to empty it.