{"id":1,"date":"2015-01-10T20:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bornready.uk\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2016-04-03T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T22:45:08","slug":"the-wonders-of-the-potty-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bornready.uk\/blog\/the-wonders-of-the-potty-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wonders Of The Potty Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bornready.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/all-potty-signs-blog-image.png\" alt=\"See potty signs demonstrated in the video below.\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bornready.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/all-potty-signs-blog-image.png 601w, https:\/\/www.bornready.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/all-potty-signs-blog-image-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There comes a time, when babies suddenly <em>sign like crazy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve used baby sign language before, you&#8217;ll know what I mean. For months it&#8217;s just &#8216;milk&#8217; and &#8216;mummy&#8217; then out of the blue it&#8217;s &#8216;horse&#8217;, &#8216;butterfly&#8217;, &#8216;fox&#8217;, &#8216;spider&#8217; and umpteen other things that you didn&#8217;t realise held such prominence in your toddler&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you&#8217;re lucky, one of them will be &#8216;<strong>potty<\/strong>&#8216; and it will be an <em>absolute game changer for your approach to pottying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For my kids, the potty sign clicked between 11 and 14 months old, and marked the start of independent pottying. It can change <strong>your<\/strong> life too &#8211; but only if you get involved. Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s very easy to get started&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You need to introduce a potty sign, and you need to use it consistently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid silver; padding: 10px;\"><i>Like baby pottying \/ ec? Like Born Ready on Facebook:<\/i> <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" style=\"padding: 10px;\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bornreadypottying\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>But what&#8217;s the Best Potty Sign To Use?<\/h3>\n<h3>The Born Ready Chest Slap, Of Course!<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TxKZVFFlrKQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-caption\">(90 second video showing several potty signs including chest slap, makaton, American Sign Language ASL and British Sign Language BSL)<\/p>\n<p>There are several major sign languages, each with a different potty sign, but my favourite is the Born Ready Chest Slap! (Give two quick slaps on your chest with a flat hand.) Watch the 90 second video above for a demonstration of that sign, as well as the Makaton, ASL (American sign language), and BSL (British sign language) potty signs, and a couple of others to boot.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the chest slap. As far as pottying goes, we didn&#8217;t have much call to be understood beyond a small circle of friends and family, so we had no need to stick with a major language. Far better to choose a sign that fit our needs perfectly (i.e. used major muscle groups (easy to do before 12 months old), used one hand, and made a noise). You need to be consistent in your signing, so you might as well start out with a sign that <em>works really well for tiny children<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>How Toddlers Use A Potty Sign: Four Phases<\/h3>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve chosen a potty sign, you need to use it yourself (of course). But you also need to <em>understand how your toddler will pick it up and use it<\/em>. They&#8217;ll pass through <em>four distinct phases<\/em>, and if you don&#8217;t recognise them, you&#8217;re setting yourself up for a frustrating experience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I <a title=\"Get Started Today! (and understand the process)...\" href=\"\/get-started-today-optin.php\">explain everything in this video<\/a>, so you&#8217;ll be clued up, chilled out and able to enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n<p>(I mean it about the phases &#8211; understanding the learning process makes all the difference to your patience and expectations. When you recognise each phase for the milestone it is, you&#8217;ll stop fretting and enjoy yourself! It&#8217;s well worth 5 minutes of your time.)<\/p>\n<h3>How to Get Started with Baby (or toddler) signing<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never tried baby signing, or you&#8217;re worried that now you have a toddler you&#8217;re too late to get started, <a href=\"\/blog\/is-it-too-late-to-start-baby-signing-with-a-toddler\/\">this blog post and short video<\/a> are especially for you! It&#8217;s never &#8216;too late&#8217; to start signing. Start now! There&#8217;s a great deal of pleasure to be had.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts?<\/h3>\n<p>Did you enjoy signing with your baby? Did you use the potty sign? One of those shown in the video or something else? Let me know in the <a title=\"The Wonders Of The Potty Sign\" href=\"\/blog\/the-wonders-of-the-potty-sign\/#respond\">comments<\/a> and I&#8217;ll join in the conversation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid silver; padding: 10px;\"><i>Like baby pottying \/ ec? 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