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Learning moderation in the use of toilet paper is also part of the training process.

• Impress upon a child that four squares of toilet paper will do the job effectively! Another measuring trick is to roll the paper down until it touches the floor. Or have a child take a strip of tissue the length of his or her arm.

• Reduce the use of excessive paper by making it harder to unroll. Before putting a roll of paper in place, press against it with the palm of your hand, in effect, squishing its natural contour. Now it will not turn as readily, increasing the chance of a child only taking what is needed, not what is easily unrolled.

• For a child who treats T.P. as an object of play, keep it off its natural holder for now but within reach. Place a rubberband around the roll that will be easy for you to remove but will be an obstacle for your child.

• Or cut off a center section the same size as the horizontal dimension of a roll of toilet paper from an empty plastic pop liter bottle. Slit it up the side and trim it to fit the roll. It will act as a see-through cover to the toilet paper roll that will be easy for you to slip on and off the roll of toilet paper but virtually impossible for a child’s small hands to do so. (Also a good deterrent for pets who think T.P. is for playing!)

• Put the roll on backward so the paper comes from the back. Usually a child “slaps” paper down—not up—so there’s less chance of excess unrolling.