The Potty Boot Camp

Dr. John Rosemond, a well-known psychologist, gives some no-nonsense advice on toilet training. He feels that delayed potty training is an insult to a child’s intelligence, and I’m inclined to agree.

Dr. Rosemond, in his article, discusses how potty training should NOT be a complicated or traumatic event. Waiting until a child is ‘ready’ is not always the best way to go - are you underestimating your child’s capabilities and intellect? To read the full article, click ‘read more’.

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Below is a link to an article written on the ‘Discipline How-to Blog’ - The Potty Boot Camp book is discussed as a new and effective potty training method. (The author of the article owns a copy as well.)

To read the original article click HERE

Post by Suzanne Riffel, author of “The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers” - a new, fast, easy toilet training method that produces remarkable results.

Here is a new product that is likely to give the “Potty Watch” a run for it’s money….

It’s the Wee Minder. When toilet training, repetition is incredibly important. (A key part of The Potty Boot Camp is ‘Timed Intervals.’) In the past, I’ve always recommended the ‘Potty Watch’ because plays cute little jingles when it’s time for your child to go to the toilet.

The unique features of the Wee Minder have me excited! Not only does the unit play a ‘jolly and catchy’ song, it comes with a storybook and DVD. The cute little character is a bunny who teaches kids to ‘Hop Hop’ to the potty!

When you make potty training fun, or like a game, it only helps to improve motivation and made your training that much more successful!

The following is a direct quote from the company’s press release:

The WeeMinder® Potty Training System is a pro active, fun and interactive approach to the universal problem of potty training. Wally the Wallaby is the “potty animal” and he demonstrates to children good choices and practices throughout the day as he himself uses his WeeMinder® in potty training.

The WeeMinder® is an alarm that your child wears that you set to go off to “wee-mind” them to try to hop to the “potty place.” This empowers the child and puts the power in their hands and gives them the opportunity to “choose” to be in control of their potty training.

For More Information visit http://www.weeminder.com/

A good source for the WeeMinder is Amazon.com

A parent review on Amazon.com com says: “I bought this CD and songbook for my daughter and we have loved it! I gave it to her about two weeks before we started potty training as way to talk about the process of going potty and just to make it all a little more fun. She loved the songs and the fun words. She listens to the CD often and we both learned the words to most all of the songs. We would pick one to sing while she was sitting on the potty. The tunes of the songs are familiar to little kids and there are cute, easy to learn words. I have loved this CD and have enjoyed watching my daughter get excited about potty training because of it. This is a must have for those kids who love music.”

Being the author of a potty training guide for parents, I know all to well how difficult it can be to motivate toddlers to use the toilet. Therefore, ANY tool that might be beneficial is a tool that I’m a fan of. That’s why I’m excited about this book and CD combo I found on Amazon.com. “Tinkle, Tinkle Little Tot: Songbook and CD is a fun little product.

The product description says: “The funniest and most motivating toilet-training book ever! It contains 17 funny songs and rhymes parents can use to coax kids into the bathroom, and the accompanied CD of songs will make them love to sing along! Toddlers learning to potty train will find the familiar tunes, positive reinforcement and easy repetition a great way to learn how to use the potty!”

Sample Lyrics:
(To the tune of Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Star)
Tinkle, tinkle, little tot
Sitting there upon the pot.
Any second now, you’ll see …
Sprinkle, splash and you’ll go pee!

(To the tune of On Top Of Old Smokey)
On top of my potty
I sit and I wait
I know what I’m making…
Is going to be great!

I can already picture it….you’re sitting in the bathroom, on the floor. Your toddler is on the potty. She wants to get up….but you start singing the Tinkle Tinkle song….lo and behold…it’s now a fun game! It’ll buy you at least a few extra minutes, which can ultimately lead to increased chance of success!

The Book is Available from Amazon.com

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So, you consider yourself a Mom with style? You can’t stand the thought of an ugly plastic potty chair sitting in your family room? Well, aBaby.com has some great alternatives.

The photos above are just a sampling of the high quality, attractive, and cute potty chairs for toddlers. For all of those little girls who are simply convinced that they are truly princesses, there is the ‘Princess Potty Chair.’ Little boys will love the ‘Jungle Chair.’ Other options are the Her Majesty, the Western, the Noah’s Ark, and the Bonnie Sue - just to name a few.

Most of the chairs are hand-painted, feature a removable bowl for easy cleaning, and offer a toilet paper holder/dispenser. A few even have book racks to keep your child’s favorite toilet training book handy, which might just encourage them to sit for just a few extra minutes!

The chairs range in price from approximately $50 to $70 and are available from ABaby.com.


Post by Suzanne Riffel, author of “The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers” - a new, fast, easy toilet training method that produces remarkable results.